Special team to probe eMudhra incident; impact on Indian websites, applications very limited: GovtThe ministry said the reported security incident pertains to eMudhra’s global certificate business, and its impact on Indian websites is ve...
21 Oct, 2026, 10.04 PM IST
eMudhra certificates blocked by Google and Mozilla; some legitimate websites may stop working from October 27; here's what happenedeMudhra intermediate CA certificates (Google Trends): Google and Mozilla have blocked eight compromised intermediate certificate keys linke...
21 Oct, 2026, 05.03 PM IST
In 1990, Jim Sanborn installed Kryptos with 4 encrypted sections at CIA headquarters. 36 years later, its final section remains unsolved despite decades of codebreakingIn 1990, artist Jim Sanborn installed a curved copper sculpture named Kryptos inside CIA headquarters. Its 1,735 carved letters contain fou...
21 Sep, 2026, 08.18 PM IST
Hackers hit Bitcoin’s safest hiding place in ongoing attackHackers exploited a software flaw in Coldcard Bitcoin wallets, causing significant financial losses. This vulnerability affected the securi...
03 Aug, 2026, 11.42 AM IST
Crypto market crash: Why Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum and altcoins are down today? Latest crypto market news and price analysis as BTC falls below $60,000, ETH plunges nearly 12%, and the Nasdaq Crypto Index drops almost 7%Why is the crypto market down today? Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Litecoin, and major altcoins plunged as ETF demand weakened. The cryptocurrenc...
06 Jun, 2026, 01.01 AM IST
The misplaced trust in hashing as a privacy safeguardHashing personal data for privacy-safe collaboration is increasingly challenged. Recent demonstrations reveal hashed identifiers from predi...
05 Feb, 2026, 08.09 PM IST
Why AI can’t beat a wall of lava lamps: How the ‘wall of entropy’ secures the internet?Cloudflare, a company that provides cybersecurity services uses a wall of lava lamps in its headquarters to generate true randomness for se...
03 Apr, 2025, 08.05 PM IST
What is the difference between Proof of Work & Proof of Stake?crypto transactions are verified through mining. In this, an individual does cryptographic transactions to verify a particular connection, ...
09 Jun, 2022, 03.43 PM IST
How anonymous is bitcoin, really?Bitcoin represents a techno-utopian dream. Satoshi Nakamoto, its pseudonymous inventor, proposed that the world run not on centralized fina...
07 Jun, 2022, 11.18 AM IST
Cyber Security: IISc develops true random number generator for better data encryption“Almost everything we do on the internet is encrypted for security. The strength of this encryption depends on the quality of random number...
27 May, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
Decoding digital world lingo of NFTs, Web3, metaverse, cryptocurrenciesDecoding these terms will help users to participate in the new digital economy empowered with knowledge of what all they can do in say, met...
25 Apr, 2022, 11.55 AM IST
A $625 million-heist has left crypto community baffled!Axie developer Sky Mavis announced in a blog post that the exploit resulted in losses of over 173,600 Ether and 25.5 million USD Coins, a s...
31 Mar, 2022, 07.49 PM IST
Web 3.0 and crypto adoption: Why is it more important than you think?With the global bias shifting towards Non-Fungible Tokens and creator monetization, these Web 3.0 incentivizing tokens mentioned above are ...
23 Nov, 2021, 08.44 PM IST
Telegram founder feels Signal is a good option, says he can't trust US-based appsPavel Durov said that Telegram will never force its users to watch ads.
12 Jan, 2021, 05.00 PM IST
Now, new hack-proof chip to keep your credit cards safeThis chip is virtually impossible to hack and can prevent your credit card number or key card information from being stolen.
04 Feb, 2016, 06.17 PM IST
Meet Mira Modi, the 11-year-old Indian-origin girl in US sells secure passwordsAn enterprising 11-year-old Indian-origin girl in the US has started her own business selling cryptographically secure passwords.
01 Nov, 2015, 06.19 PM IST
Now, 'inkblot' passwords for unbreakable securityScientists, including one of India-origin, claim to have developed a new 'inkblot' password system.
08 Nov, 2013, 04.54 PM IST