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Malware designed to steal money from banks grew 60 percent in Q1

Revealing a worrying global trend, security researchers have found that malware files designed to steal credentials and money from users' bank accounts rose to around 30,000 in the first quarter of 2019, up from 18,500 in the previous quarter, a growth of over 60 per cent. Mobile banking Trojans are one of the most rapidly-developing,

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05:30 PM
May 25, 2019

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WhatsApp spyware attack: Here's why you should immediately update WhatsApp

WhatsApp on Tuesday urged its 1.5 billion users to update the messaging app immediately because of a major security bug. The Facebook-owned platform discovered a vulnerability in the code that allowed a spyware to be installed on a user s phone through a WhatsApp voice call, whether the call was answered or not. This spyware

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10:09 AM
May 15, 2019

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Millions of users using '123456' as password: Security study

Millions of people are using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts, with "123456" being the most widely-used on breached accounts, suggests a security study. The study by the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) helped to uncover the gaps in cyber-knowledge that could leave people in danger of being exploited, the BBC reported on Sunday. For

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08:51 PM
Apr 22, 2019

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Court grants Microsoft control of 99 hacking sites

A US court has granted Microsoft control of 99 websites widely associated with an Iranian group that was used to conduct hacking operations globally. The court authorized Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) to take control of the websites belonging to the group called Phosphorus (also known as APT 35, Charming Kitten and Ajax Security Team)

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IANS

01:26 PM
Mar 28, 2019

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Mobile wallet transactions increased 40 times in India in five years: Gulshan Rai

Mobile wallet transactions in India have increased 40 times in the past five years and every service provider in the world is eyeing Indian market for it, National Cyber Security Coordinator in the PMO Gulshan Rai said Monday. Delivering a lecture on "Digital Disruptions in India", Rai, a noted cybersecurity expert, said India was one

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PTI

10:13 AM
Feb 12, 2019

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Hackers bleeding large Indian firms by $10 mn on average each year: Microsoft

A large-sized enterprise in India loses an average of $10.3 million owing to cyber attacks and a mid-sized organisation an average of $11,000 annually, a Microsoft-led study said on Wednesday. Cyber security attacks have also resulted in job losses across different functions in more than three in five (64 per cent) organisations that have experienced

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IANS

04:11 PM
Dec 05, 2018

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Quora CEO apologises after security breach affects 100 mn users

Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo has apologized after hackers stole personal information of over 100 million of its users including their names, email addresses and encrypted passwords. Quora discovered the breach on November 30. It found that the breach happened as a result of unauthorized access to one of our systems by a "malicious third party".

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IANS

11:20 AM
Dec 05, 2018

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Facebook Bug that leaked users’ ‘Likes’ and ‘Interests’ has been plugged

Cyber security firm Imperva has released fresh information on a Facebook bug that could have allowed others to stealthily get details such as likes and interests without the consent of the user. Facebook was notified about the vulnerability in May by Imperva and the issue was resolved shortly by the social networking firm. Imperva s

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05:44 PM
Nov 14, 2018

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Facebook hack: 30 million accounts compromised, how to check if your account was affected

Social media giant Facebook has issued an important update regarding the recently reported hack. According to this new update the company has determined that the hackers were able to access account information from approximately 30 million users. The company again issued an apology as part of the update adding that the privacy of the users

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Staff

01:22 PM
Oct 15, 2018

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Hackers can hijack your WhatsApp account with voicemail, here’s how to be safe

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned instant messaging platform has been in trouble over fake news issue. The company has also been facing legal issues in India, with the government asking WhatsApp to develop a solution to trace the origin of messages, among other issues. Now, WhatsApp seems to be facing yet another problem where hackers have found

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Staff

03:14 PM
Oct 06, 2018

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Electronic voting machines in the US reportedly carried remote-access software, casts doubt on reliability

In recent times, elections have been a topic of great debate, online as well as offline. From accusations of meddling in electoral matters hurled at Facebook, to controversies locally in India around electronic voting machines, elections are a heated topic. In response to these allegations, Facebook has said that it doesn't influence voter sentiment, however,

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11:24 AM
Jul 18, 2018

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India among top 3 countries most targeted for phishing: Report

Phishing and malware-based attacks are the most prolific online fraud tactics globally and India is one of the top three target countries for such attacks, says a report. According to the RSA Quarterly Fraud Report for the period between January 1 to March 31, 2018, phishing accounted for 48 per cent of all cyber-attacks. The

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PTI

04:17 PM
May 25, 2018

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Kaspersky detects Android malware that hacks routers, supports Hindi

Cyber security firm Kaspersky has detected a new Android malware that takes control of users device by hacking routers and directs user to genuine looking websites created by it to steal their details. The malware supports content in 27 languages, including Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, Bulgarian and Russian, according to a statement issued by Kaspersky. "Kaspersky

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PTI

10:17 AM
May 23, 2018

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Cybersecurity risks to get worse: Warren Buffett

Showing his concern about the threat to the insurance industry, CEO of multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett has said that cybersecurity risks will get worse in the years to come. "Cyber is uncharted territory. It's going to get worse, not better," CNBC quoted Buffett as saying at the company's annual meeting held at Omaha

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IANS

10:31 AM
May 07, 2018

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Udacity launches new program to help build tools against data breaches

Silicon Valley-based online education platform Udacity has announced a new "Cybersecurity Nanodegree Programme" to train professionals who can develop innovative and sophisticated solutions to safeguard against data breaches. While businesses and individuals around the world have moved to cloud platforms to host their data, the talent pool of cybersecurity professionals has not kept pace with

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IANS

04:18 PM
Apr 23, 2018

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US, UK warn against Russia-sponsored cyber-attacks

Cyber security representatives from the US and Britain have warned of Russian state-sponsored cyber-attacks that are targeting network infrastructure devices such as routers and firewalls, to compromise government and private sectors globally. According to a US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT), the Technical Alert (TA) provided information on the worldwide cyber exploitation of network infrastructure

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12:47 PM
Apr 17, 2018

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Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox gain support for new standard for password-free logins

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox will be making authentication process for you a little bit more easier. The browsers will now support a new standard for password-free logins called WebAuthn. The new open standard, announced by W3C and FIDO Alliance standard bodies, is currently supported in the latest version of Firefox, and will be supported

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Staff

09:18 AM
Apr 12, 2018

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Privacy: Why it is important for users to protect their own data

We live in an increasingly digital-driven world. It's a world where our personal data is flowing freely online. Whether it's information close to us such as our date of birth, private chats or even financial data, we find ourselves interfacing with the online world on a continuous basis. Irrespective of whether we understand how these

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Deepali Moray

09:26 AM
Mar 12, 2018

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Compromised websites hosted no customer specific data: BSNL

State-run BSNL today said that some of its websites in which vulnerabilities were found by a security researcher did not contain any customer specific data. "The affected sub-domains were public sites that didn t contain customer specific data," S K Sinha, General Manager for Administration and Public Relations, BSNL said in a statement today. A

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PTI

09:24 AM
Mar 07, 2018

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Union Budget 2018: Experts welcome cyber security initiative

Cyber security players on Thursday welcomed the government's decision to build a secure work environment online by creating a Center of Excellences (CoEs) for disruptive technologies, including cyberspace. Presenting the Union Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the Department of Science and Technology will launch a Mission on Cyber-Physical Systems. "This is huge step

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IANS

10:27 AM
Feb 02, 2018

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