Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit unknown weakness in a company's digital defenceGoogle has stopped criminals using artificial intelligence to find and exploit a company's digital weakness. This zero-day exploit could ha...
11 May, 2026, 09.14 PM IST
War without borders: The rise of cyberattacks beyond the battlefieldCyber conflict has escalated beyond borders following US-Israeli strikes on Iran, with hacktivists and state-backed actors launching global...
10 May, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
Schools reach out to Canvas hackers as breach hits US classroomsA cybercriminal group, ShinyHunters, stole vast amounts of student data from the educational platform Canvas. Some affected schools and uni...
09 May, 2026, 07.01 AM IST
Universities around the world scramble after cyberattack disrupts student portalsA significant cyberattack on the Canvas learning platform has disrupted academic operations at numerous universities across the US, Austral...
08 May, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
Beware! Finance Secretary Nagaraju warns banks about risk from MythosIndian financial authorities are alerting banks to the significant risks from advanced AI models. Secretary M Nagaraju highlighted the pote...
07 May, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
AI won’t fix broken systems: India needs secure-by-design approachIndia's digital infrastructure faces a critical challenge. While AI accelerates attacks, the core issue is weak system design. Security req...
30 Apr, 2026, 11.23 PM IST
Majority of Indian firms hit by ransomware in 2025 pay over Rs 12 crore on average: ReportAs per the report findings, India has emerged as the Asia-Pacific epicentre of ransomware activity, with manufacturing organisations witnes...
15 Apr, 2026, 10.35 PM IST
What is Anthropic's Mythos model and what does it do?Anthropic Mythos AI model explained: Anthropic's powerful AI, Mythos, can uncover software vulnerabilities at an unprecedented scale, leadi...
13 Apr, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
Meet FBI’s most-wanted cybercriminal, Volodymyr Tymoshchuk, Ukrainian hacker accused of attacking hundreds of US firms and extorting millionsA Ukrainian national, Volodymyr Viktorovych Tymoshchuk, is among the FBI's most wanted cybercriminals for his alleged role in a global rans...
16 Nov, 2025, 02.37 PM IST
CERT-In cautions internet users against Ransomware 'Akira' attackThe agency is the central technology arm to combat cyber attacks and guards the cyber space against phishing and hacking assaults and simil...
23 Jul, 2023, 01.56 PM IST
QUAD nations to assist each other in taking action against malicious cyber activitiesA joint statement issued after foreign ministers Penny Wong of Australia, S Jaishankar of India, Hayashi Yoshimasa of Japan and US Secretar...
24 Sep, 2022, 07.42 AM IST
Quad Foreign Ministers sign into operation HADR PartnershipThe Ministers without naming China called on states to take reasonable steps to address ransomware operations emanating from within their t...
24 Sep, 2022, 01.14 AM IST
New ransomware makes victim donate to poor, financial help to needy patients"GoodWill ransomware was identified by CloudSEK researchers in March 2022. As the threat group's name suggests, the operators are allegedly...
22 May, 2022, 07.21 PM IST
Ransomware persists even as high-profile attacks have slowedIn the months since President Joe Biden warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin to crack down on ransomware gangs in his country, there hasn't...
18 Dec, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
Ransomware attacks on healthcare, pharma sectors seen rising in 2021With most organisations expected to follow a hybrid working model next year, threats persist for remote work infrastructure as well. Bitcoi...
22 Dec, 2020, 01.05 PM IST
Seqrite predicts increased ransomware attacks on healthcare and pharmaceutical sector in 2021umerous hospitals, COVID-19 research firms, and pharma companies have fallen victim to ransomware in the last quarter of ‘20, making it nec...
22 Dec, 2020, 12.08 PM IST
Cognizant hit by 'Maze' ransomware attackRansomware is a type of malicious program used by hackers to take control of files in an infected system and then demand hefty payments to ...
21 Apr, 2020, 09.50 AM IST