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A recent ‘Unisys Security Index 2020’ report that measured the concern among consumers about personal financial security, found that bank card fraud through unauthorised access to individual’s credit and debit card details and concerns around banking and shopping online was amongst the top problems globally. — Representational image/DC

People’s carelessness blamed for card theft

Around 33% of Indian consumers store their bank account, credit, debit card, ATM passwords, Aadhaar details in email, mobile and computers

06 Sep 2021 2:28 AM

County governments in the Seattle, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Nashville areas have used the Tyler Technologies software Socrata to share election data in the past, although it was not immediately clear whether they still do or how central the platform is to their election operations. (Photo | Flickr - Lewis Ogden)

Cyber criminals hack tech company whose software is used by US state and local governments

The extent of the breach is unclear, but the company Tyler Technologies told customers that it affected only internal files.

24 Sep 2020 7:53 PM

If you receive such links, delete it, the police advised. But if you’ve already downloaded the app from such a link on WhatsApp or SMS, it would be better to do a factory reset of your phone to protect it.

Get Aarogya Setu from Google, Apple app stores only, Pakistan collecting data via fake links: Police

Some people have been receiving malicious links via WhatsApp and SMS, the police said in its cyber security alert

06 May 2020 6:11 PM

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (on the right screen) addresses a live video conference on the special Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three Summit on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Hanoi on April 14, 2020 as South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and China's Premier Li Keqiang are seen on left television screen. (Photo | AFP)

Zoom security further compromised as 500,000 Zoom accounts sold on dark web, says report

Hackers are selling users’ email addresses, passwords, personal meeting URLs and host keys, including of companies like Citibank

14 Apr 2020 4:30 PM

In this picture taken on March 30, 2020, YogaUP founder Chaukei Ngai greets her students as they appear on her laptop screen via the Zoom online video conferencing platform, at the start of a live streamed yoga class at her studio in Discovery Bay, on the outlying Lantau Island in Hong Kong. (Photo | AFP)

'Zoombombed', Singapore halts use of Zoom videoconferencing for education

Hackers 'zoombomb' video calls mainly because users tend to hold public meetings out of convenience, instead of password protected ones

10 Apr 2020 6:34 PM

Beware: Attackers find new ways to avoid detection when compromising email accounts

Hackers monitor, track activity to learn and then launch phishing attacks.

11 Feb 2020 7:27 AM

The action against Evil Corp., described by officials as one of the most damaging criminal organizations on the internet, comes with a USD 5 million bounty.

US cracks down on Russian 'Evil Corp' hackers after USD 100 million spree

Evil Corp is alleged to be behind an ever-evolving family of malicious software known as Dridex.

07 Dec 2019 6:00 PM

The company will cover the loss of its customers with its own assets.

Hackers steal USD 49 million in cryptocurrency

Upbit estimates it to take at least two weeks for the deposit and withdrawal to resume.

28 Nov 2019 7:45 AM

security researcher Seongsu Park noted that medical records are likely to be used for calling scam, identity and monetary theft, as well as blackmailing and any derived crimes.

Report: Your stolen medical records are as worthy on the dark web as a credit card

Before a check-up or an admission, hospitals generally require a patient’s personal and financial credentials, which can be used to scam.

14 Sep 2019 1:50 AM

The sounds intercepted by the phone can then be processed, allowing a skilled hacker to decipher which keys were struck and what they were typing.

Hackers may be listening to what you type

Acoustic signals, or sound waves, produced when we type on a computer keyboard can successfully be picked up by a smartphone.

19 Aug 2019 7:34 AM

The information could be potentially misused to identify officers and target them for further breaches or in-person attacks.

Police officers' personal information stolen in data breach

Hackers took off with information for roughly 2,500 officers and 17,500 officer applicants.

31 Jul 2019 7:35 AM

The malware, called Regin, is known to be used by the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance of the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Western intelligence hacked 'Russia's Google' Yandex to spy on accounts

Western cyberattacks against Russia are seldom acknowledged or spoken about in public.

28 Jun 2019 8:14 AM

The NCSC analysed passwords belonging to accounts worldwide that had been breached. (Photo: ANI)

'123456' continues to be the worst password of all time

While a combination of numbers made up the top 10, ‘qwerty’, ‘password’ were also used by more than 3 million accounts.

24 Apr 2019 10:43 AM

Microsoft admitted that hackers were able to access accounts for months earlier this year and they could have viewed not only account addresses.

Microsoft admits Outlook.com hackers accessed email accounts

The company has started notifying affected users, which it believes to be a ‘small group’.

16 Apr 2019 10:16 AM

Microsoft sued the hacking group in US District Court in Washington this month and described a hacking operation that “demonstrates skill, patience and access to resources.”

Microsoft: Seizure of sites Iranian hackers used for attacks

Hackers did so by tricking people in those organizations to click on malicious links disguised to resemble brands, including Microsoft.

28 Mar 2019 11:06 AM

Researchers at cyber security company Symantec were also able to identify the attack against Asus users.

Hackers attacked one million-plus Asus users through malicious update

Moscow-based cyber security provider Kaspersky Lab said the attack took place between June and November last year.

26 Mar 2019 12:49 PM

The number of such cyberattacks linked to nations jumped to six in 2018 from two in 2017 and two in 2016.

State-sponsored cyberattacks on banks on the rise

Out of 94 cases of cyberattacks reported as financial crimes since 2007, the attackers behind 23 of them are believed to be state-sponsored.

24 Mar 2019 11:48 AM

Citrix also said it was contacted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday regarding the incident.

Citrix Systems says hackers gained access to its internal network

Citrix did not mention the specific documents that may have been accessed by the hackers.

09 Mar 2019 10:44 AM

Illicit software distributors such as TutuApp, Panda Helper, AppValley and TweakBox have found ways to use digital certificates to get access to a program Apple introduced to let corporations distribute business apps to their employees without going through Apple’s tightly controlled App Store.

Software pirates use Apple tech to put hacked apps on iPhones

Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go, Minecraft are some of the hacked apps.

14 Feb 2019 11:14 AM

China hacked Norway to steal secrets

Visma took the decision to talk publicly about the breach to raise industry awareness about the hacking campaign.

07 Feb 2019 10:11 AM

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