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'There is no hacking or cyber attack,' Rai, who heads the cyber security unit, said. (Photo: Representational | File)

No hack or cyber attack but hardware-related glitch: National cyber security chief

'The websites have been down since afternoon after it was noticed that there was a 'storage area networking system' failure,' chief said.

06 Apr 2018 8:57 PM

Yevgeniy Nikulin, 30, of Moscow, entered his plea in the US District Court in San Francisco, after having fought his extradition following his 2016 arrest in Prague.

Russian accused of massive US hacking is extradited, pleads not guilty

A Russian man hacked three US technology companies, potentially compromising personal details of more than 100 million users.

01 Apr 2018 4:09 PM

Cybersecurity researchers said in January they had found early indications that Russia-based hackers may be planning attacks against anti-doping and Olympic organizations in retaliation for Russia’s exclusion from the Pyeongchang Games.

Pyeongchang Games organizers confirm cyber attack

The Games’ systems, including the internet and television services, were affected by the hack.

12 Feb 2018 9:24 AM

Business Wire stops cyber attack attempt

The company had said that they “successfully mitigated the malicious attempts to render our website unavailable.”

10 Feb 2018 9:30 AM

The company said it would not notify every person who saw the content and would instead focus its efforts on certain types of interactions.

Twitter notifies more users exposed to Russian propaganda

Twitter will email 677,775 people in US who followed, retweeted or liked the IRA content.

02 Feb 2018 9:21 AM

AMD said the second Spectre variant “is applicable to AMD” processors and that it would issue patches for its Ryzen and EPYC processors starting this week and older chips in the coming weeks.

AMD chips exposed to both variants of Spectre security flaw

AMD on January 3 said that its chips were at “near zero risk” from the second Spectre variant.

12 Jan 2018 8:39 AM

Report, recently released, goes on to add that cyber vulnerabilities within nuclear weapons systems and structures present a whole set of dangers and risks. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Nuclear weapons in Britain are vulnerable to a cyber attack, says study

Experts warn that dangers include missiles being launched incorrectly since most of them have been built before advent of cyber warfare.

11 Jan 2018 10:17 AM

The malware can also perform other routines such as installing a registry autostart mechanisms as well as system infection markers.

Cryptocurrency mining virus spreads through Facebook Messenger

A new cryptocurrency-mining bot, dubbed as Digmine, has been discovered and is spreading through Facebook Messenger.

28 Dec 2017 2:36 PM

Researchers said the exchanges were also attacked using fake email accounts.

Multi-stage cyber attacks net North Korea millions in virtual currencies: study

The attackers access the user’s bitcoin wallet either on the computer or on the bitcoin exchange’s server researcher says.

20 Dec 2017 9:17 AM

Ransomware will continue to be a mainstay due to its proven success.

Cyberattacks are relying on vulnerabilities in 2018

Changing technology landscape will require reliable patch management to block latest threats.

11 Dec 2017 8:25 PM

This serious security flaw was discovered by a user on Twitter.

Apple rolls out fix for MacBook's security flaw

A recent report reveals that a bug allows anyone a easy method of unlocking the operating system's security protections.

30 Nov 2017 1:52 PM

The incident is at the centre of a controversy over whether the company's popular anti-virus really works as described.

Kaspersky lab releases report into upload of NSA documents

Kasperksy Lab will release new details about how its software uploaded classified US documents several years ago.

17 Nov 2017 12:46 PM

School Desk's statement said the hack also affected other organizations, including private and government websites.

School websites hacked to show pro-Islamic state message

The FBI is trying to determine who was behind the hack, which hijacked school websites.

08 Nov 2017 11:25 AM

The US Department of Homeland Security issued a warning on the BadRabbit ransomware, a type of virus that locks up infected computers and asks victims to pay a ransom to restore access. (Representational image | Photo: File)

Fresh cyber attack called ‘BadRabbit’ hits Russia, other nations

More than half the victims were in Russia, followed by Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey and Japan.

25 Oct 2017 6:26 PM

Reports of a new cyber attack have been discovered affecting computer systems in European countries.

Bad Rabbit creating havoc in Europe

The apparent ransomware worm, dubbed as ‘BadRabbit’, bubbled up and began spreading in Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.

25 Oct 2017 2:07 PM

It is unclear which companies housed those computers, but the data showed that the hackers had gone after networks at major technology companies.(Photo: File)

Hackers used Avast's CCleaner breach to attack technology companies

Hackers who broke into widely used computer utility software in August tried to infect machines at Microsoft, Intel and other top tech firms

21 Sep 2017 9:42 AM

Ransomware is a malicious software and the Locky Ransomware is learnt to be demanding ransom of half bitcoin. (Photo: File)

Govt issues alert on spread of 'Locky Ransomware'

The malware can lock computers and demand ransom for unlocking them.

03 Sep 2017 8:54 AM

In India, we need to empower the youth and apprise them of offence, defence and response, said expert. (Photo: File)

One cyber crime takes place every 10 minutes in NCR, says experts

Most of the cyber crime offenders are youth and college students, said an expert.

01 Sep 2017 8:33 AM

In May, hospitals and doctors’ surgeries across Britain were forced to divert ambulances, turn away patients and cancel appointments after a cyber attack crippled some computer systems.

Health service in part of Scotland hit by malware attack

NHS Lanarkshire said in a Facebook post it was investigating and working to resolve the issue.

27 Aug 2017 8:20 PM

The Copenhagen-based group, which was particularly severely affected by the attack, says the impact will first be reflected in its third quarter results as revenue was mainly lost in July.

World's biggest shipper: Cyber attack may cost up to $300 million

The company says the June 27 malware attack was distributed through Ukrainian accounting software with backdoors into networks of users.

16 Aug 2017 8:55 PM

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