What are Iran's options to retaliate as open warfare resumes with the US?The US launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran, prompting Iranian missile strikes on what Tehran said were US assets in Jordan, Bahrain, K...
US officials revise claims that government agencies were hacked by Chinese, now say they were targetsUS officials have corrected earlier claims that several government agencies were hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored group, clarifying that...
Is Russia hinting at World War III? UK asks its people to stock food and water as Putin warns of strikes on Britain; CIA chief secretly flies to Moscow amid Kremlin threatsBritain advises households to stockpile food and water for national emergencies. Russia warns of striking British military targets in respo...
OpenAI-Hugging Face incident exposes cybersecurity’s ‘human-speed’ problemAI agents exploited familiar system weaknesses with surprising speed and persistence. These agents communicated extensively, forming a swar...
As AI agents go rogue, cyber insurers are adapting their policiesInsurers, including MSIG, QBE and Beazley, are reviewing traditional cyber policies and adapting their language to account for emerging ris...
Russian-speaking cybercriminals used SpaceX's Cursor AI tool to hack seven companiesRussian-speaking hackers exploited SpaceX's AI coding assistant, Cursor, for company intrusions. This AI-boosted hacking spree targeted at ...
Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here's how it imploded.Meta considered cutting some teams by as much as 60% under an AI-driven restructuring plan, Reuters reported. The company ultimately cut 10...
In 1999, a Florida teen hacked NASA, accessed source code of ISS and forced the world's most powerful space agency to shut down some systems for 21 daysIn 1999, 15-year-old hacker Jonathan James broke into NASA computers and downloaded proprietary software linked to the International Space ...
ETSA 2026: Jury to pick winners today; SoftBank trims Lenskart stakeThe day has arrived! The elite jury of The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026 will convene in Bengaluru today to select the brightest stars...
Quote of the day by Angelina Jolie: ‘I think more about death than some other people. It is probably because I love life more.’ Life lessons on how to accept the inevitability of death and live life to the fullest without regrets or doubts from Oscar-winning starDeath comes for us all. In an old interview, superstar Angelina Jolie admitted that she thought about death quite often, not because she wa...
Apollo Global reveals data breach after hackers target financial firmsThe New York-based firm was among dozens of prominent US financial institutions and other businesses that were recently targeted by ransom-...
Cognizant notifies customers of April data breachThe Teaneck-headquartered company said in a notification to customers that it has “no reason to believe” the information was misused, but h...
How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attemptA computer science student discovered a malicious software update attempt. He then engaged in a deceptive interaction with an artificial in...
US warns Siemens devices can be hacked amid fears Iran is breaching water plantsUS agencies issued a warning about hackers targeting Siemens devices. These devices are crucial for operating water and other critical infr...
India needs to protect critical infrastructure against cyber threats: National Quantum Mission chair Ajai ChowdhryIndia's National Quantum Mission is developing indigenous quantum security products. Critical sectors must adopt post-quantum cryptography ...
SilverFox hackers use fake Claude apps to target companies in Asia: KasperskyCybersecurity group SilverFox is exploiting artificial intelligence across Asia Pacific. They distribute fake Claude AI applications for va...
Taiwan says AI agents used in cyberattacks targeting islandOverseas hackers used artificial intelligence agents to help carry out a wave of cyberattacks targeting Taiwanese government agencies in Ju...