Sweden thwarted 2025 pro-Russian cyber attack on thermal power plantSweden stopped a Russian-linked cyber attack on a power plant in mid-2025. The Swedish Security Service identified the group. The attack ai...
15 Apr, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
Data heist of the century? Hacker claims to steal top-secret files from China supercomputer - data up for saleThe China supercomputer data breach is shaking global cybersecurity circles with one shocking number. More than 10 petabytes of allegedly s...
10 Apr, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
Stryker cyber attack: Which Iranian hacker group is suspected behind the breach and why did Iran choose a global medical device giant for a wiper malware attack amid the US-Iran war?4,000 workers went offline after the Stryker cyber attack hit global systems. The breach disrupted operations at Stryker Corporation across...
11 Mar, 2026, 08.45 PM IST
Clubhouse calls report on data breach 'misleading and false'Clubhouse has denied any breach or hack after a CyberNews report says that a database containing 1.3 million scraped records of the platfor...
11 Apr, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
“North Korea’s cyber army is ready to deliver a new strike.Will the command be given to attack?”According to IT-specialists, with every passing year the technologies of North Korean hackers have become more advanced and their appetites...
12 Mar, 2018, 07.13 PM IST
Following Uber, Zomato data breach, ethical hacker Anand Prakash has the key to avoid the nextAll of 24, Prakash has crossed an enviable list of milestones for an entrepreneur his age, including being ranked consistently among the to...
06 Dec, 2017, 12.51 PM IST
India witnessing sophisticated cyber attacks from organised and unorganised playersBiggest Indian conglomerates, mid-scale companies based in tier 2 or tier 3 cities and the country's biggest banks; everybody is being targ...
20 Feb, 2017, 12.41 PM IST
Cyber attacks on the rise; 70% of Nifty 50 companies vulnerable: Study200 IP addresses belonging to the 34 companies were blacklisted by various ISPs, implying that the ISPs found these IPs to be involved in s...
19 Jun, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
China asks US to stop groundless accusations of cyber attacksChina has dismissed as "groundless accusations" the recent US assertions that cyber attacks were emanating from the Communist giant.
12 Sep, 2015, 03.28 PM IST
How Indian financial outfits have been facing numerous cyber attacks from PakistanIn the world of cybercrime, such attacks, which could be mistaken as normal traffic overload on the Net, are known as "distributed denial o...
31 Aug, 2015, 09.59 AM IST
Why SEBI’s IT security guideline can be beneficial to retail investorsIf a hacker can wipe out your demat account details, it would be equivalent to your money getting vanished.
13 Apr, 2015, 01.24 PM IST
Cyber crime: Easy money, lack of deterrents amid slow job market lure Indians into hacking servicesWork such as hacking into computer networks and creation of malware is being outsourced to cyber-mercenaries in India through underground m...
25 Aug, 2013, 01.18 PM IST
- 117 government websites defaced between Jan-June, 2011: Pilot
The government on Wednesday said 117 websites of various departments and agencies were defaced by hackers between January and June.
03 Aug, 2011, 03.39 PM 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 target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole
Microsoft warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of Internet Explorer. Fortify your online...
10 Mar, 2010, 11.08 PM IST
- 'Supply of ethical hackers in India short of demand'
This has very much to do with the nation’s security, but not one that the political leadership is being pulled up for. In pics: Nokia N97 m...
17 Nov, 2009, 04.09 PM IST
- Phishers filch Red Cross money for quake victims
A chunk of online donations made to Red Cross by sympathetic souls worldwide for relief efforts in Sichuan has been siphoned off by an act ...
21 May, 2008, 08.02 AM IST