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...
02 Sep, 2026, 01.28 PM IST
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...
29 Aug, 2026, 06.54 AM IST
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...
27 Aug, 2026, 07.42 PM IST
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...
27 Aug, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
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...
27 Aug, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
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 ...
27 Aug, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
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...
26 Aug, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
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 ...
26 Aug, 2026, 02.45 PM IST
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...
25 Aug, 2026, 07.44 AM IST
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...
23 Aug, 2026, 11.04 PM IST
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-...
22 Aug, 2026, 09.01 AM IST
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...
22 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
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...
20 Aug, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
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...
20 Aug, 2026, 07.38 AM IST
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 ...
19 Aug, 2026, 02.30 PM IST
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...
17 Aug, 2026, 12.58 PM IST
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...
14 Aug, 2026, 08.20 AM IST