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

Spy Spotting: Careless mistakes about cyberespionage

Despite making comples malware to find loopholes in security systems, hackers are human and tend to leave clues in their...

16 Oct 2017 7:22 AM

In theory, most energy companies isolate their regular workplace networks from high-security control rooms.

Could cyberattacks knock out lights in the US? Not so easily

Concerns about hackers causing blackouts have grown since cyber attacks in Ukraine in 2015 and 2016.

12 Oct 2017 5:23 AM

Businesses today need to urgently and proactively invest in it, Sivarama Krishnan, partner and leader Cyber Security, PwC India, said.

Centre slow to set up strict cyber security norms

CompTIA, of which Mr Chakrabarty is a part of, is a not-for-profit trade association that focuses on certifying people...

23 Jan 2018 7:12 PM

With more than half of people now regularly gaming online, cybercriminals have an enormous pool of potential targets to choose from. (Representative Photo: Pexels)

Game over: poor password protection leaves online gamers exposed to...

Hackers can target gaming accounts of professional gamers, leading to huge amounts of financial losses.

23 Jan 2018 5:59 AM

ML is one element of what is known as artificial intelligence (Photo: AFP)

Artificial intelligence poses risks of misuse by hackers, researchers...

The frightening developments could take place within the next five years, indicated the researchers.

21 Feb 2018 3:44 AM

Security is ensured by the unique property that quantum correlations can only be shared between the devices that created them, ensuring no hacker can learn the key.(credit : Pixabay)

Adobe Flash Zero-Day: Threats, attacks, recommendations

Actors employing this latest Flash zero-day are a suspected North Korean group they track as TEMP.Reaper.

6 Feb 2018 12:17 PM

The report said, adding that organisations across the globe are upping their game and now preventing 87 per cent of all focused attacks compared to 70 per cent in 2017.

Cyber attacks double in a year: Report

There were 232 cyberattacks through January 2018 as against 106 through January 2017.

18 April 2018 1:42 AM

While the Dirty Secret of Network Firewalls survey indicated that 30% IT managers think their organizations current defenses are not sufficient to block cyberthreats they have seen in the past year.

Doctrine of deterrence against cyberattacks on democracy: Jeremy Hunt

In the United States, a federal special counsel is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

7 March 2019 4:43 AM

The exploit, as Fisher calls The Inception Bar method, can be used to display a fake address bar that wont disappear until you go to another site.

Google Chrome bug can allow phishing attacks using 'inception bar'

The bug leverages how the Chrome mobile app disappears the address bar when you scroll down.

30 April 2019 5:05 AM

FMCG firm Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting on Thursday said it plans to invest Rs 220 crore to set up a new manufacturing facility for personal care products in Telangana.

Breach of employee accounts will not have any effect on Wipro's...

Wipro also retained an independent forensic firm to assist the company in its investigation.

17 April 2019 3:27 AM

This cooperation strengthens the existing relationship between the two organizations, ensuring information and technology sharing can support INTERPOL in cybercrime-related investigations.

Kaspersky reinforce collaboration with INTERPOL in the fight against...

This is the second agreement between the two parties following the first signed in 2014.

3 July 2019 12:46 PM

North Korea said on Friday its latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean warmongers to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, a message that analysts said was also aimed at the United States. (Photo: File)

North Korea denies it amassed $2 billion through cyberattacks on banks

North Korea denied allegations of stealing and said that the United States was trying to defame it.

2 Sept 2019 7:04 AM