Yearly Archives: 2019

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Shock revelation as massive American presidential election hack confirmed

 

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Credits: The Register

A student government election in California has taken a bizarre turn after one of the candidates admitted to hacking fellow students in an effort to fix results.

According to local news site Berkeleyside, the unnamed student at Berkeley High School took […]

By |April 11th, 2019|Cyber News|

Yahoo! tries! again! with! 3 billion! email! account! theft! payout!

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Credits: The Register

The remnants of internet giant Yahoo! are once again in court with hopes of settling the case over their massive 2013 hack that saw every single one of its three billion email accounts pwned.

The company, once known as Jerry and David’s Guide […]

By |April 11th, 2019|Cyber News|

Brit hacker jailed for strapping ransomware to smut site ad networks

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Credits: The Register

A student hacker who used pornography websites’ ad networks to deploy the Angler Exploit Kit onto his marks’ devices has been jailed for six years.

Zain Qaiser, a 24-year-old Londoner from Barking, used ad networks on smut websites to distribute […]

By |April 11th, 2019|Cyber News|

World’s biggest data breach is just the tip of the iceberg – Dark Web dangers are growing

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Credits: Telegraph

The 773 million records recently posted on a hacking forum, now known as “Collection #1”, are merely the tip of a vast iceberg of stolen data now available to organised cyber criminals, hostile governments and terrorists.

The Dark Web increasingly hosts […]

By |April 9th, 2019|Cyber News|

Cyber crime warning as experts say hackers deliberately target hospitals

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Credits: Telegraph

Hospitals and the health care industry are being deliberately targeted by hackers, cyber criminals and spies seeking a treasure trove of personal and financial information, a business consultancy has warned.

Attacks by organised gangs and even state spy agencies are a growing concern […]

By |April 9th, 2019|Cyber News|

Maharashtra cyber crime unit feted for fighting piracy

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Credits: The Hindu

In recognition of its efforts to protect online content owners, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce honoured the Maharashtra Cyber Digital Crime Unit (MCDCU) with the 2019 Global Intellectual Property Champion Award on Monday evening.

Established in August 2017, the MCDCU […]

By |April 9th, 2019|Cyber News|

Hackers Forced A Tesla To Enter The Wrong Lane

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Credits: Express Computers

Hackers have demonstrated how they could trick a Tesla Model S to enter into the wrong lane by using a method called “adversarial attack,” a way of manipulating a machine learning (ML) model.

The Tesla Autopilot recognises lanes and assists […]

By |April 8th, 2019|Cyber News|

India Should Indigenise Military Equipment to Stay Ahead in Cyber Warfare, Says Hooda

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Credits: NEWS 18

Not just data localisation, India should have its own operating systems, software, networking equipment and cryptographic algorithms to secure itself from present-day threats of cyber warfare, said Lt. General (retired) Deependra Singh Hooda, the architect of the 2016 surgical […]

By |April 8th, 2019|Cyber News|

Indian Railways’ first cyber crime cell to start in Pune

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Credits: TOI

The first cyber cell of the Indian Railways will open in Pune within a month. The cell will look after cybercrime and fraud cases related to the Railways, a senior Pune rail division official said.

“Investigations, including cyber fraud cases, will […]

By |April 8th, 2019|Cyber News|

Cyber crime group FIN6 now using Windows ransomware

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Credits: IT Wire

The FIN6 cyber crime group, that has in the past been involved in stealing payment card data, has allegedly expanded its activities to deploying Windows ransomware, the security firm FireEye claims.

A blog post authored by researchers Brendan McKeague, Van Ta, […]

By |April 8th, 2019|Cyber News|