Sending a funny meme on WhatsApp can cost you bank account, social media account, photos and more, check this latest scamDownloading images received on WhatsApp, even seemingly harmless ones, from unknown sources can compromise your phone's security through hi...
25 May, 2025, 08.00 AM IST
Signs your laptop might be bugged. And how to fight backYour laptops are always at a risk of being bugged. Monitoring software can attack personal and professional laptops. Here are some ways you...
13 May, 2025, 12.11 PM IST
Meta awarded $167 million in damages from Israeli cybersecurity firmIn March, Meta filed a brief seeking damages from NSO Group, and last week a jury heard arguments about potential penalties. The jury award...
07 May, 2025, 11.51 AM IST
Have you got an email asking you to download e-PAN card? It could be a scam, says govt, see how you can protect yourselfThe Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check has identified a phishing scam in which phony emails purporting to be from the Income Tax Dep...
26 Dec, 2024, 01.12 PM IST
Beware! These malware are masquerading as Microsoft and Google Chrome apps to cheat youCybersecurity experts are alerting people to stay safe from the increasing number of cybercrimes. Cybercriminals use techniques such as Tro...
19 Jun, 2024, 11.31 PM IST
McAfee unearths 'Xamalicious' Bug - Android alert: Google bans popular apps | Check listMcAfee has issued an Android alert, warning people to uninstall some apps that contain a bug. It is capable of stealing confidential inform...
29 Dec, 2023, 12.38 AM IST
Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online: reportSpyware lets the user see the contents of the target's device, including calls, texts, email and voicemail. Some forms of spyware can take ...
24 Sep, 2023, 02.07 PM IST
Israeli spyware firm QuaDream developed tools for hacking across 10 countries: reportsCitizen Lab said in its report it had been able to identify a handful of civil society victims whose iPhones had been hacked using surveill...
12 Apr, 2023, 12.22 PM IST
Experts caution Samsung, Huawei, and Google phone users. Here's whyUsers of Samsung, Huawei, and Google phones have been sent a dire warning and instructed to remove several popular applications that may co...
26 Sep, 2022, 09.19 PM IST
Malware in 28 games like Roblox, Minecraft exploit several players' financial dataCybercriminals are creating more and more new schemes and tools to attack players and steal their credit card data and even game accounts, ...
15 Sep, 2022, 05.11 PM IST
Pegasus: What is it? How does it operate?In 2019, messaging major WhatsApp revealed that the Israeli technology had been used to infect close to 1,400 phones with the application i...
19 Jul, 2021, 09.49 AM IST
Spyware is getting cheaper, Indian digital beware says EFFGalperin who was attending India's largest cyber security conference Nullcon 2018 said that mobile phones is the primary attack platform an...
02 Apr, 2018, 06.32 PM IST
Password, SMS stealing virus hits Android phonesThe deadly virus has been identified as 'AndroidSmssend' and it can acquire as many as four aliases to hoodwink the user and perpetrate its...
09 Dec, 2014, 03.36 PM IST
Beware of bank account and password stealing Internet virusA new virus has been found to be "spreading widely" in the cyberspace which steals bank account details and passwords of the user once it i...
24 Apr, 2013, 05.36 PM IST
Beware of bank account and password stealing Internet virusCountry's cyber security sleuths have alerted Internet users in the country about the new and suspected variant of malware family called 'W...
24 Apr, 2013, 05.22 PM IST
- Keep your financial details out of hackers' reach
While transacting on the Internet, maintain some safeguards to keep your account and personal details safe. Vidyalaxmi elaborates.
26 Jan, 2012, 03.43 AM IST
- Online banking primer: Use virtual keypad for safe transaction
Virtual keypad is an online application, which substitutes the actual physical keyboard with a mouse.
17 Feb, 2011, 01.39 AM IST