A group of hackers from Pakistan hacked a website of the Gujarat Education Department Friday and posted derogatory remarks about the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its homepage, a senior official said.
India should be more aware of cyber-security threats and the time to act in this regard is now, an Israeli security solutions firm has said even as it averred that the two countries have
A U.S.-led international operation disrupted a crime ring that infected hundreds of thousands of PCs around the globe with malicious software used for stealing banking credentials and extorting computer owners, the
Bitly, a URL shortening service issued an ‘urgent security update’ on Thursday that users’ accounts credentials had been compromised. In an official blog post Mark Josephson, CEO, Bitly said, “We have reason
Despite stepped up information security measures, businesses in India continue to be an attractive target for cybercriminals with as many as 69 percent targeted attacks being focused on large enterprises, a Symantec
A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously threw out the conviction of an Arkansas man for stealing the personal data of about 120,000 Apple iPad users, including big-city mayors, a TV news anchor and
Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei on Monday pledged to protect cyber security, following reports this month that a US government agency had been secretly tapping the company’s networks. The New York Times
Target Corp’s security software detected potentially malicious activity during last year’s massive data breach, but its staff decided not to take immediate action, the No. 3. U.S. retailer said on Thursday. “With
Brazilian hackers are threatening to disrupt the World Cup with attacks ranging from jamming websites to data theft, adding cyber warfare to the list of challenges for a competition already marred by
Call it the attack of the zombie refrigerators. Computer security researchers said this week they discovered a large “botnet” which infected Internet-connected home appliances and then delivered more than 750,000 malicious emails.
A Cisco security report released on Thursday showed that hacker threats reached “startling levels” last year and that the world is suffering from a shortage of skilled computer defenders. Cracks in defenses
The U.S. National Security Agency has been gathering nearly 200 million text messages a day from around the world, gathering data on people’s travel plans, contacts and credit card transactions, Britain’s Guardian
