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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.

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)

US intelligence chiefs say reviewing use of Kaspersky software

US intelligence officials are reviewing government use of software from Russia's Kaspersky Lab as senators raised...

12 May 2017 8:11 AM IST

Cyber Hack. (Representational Image/AP)

48K ransomware attack attempts seen in India: Quick Heal Tech

The Pune-based company said 60 per cent of the attempts by the malicious WannaCry ransomware were targeted at...

16 May 2017 9:58 PM 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.

Oddities in WannaCry ransomware puzzle cybersecurity researchers

Some researchers have found evidence they say could link North Korea with the attack.

16 May 2017 5:37 PM IST

Cyber Hack. (Representational Image/AP)

'WannaCry' attacks reported from Bengal districts

However, daily operations were not affected as the central servers remained intact, said Power Minister Sovandeb...

15 May 2017 8:53 PM 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)

Ransomware hits 'hundreds of thousands' of China PCs: firm

The indiscriminate attack began Friday and struck banks, hospitals and government agencies around the world.

15 May 2017 8:16 PM IST

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

No serious impact in India due to ransomware: Govt

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the systems run by the National Informatics Centre were secured and running...

15 May 2017 8:04 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

Putin says Russia has no role in ransomeware' attack, tells govts to...

President Putin said that there was no significant damage to Russian institutions, including its banking and healthcare...

15 May 2017 8:04 PM IST

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

HP updates driver, fixes keylogger issue

The keylogging function has been around since an updated version that was released in December 2015

15 May 2017 4:35 PM IST

The fact is that a cache of cyber weapons was said to have been stolen from the NSA by the same collective behind the WannaCry ransomware that created the biggest-ever extortion racket to hit the Internet.

Factbox: Don't click - What is the 'ransomware' WannaCry worm?

Friday's cyber attack hit 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries and that number could grow as the week begins.

15 May 2017 9:04 AM IST

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

Asia assesses ransomware assault, extent may not be known until Monday

China's official news agency Xinhua said secondary schools and universities were hit, but did not say how many or...

14 May 2017 8:52 PM IST

Representational image (Photo: File)

Monday blues: Damage may escalate; new ransomware attack possible,...

The virus, which took control of users' files, spread to 100 countries, including India, the UK, Spain, France and...

14 May 2017 8:53 PM IST