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Ex-Army man, woman held for sharing sensitive info with Pak

The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad has arrested a retired Army man and a woman for allegedly sharing sensitive information about military establishments and personnel with Pakistani agents, officials...

Award-winning BrahMos scientist cleared of spying charges after 7 yrs

Nishant Agarwal, an award-winning scientist who worked at the BrahMos missile centre, walked free late Tuesday night from Nagpur Central Jail after the Bombay high court cleared him of charges of...

Centre probes GPS spoofing after alerts from 7 major airports

The government on Monday said GPS spoofing and interference incidents have been reported at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai airports, and the Wireless Monitoring...

Be Warned! AI Makes Identity Theft Easier

'The way the attacks are coming has become much stronger and much wider because of AI.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff India has emerged as a key source of identity theft, a cybercrime...

Ceasefire, But Pakistan's Cyber War Continues

More than one million cybersecurity incidents were flagged within 10 days. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The government is on high alert amid the threat of a cyberwarfare against Indian...

26 e-com players say they are free from dark patterns: Govt

As many as 26 top e-commerce companies, including Zepto, BigBasket and Zomato, have given an undertaking that their platforms are free from misleading claims and unfair trade practices which...

SOVA Android phone malware targets banking customers

A new mobile banking 'Trojan' virus -- SOVA -- which can stealthily encrypt an Android phone for ransom and is hard to uninstall is targeting Indian customers, the country's federal cyber security...

AI-driven, deepfake-enabled cyberattacks to rise in 2025

AI-driven and deepfake-enabled cyberattacks are anticipated to become increasingly prevalent in 2025 with sectors like healthcare and finance most prone targets, according to a recent report....

Banks alert customers about mobile banking malware targeting over 200 apps

Several Indian banks have alerted their customers not to download apps from any source other than official app stores. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Banking customers are being targeted...

6,000 new malware pieces everyday

With malware makers aiming to create as many as 6,000 new pieces of malware per day, the growth of malicious software continues to accelerate. Consider this - Internet security company McAfee...

Special Ops 2 Review: Dizzyingly Fast

Special Ops 2 captures the spirit of the modern-day spy thriller and runs with it, observes Deepa Gahlot. A financial defaulter living the high life in Dominica dismisses a pretty young agent....

CTRL Review: Masterful Thriller

Sukanya Verma recommends watching CTRL on a computer for an eerie, immersive, real-time experience. Unsettling, isn't it? Our most reliable source of information and communication can be...

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