US jury awards WhatsApp $168 million in NSO Group cyberespionage suitA US jury awarded WhatsApp $168 million in damages against Israeli firm NSO Group for using Pegasus spyware to hack users’ phones. The cour...
07 May, 2025, 06.40 AM IST
Exclusive: Apple warns users of "mercenary spyware" attack; India, 91 other countries impactedApple, in its threat notification mail, said it detected that the user was “being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to ...
12 Apr, 2024, 12.11 PM IST
Quick-commerce grows beyond grocery; Tribe Capital’s latest India betHappy Friday! Quick-commerce platforms like Zepto, Swiggy’s Instamart, and Zomato-owned Blinkit are seeing a surge in sales for non-grocery...
12 Apr, 2024, 08.33 AM IST
Apple users hit by spyware attack; placement blues at IITsiPhone maker Apple has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible victims of a “mercenary spyware attack”. Th...
11 Apr, 2024, 07.34 PM IST
Clearing at CDSL back to normal post cyber attackOn Sunday evening, the country’s largest depository by way of active demat accounts said that its systems had been made live after due chec...
21 Nov, 2022, 06.15 AM IST
CDSL services down due to cyber attacksBrokers said services such as pay-in, pay-out, pledge, or unpledged securities for margin were down due to system failure at the CDSL. Howe...
19 Nov, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
Pegasus: SC-appointed expert panel members have vast experience in cyber security, digital forensicsThe expert panel will have the power to "enquire, investigate and determine whether the Pegasus spyware was used on phones or other devices...
27 Oct, 2021, 04.49 PM IST
Government may spare Google from its phishing probeThe government is nevertheless planning to issue a notice to Google asking why it had not informed the authorities about the attack. It wil...
03 Dec, 2019, 07.55 AM IST
Government wants to conduct audit of WhatApp Security System after NSO espionageThe govt wants to audit WhatsApp's security systems over the spying row, the IT minister has said.
29 Nov, 2019, 06.04 AM IST
WhatsApp vulnerability: CERT-In issues advisory; company says users unaffectedThe advisory comes in the backdrop of recent developments where WhatsApp had informed the Indian government in September that over hundred ...
20 Nov, 2019, 05.22 PM IST
WhatsApp identifies new holes, warns of malicious MP4 fileIndia is WhatsApp's biggest market with 400 million users. The development comes just weeks after WhatsApp sued Israeli company, NSO group,...
18 Nov, 2019, 11.44 AM IST
Malware attack on users: CERT-In alerted three days before WhatsApp pingedIn Sept 2019, WhatsApp told CERT-In of attempts to target 121 Indians & around 20 may have been impacted.
06 Nov, 2019, 09.58 AM IST
WhatsApp says alerted govt of spyware attack in September too; IT Min says past info was inadequateWhatsApp had said it is suing NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, that is reportedly behind the technology that helped unnamed entitie...
03 Nov, 2019, 03.42 PM IST
WhatsApp responds to government; says it informed in September Indian users were impacted of malwareWhatsApp's response to the government on Friday comes amid allegations that it had withheld information about Indian citizens being among t...
02 Nov, 2019, 06.33 PM IST
Pegasus may have spread its tentacles into several appsCybersecurity firms have in the past found the Pegasus software in both the Apple and Android operating systems. WhatsApp said the number o...
02 Nov, 2019, 09.50 AM IST
Along came a Whatsapp trojanAll you need to know about the spyware that was injected into the messaging platform.
16 May, 2019, 09.15 AM IST
Why big corporates need to fight off cyber attacksAccording to Kaspersky's IT Risk Report, more attacks are being specifically targeted, which means hackers are identifying targets companie...
12 Oct, 2017, 07.53 PM IST