Once world’s ‘most wanted’ hacker, Kevin Mitnick is no moreKevin Mitnick, once the world's most wanted hacker, passed away on July 16 at the age of 59. Mitnick had been battling pancreatic cancer fo...
21 Jul, 2023, 01.28 AM IST
Former Uber security chief found guilty of hiding 2016 data breach from authoritiesIn 2016, while the Federal Trade Commission was investigating Uber over an earlier breach of its online systems, Sullivan learned of a new ...
06 Oct, 2022, 11.46 AM IST
'White hat' hacker returns most of $600 mn crypto tokens taken: Poly NetworkThe platform, which was little known before Tuesday's heist, declared the hacker on Twitter as a "white hat," referring to ethical hackers ...
13 Aug, 2021, 09.01 AM IST
The proliferation of hacking as a service is giving cybersecurity experts nightmaresAnyone can be targeted. As tech spreads its wings, we become more vulnerable to Black Hats and Grey Hats.
05 Jul, 2020, 12.26 PM IST
Many BellTroxes: Delhi is now India’s hacker hubReports of "hacking for hire" operations came as no surprise to India’s growing ethical hacker community.
10 Jun, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
Taiwanese hacker drops plan to take down Mark Zuckerberg’s accountCyber enthusiasts from India routinely expose loopholes in corporate websites and software, earning small financial rewards.
01 Oct, 2018, 07.55 AM IST
Cryptojacking is trending. But for how long?Cybersecurity companies are becoming increasingly skilled at weeding out the scripts used in cryptojacking.
05 Apr, 2018, 05.02 PM IST
Hacking the mind of a hacker: ET decodes the psychology of a cyber criminalHackers will exert huge influence over our lives as we move towards an even more connected world. Civil society and governments need to inv...
16 Oct, 2017, 03.36 PM IST
Hackers go after Baidu's driverless car secretsThe Beijing-based company's head of cybersecurity, Ma Jie, said it was unclear who was behind the gang.
22 Mar, 2017, 09.33 AM IST
Post demonetisation, ethical hackers are in high demand among payment appsIndian online payment companies have been announcing various measures, including hiring ethical hackers, to beef up security against online...
09 Jan, 2017, 04.21 PM IST
Bengaluru hacker Anand Prakash gets Twitter, Facebook bounty for reporting bugAnand Prakash says he has received $15,000 from Facebook for reporting a bug that could have put the social network's 1.6 billion users at ...
09 Mar, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
Monendra Sahu, Raipur's ethical hacker in Google's 'security hall of fame'He hacked some of the most secured internet networks existing on world wide web and got rewarded by his targets.
14 Oct, 2013, 03.34 AM IST
Can India churn out ethical hackers like it has produced coders & programmers?India is facing high-intensity hacking attacks. Countering the threat requires an army of guys with the same skills but nobler intentions.
29 Jan, 2012, 07.29 AM IST
- Passwords top hackers’ list of targets
The term 'hacker' probably originated in the 1960s when the modern computing system was evolving and people were studying computers in the ...
13 Dec, 2010, 05.17 AM IST
- 'Ethical' hackers assist security agencies and finance firms to check cyber crime
Once perceived as a badge of honour, the term ‘‘ hacker’ ’ and the practice of hacking have over the years acquired a taint.
16 May, 2010, 09.30 AM IST
- Hackers create tremors online by 'poisoning' Haiti quake searches
Hackers became busy writing malicious codes aimed at infecting PCs of web users who were seeking information about the disaster. After phis...
17 Jan, 2010, 04.14 AM IST
- E-fraud on rise, Web 2.0 makes it easy
Players in e-commerce are grappling with increasing number of e-fraud cases as people are going for online shopping in a big way. Modern Mo...
09 Aug, 2008, 07.30 AM IST