Tag: Hackers

PUBG
PUBG says sorry after Indian users shut out of game

New Delhi: Some PlayersUnknown Battleground (PUBG) players in India were in for a shock when they received health reminder pop-ups on their screens, barring them from playing the popular game. The company on Saturday said it had fixed the undisclosed issue. The undisclosed issue, which appears to have affected users only in India, not only […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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Internet Explorer on PCs threat to users: Report

San Francisco: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) that has dealt with a reputation for poor security for years, now makes PCs vulnerable even if it is just installed in them, a security researcher has found. According to researcher John Page, an unpatched exploit in the web browser’s handling of MHT files (IE’s web archive format), hackers […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Hacker dumps 1billion user records in 2 months

San Francisco: A serial hacker who goes by the name of Gnosticplayers has released another 65.5 million records of users last week taking his grand total of 932 million records overall. Since mid-February, Gnosticplayers has been putting batches of hacked data on Dream Market, which is a dark web marketplace for selling illegal products like […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
Internet-security
60% Indian firms worried about Internet security

New Delhi: Nearly 60 per cent organisations in India are concerned that the Internet is getting increasingly unstable from a cybersecurity standpoint and they are unsure how to react, according to a new report from Accenture. Most of the respondents from India (77 per cent) believe that the advancement of the digital economy will be […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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J&K Governor's twitter handle hacked

Jammu: Embarrassment was caused to the Jammu and Kashmir Raj Bhawan on Tuesday after the official twitter handle of Governor Satya Pal Malik was hacked showing him as a follower of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Officials at the state Raj Bhawan were embarrassed on Tuesday morning when the Governor’s official twitter handle was hacked […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Hackers hit Microsoft-owned GitHub, demand ransom

San Francisco: Hackers have hit open source software development platform GitHub, removing code repositories and asking ransom from developers in order to restore their source codes. According to a report in ZDnet late on Friday, hundreds of developers have had their source code repositories wiped and replaced with a ransom demand on Microsoft-owned GitHub. “What […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Hackers stand right behind as you shop online in India

New Delhi: With more and more Indians going online and generating never-heard-before kind of data, hackers have turned their focus on a country with over 450 million smartphone users and more than 550 million Internet users. The country has 366 million Internet subscribers in urban locations and 194 million in rural areas, says the latest […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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US city hit by ransomware attack, Internet shut

San Francisco: A ransomware attack has crippled the US city of Baltimore that has brought all of its email and online payment gateways to a standstill. The hackers are demanding $76,280 in exchange for freeing all the city’s systems. The tool that has paralysed the city is a National Security Agency creation called “EternalBlue”, which […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Amitabh Bachchan's Twitter account hacked

Mumbai: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account was hacked, and his profile picture replaced with that of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday night. His Twitter biography, which usually reads, “Actor… well at least some still saying so!”, was suffixed by “Love Pakistan”. Additionally, three posts were sent out and the verified profile’s cover […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Hackers could be using DM route to hijack Twitter accounts

New Delhi: With the Twitter accounts of megastar Amitabh Bachchan and singer Adnan Sami getting hacked, security researchers have warned that users should think twice before clicking on the links received in the Twitter Direct Message (DMs). While Bachchan’s Twitter account was hacked late on Monday, the hackers took control of Sami’s Twitter account on Tuesday. […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Remote-based app exposed thousands of vehicles to hackers

San Francisco: A hacker who goes by the handle Jmaxxz has exposed a series of vulnerabilities in a remote-based automobile app that may have exposed around 60,000 cars to hackers. In a talk at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas on Saturday, Jmaxxz identified several issues in a system called “MyCar” — developed by […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Hackers can detect what is being typed with a smartphone

New York: Using just a smartphone, hackers can listen to what is being typed with remarkable accuracy and access your personal information. According to researchers from Dallas-based Southern Methodist University (SMU), it’s possible to access your information in a subtler way: by using a nearby smartphone to intercept the sound of your typing. The team […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Hackers attack Indian healthcare website, steal 68 lakh records

New Delhi: In a startling revelation, US-based cyber security firm FireEye said on Thursday that hackers broke into a leading India-based healthcare website, stealing 68 lakh records containing patient and doctor information. Without naming the website, FireEye said cyber criminals — mostly China-based — are directly selling data stolen from healthcare organisations and web portals […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Hackers earned $21mn in last 12 months via bug bounty

Singapore: Hackers earned $21 million in the last 12 months reporting vulnerabilities via various bug bounty opportunities as governments’ efforts to fix malware increased a whopping 214 per cent globally, a new report said on Friday. Six hackers surpassed $1 million in lifetime earnings, seven more hit $500,000 in lifetime earnings and more than 50 […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
Targeted Ransomware Attacks Grow 767%, India Among Top Targets
Targeted Ransomware Attacks Grow 767%, India Among Top Targets

New Delhi: The ransomware attacks on high-profile targets such as corporations, government agencies and municipal organisations globally increased by a whopping 767 per cent in one year (from 2019 to…

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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