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Following is a list of companies and organisations that have reported being hit by cyber attacks.

Technology

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Every third (28 per cent) targeted attack on businesses in the last year had phishing/social engineering at its source.

14 July 2017 1:00 PM IST

One-fifth of the respondents said employees are one of the weakest links in the companys defensive mechanism.

Business

India Inc unprepared to deal with cyber attack

Survey reveals most participants think of social media as a potential risk.

5 May 2017 2:19 AM IST

The Wikileaks documents described how the Central Intelligence Agency had learned more than a year ago how to exploit flaws in Ciscos widely used Internet switches, which direct electronic traffic, to enable eavesdropping.

Technology

Uncomfortable truths exposed about US cyber defence after scramble at...

A major US company had to rely on WikiLeaks to learn about security problems well-known to US intelligence agencies

29 March 2017 7:42 PM IST

Analysts fear that while extremist groups may not have the necessary skills themselves, they could hire someone else to wreak havoc. (Photo: Representational Image)

World

Fears grow over jihadist cyber threat in France

The Islamic State group, al-Qaeda and other jihadist groups are so far using the internet mainly for propaganda and...

28 Jan 2017 10:44 AM IST

The hacker believed somebody had to stand up to those spreading hate (File Photo)

Technology

Despite hacking charges, US tech industry fought to keep ties to...

US technology firms were quietly lobbying the government to soften a ban on dealing with the Russian spy agency, sources...

1 July 2017 3:53 PM IST

$The Electronic Communications Privacy Act compels companies to divulge data stored in \third-party computers,\ such as Microsofts Cloud, and keep the move secret. (Photo: AP)$ Technology

Govt asks Microsoft for discount on Windows OS

The government has Microsoft to offer discount to its users in India so that they can move to the latest operating...

1 July 2017 3:49 PM IST

The method delicate electrodes are then wrapped in a rigid polymer called PEG, which protects them and keeps them from deflecting as they enter the brain tissue. (Photo: Pixabay)

Technology

Hackers can guess passwords, PINs from brainwaves'

Researchers, who discovered this flaw, suggested that brainwave-sensing headsets need better security.

1 July 2017 8:57 AM IST

Newsmakers

Indian-origin doc warned against UK health service cyber-hack

The experts said they are working to restore the IT systems of NHS after they were hit by a cyber-hack by an...

13 May 2017 7:03 PM IST

Business

Massive wave of cyber attack hits Renault

The company were assessing the situation to try to find a solution.

13 May 2017 2:37 PM IST

FedEx said on Friday it was experiencing issues with some of its Microsoft Corp Windows systems in relation to a global cyber attack that had disrupted hospitals in England and infected computers in dozens of other countries around the world.

Technology

FedEx reports malware interference in global cyberattack

FedEx was experiencing issues with some of its Windows systems in relation to a global cyber attack that had disrupted...

13 May 2017 9:58 AM IST

The kind and the scale of these cyber weapons was such that even the CIA lost control of majority of its hacking arsenal which includes state of the art malware, viruses, Trojans and weaponised zero day exploits which can be worth millions of dollars each in dark web.

Technology

Global cyber attack fuels concern about US vulnerability disclosures

NSA's Hacking tools leaked online last month appear to be the root cause of a major cyber attack unfurling throughout...

13 May 2017 9:25 AM IST

Russia, which has denied hacking U.S. systems, has been accused of interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. (Photo: Representational Image)

Technology

Hackers exploit stolen US spy agency tool to launch global cyberattack

Security software maker Avast said they had observed 57,000 infections in 99 countries with Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan...

13 May 2017 8:10 AM IST