Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months: Cyber spy chiefThe hack, one of the most dramatic since Russia's full-scale invasion nearly two years ago, knocked out services provided by Ukraine's bigg...
04 Jan, 2024, 02.52 PM IST
FBI says it has sabotaged hacking tool created by elite Russian spiesThe FBI has sabotaged malware known as Snake, which was used in cyberespionage by Russia's FSB security service, according to US authoritie...
09 May, 2023, 10.46 PM IST
US deploying more cyber forces abroad to help fight hackersIn the last three years, the US military's Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) has conducted 47 such "hunt forward" defensive operations ac...
25 Apr, 2023, 04.02 PM IST
China introduces strategy to make military smarter in backdrop of Ukraine conflictA recently released document by the Central Military Commission, titled “Opinions on accelerating the reform and development of military po...
03 Jun, 2022, 07.23 AM IST
Ukraine thwarts Russian cyberattack on energy plant: officialsThe attack was carried out by Sandworm, a hacker group with ties to Russia's intelligence services, according to Ukraine's Computer Emergen...
13 Apr, 2022, 12.51 PM IST
FBI says Russian hackers scanning US energy systems and pose 'current' threat"The threat from Russia in a criminal sense, in the nation-state sense, is very, very real - and current," said Bryan Vorndran, an assistan...
30 Mar, 2022, 02.29 PM IST
Putin: Russia, US to hold cybersecurity talksWhile the US, Canada and Britain all engage in cyberespionage, the most damaging cyberattacks on record have come either from state-backed ...
17 Jun, 2021, 09.02 AM IST
Meat company JBS confirms it paid $11 mn ransom in cyberattackThe world's largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of USD 11 million to hackers who broke into its computer system lat...
10 Jun, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
Despite hacks, America not seeking widened domestic surveillanceThe official said the administration, mindful of the privacy and civil liberties implications that could arise, is not currently seeking ad...
13 Mar, 2021, 11.06 AM IST
US agencies, companies secure networks after huge hackThe full extent of the damage is not yet clear. But the potential threat was significant enough that the Department of Homeland Security's ...
15 Dec, 2020, 02.21 PM IST
EXPLAINER: How bad is the hack that targeted US agencies?The hack began as early as March when malicious code was snuck into updates to popular software that monitors computer networks of business...
15 Dec, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Russia and China dismiss Microsoft allegations of bids to hack Biden and Trump campsThe Microsoft report, which also mentioned Iran, came as Reuters revealed one of Biden's main campaign advisory firms had been warned by th...
11 Sep, 2020, 06.53 PM IST
To hack or not to hack: The black-hat hacker’s ethical dilemma during a contagionMany black-hat hackers aren’t happy with those spreading malware capitalising on the coronavirus pandemic. In a Russian-speaking undergroun...
09 Apr, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
Clinton blames FBI, Wikileaks and Russian hackers for her lossDuring the interview, Clinton described Syria as another one of those wicked problems which everybody is desperately trying to figure out h...
03 May, 2017, 08.32 AM IST
Hackers sell access to over 3,400 servers in India: ReportKaspersky Lab researchers have investigated a global forum where cyber criminals can buy and sell access to compromised servers for as litt...
16 Jun, 2016, 09.00 PM IST
Space age perils: Hackers find a new battleground on the final frontierCompanies are increasingly having to arm themselves against malware planted inside their hardware before it is sent up - again something th...
22 Oct, 2015, 10.26 PM IST
India significantly hit by cyber espionage, says Russian firmIndia is among the nations hit by a cyber espionage that has been targeting diplomatic, governmental as well as scientific research organis...
15 Jan, 2013, 07.55 AM IST