Do not click on any pop-ups, links in messages or notification balloons if you are off the corporate VPN, warns Niranjankumar Laxman Upadhye.
They also siphon money through 'work@home' schemes.
By the time the security failure is discovered and fixed, the damage is already done. A CIO survey by Forcepoint and Frost & Sullivan found that 69 per cent of Indian organisations were at risk of data breach. Whenever there is data breach, there is a potential disaster waiting to happen.
Unique Identification Authority of India said the alleged data breach took place on a website that does not belong to it.
The cell was formed after attacks on the Bangladesh central bank by international hacker groups siphoned off millions of dollars.
The All India Football Federation's (AIFF) website on Tuesday was hacked by an anonymous group called 'Zero Cool'.
Security breach came days after the firm got approval to conduct trials for Covid-19 vaccine candidate Sputnik V.
While the virus out there meddling big-time with our lives, danger is lurking in our email boxes too.
Indian banks saw their losses nearly double to Rs 12.6 crore.
Like software-as-a-service (SaaS), CaaS has emerged as a well-orchestrated ecosystem for cybercriminals.
While this trend will continue thanks to the number of IT professionals working for the SIMI under the guise of the Indian Mujahideen, it is now upon each one of us to ensure that we take utmost care while using the internet.
Located in a small township in the eastern part of Bengaluru is IBM's new Security Command Centre, which is surrounded by offices of multinational tech companies. This unit is the centrepiece of IBM's multi-million dollar investment to help businesses prepare for the growing threat of cyberattacks across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. This facility is the first of its kind in the region. It helps train in cybersecurity response techniques through highly realistic and simulated cyberattacks.
Hackers may be able to exploit Google Glass' 'root capability', which is enabled by attaching it to a desktop computer and running some commands, allowing them to access the user's information, the Guardian reports.
By 2026, around 25 per cent of the global population may spend at least an hour a day on Metaverse. This will open the doors for many businesses, the NFTs market will spread, and Web 3.0 will attract more investment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) records leaked by hackers raised a lot of questions with healthy athletes seemingly taking banned substances, TASS news agency reported.
'Malicious files can silently sit in your phone and relay data to hackers without your knowledge.'
A hacker broke into the Bush family email accounts and accessed all their private family photographs along with their private emails.
Do you know that hackers around the world are always on the prowl to enter your computer and filch personal data? But there are ways in which you can beat these hackers.
The case which was registered in 2015, pertains to a criminal conspiracy hatched by ISIS to establish its base in India by recruiting Muslim youth for ISIS through different social media platforms, the NIA stated.
'The cases have not reduced because the prosecution has found some other way to stop people from using their right to free speech.'
Do you suspect that your partner is cheating on you and want to find out the truth by installing spyware on their phone? Or, perhaps you are a student who wants to get out of an online classroom so you can play an online game with friends? How about some Zoom raiding for a mere Rs 50-100? Or, are you a person who wishes to hack into someone's phone or laptop, and steal their financial details? Crimeware-as-a-Service (CaaS) allows you to do all this and more.
Twitter accounts of leading industrialist Ratan Tata and Trai chairman R S Sharma were also hacked
The National Green Tribunal's website on Monday came under cyber attack with a grouping hacking it and posting profanities, claiming it was an act of "revenge" against Indian army's surgical strikes across the Line of Control.
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of HDFC Bank, Sameer J Ratolikar, will answer all your queries about secure banking in an online chat with readers on April 27, between 2 pm and 3 pm.
Twitter said as per its investigation, the latest attack was not due to a compromise of Twitter's systems or service.
The British Broadcasting Corporation, the world's largest and oldest broadcaster, reportedly fell victim to a hacker who tried to sell access to the system over Christmas.
Oath, the rebranded Yahoo, did not specify what information was at risk for the users, but said that hackers did not steal passwords, credit card numbers or bank account information.
Installing a new app? Rediff.com's Ashish Narsale shows you how to do it safely.
The hacking group say they will release information on those who help mask the rich.
"We do not have any tight (military) relations with Pakistan," Putin said.
'I'm trying to move away from what I've done before, not because I'm not happy with what it was, but because I have already done that.'
Screenshots of the site's home page, which went viral on social media, show expletive filled messages and even a meme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
A video of students stranded in the war-hit Ukrainian city of Sumy holding Indian flags and threatening to take up a journey to the Russian border on foot created an uproar in national and international media, which in turn, prompted the Indian authorities to fast-track their evacuation process.
According to Microsoft, hackers looking to exploit the flaw could host a 'specially crafted website' containing content that can help them do so.
The war between hackers and banks over ATM security will be dynamically redefined, notes Atanu Biswas.
The hacking took place on the night of February 4.
PIO finds similarities between WannaCry code and other tools created by Lazarus Group in the past.
A teenager of South Asian descent in the US is facing 38 years in prison for repeatedly breaking into his high school and hacking computers to change his grades and steal tests along with his friend. Omar Khan, 18, is being held in jail in lieu of $50,000 bail after he was accused of 69 counts and could face more than 38 years in prison, if convicted.
Shashank Chourey dropped out of engineering college in the second year to pursue his passion for computers
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