Hacking

'Prince Harry Was Phone-Hacking Victim And Editors Knew': UK Court

Prince Harry was awarded 140,600 pounds (around $180,700) after the judge agreed he had been targeted by journalists working for Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN).

Dec 15, 2023, 22:08 PM IST

SHOCKING! AI Can Steal Passwords By Listening To Keystrokes With 95% Accuracy, Finds Study

According to the results published in the study by the US-based Cornell University, when the AI programme was activated on a nearby smartphone, it was able to accurately reproduce the typed password with a whopping 95 per cent accuracy. 

Aug 17, 2023, 09:56 AM IST

Bangladeshi Hackers Target India With DDoS Attacks, Data Breaches: Report

 According to the cybersecurity firm Group-IB, the group emerged in 2020 but only began to garner global attention in 2022 after a series of cyber raids against high-level targets in India, Israel, and other countries.

Aug 07, 2023, 13:18 PM IST

900 Chinese accounts taken down by Meta over hacking issues

Meta took down a network of about 900 fake accounts on Instagram and Facebook operated from China by an unknown entity.

Dec 16, 2022, 11:55 AM IST

If the phone is charged from a public place, then juice hacking can happen

The habit of charging the smartphone anywhere can make you a victim of hacking. This can also empty your bank account. Police has advised people not to charge their phones in public places like bus stands, railway stations, small restaurants and charging stations. With this you can become a victim of juice jacking or charger hacking.

Sep 20, 2022, 06:28 AM IST

A Vietnamese couple wipes off Hotel chains group data for FUN; Read details

The IHG group confirmed on Tuesday that it had been hacked. “Booking channels and other applications have been significantly disrupted since yesterday,” it informed to investors in filing with the London stock exhchange.

Sep 18, 2022, 17:33 PM IST

This company is hacking anyone's phone by taking money, there is a lot of ruckus

A spyware company has brought such an offer, which has created a lot of ruckus. She is claiming to hack any phone by taking money. The tweet has gone viral. Well-known spyware company Intellexa is now competing with NSO Group Pegasus Developers. About 64 crores is providing services to hack Android and iOS devices by taking iOS and latest Android 12 update.

Aug 29, 2022, 21:28 PM IST

Why did govt quietly ban VLC media player in India?

The VLC Media Player has been banned by all major internet service providers in the country. However, the video streaming provider can be accessed on phone or laptop using any VPN service.
 

Aug 16, 2022, 08:51 AM IST

iPhone 13 buyers, ALERT! Your phone can be hacked too, check steps to protect it

iPhone 13 or previous generations of Apple smartphones can be hacked via not just one but multiple methods. 

May 11, 2022, 16:35 PM IST

Chinese hackers target Ladakh's power grid; bid foiled, says govt

Union Power Minister RK Singh said that ''two attempts by Chinese hackers were made to target electricity distribution centres near Ladakh but were not successful.''

Apr 07, 2022, 15:19 PM IST

Google account hacked? Here's how to find out

While the Google account simplifies our work by connecting all services, it also holds the key to our financial and personal information on these apps.

Mar 05, 2022, 15:28 PM IST

Indian military and other govt websites filled with critical security loopholes, says Sunny Nehra

The worst part is that there are official social media accounts connected to (and created by mails there were set up on) these websites which also could be compromised by hackers because of these flaws.

Feb 19, 2022, 17:29 PM IST

Hackers steal $80 million in crypto, platform begs them to return funds

The company contacted the hacker and offered them the maximum bug bounty in exchange for a return of the funds. 

Jan 29, 2022, 16:17 PM IST

Hackers compromise FBI email system, send thousands of messages

The hackers sent tens of thousands of emails warning of a possible cyberattack, threat-tracking organization Spamhaus Project said on its Twitter account.

Nov 14, 2021, 10:20 AM IST

Delhi police bust WhatsApp hacking syndicate, arrest one foreign national

The seized laptop reveals that the accused use applications that are being used to design various malware links. The accused used to send the specially designed malware disguised in the form of some application to the victim’s devices.

Nov 01, 2021, 16:30 PM IST

Google sent 50,000 warnings to users on government-back hackings

Google has said that so far in 2021, it has sent over 50,000 warnings to those whose accounts were the target of government-backed phishing or malware attempts, a nearly 33 per cent increase from this time in 2020.

Oct 17, 2021, 14:08 PM IST

Google to turn on 2-factor authentication by default for 150 million users

Google says that two-step verification is one of the most reliable ways to prevent unauthorised access. 

Oct 06, 2021, 11:27 AM IST

Instagram account hacked? Here’s how to stay safe

Earlier this year, actor Esha Deol and veteran singer Asha Bhosle also fell prey to hacking

Sep 26, 2021, 15:29 PM IST

Shocking! Shatrughan Sinha’s Twitter handle hacked, name changed to ‘Elon Musk’

It is also unclear whether Sinha has access to his account or not.

Aug 21, 2021, 23:26 PM IST