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What is Bluebugging and how do hackers use it? Learn how to secure your devices
Bluebugging attacks take advantage of Bluetooth-enabled devices. Once hacked, the attacker may modify or seize your contacts, perform and monitor conversations, read and send messages, and more.
Prophet row: Thane Police website hacked; hacker demands apology to Muslims
On opening the website, the message on the screen stated: “Hacked by one hat cyber team”
Explained: How German researchers found out that even a switched off iPhone can be easily hacked
A group of engineers have shown that it is possible to hack an iPhone even when it is switched off. Hackers can potentially abuse the way Apple’s Find My Device functionality works and gain access to a device’s content, even when it is switched off.
Bhima Koregaon hacking allegations: What Arsenal analysis of Rona Wilson's PC says
Arsenal Consulting's findings will, obviously, be contested by the police’s Forensic Science Laboratory; that is the normal back-and-forth of any criminal trial.
Microsoft, Apple, Netflix, Tesla and 31 other companies' internal systems were discovered with security vulnerability
The researcher, Alex Birsan, earned over $130,000 in bug bounties for his ethical research from Microsoft, Apple, PayPal and other companies.
Hacker tries to poison Florida city by tampering with chemicals in water supply; no harm done, say officials
A supervisor saw the chemical being tampered with — as a mouse controlled by the intruder moved across the screen changing settings — and was able to intervene and reverse it
Russian hackers who pose threat to US election have breached nuclear plants, power grid in the past
The timing of the attacks so close to the election and the potential for disruption set off concern inside private security firms, law enforcement and intelligence agencies
Cybersecurity: Loopholes that lead to hacking even when 2FA is enabled
Hackers have been known to trick mobile phone carriers into transferring a victim’s phone number to their own phone.
Hackers use Google Drive feature to plug targeted malware, phish for sensitive information
Hackers can use this loop hole for spear phishing attacks, where targeted individuals or firms are sent files from trusted contacts so they reveal confidential information.
US accuses Chinese nationals of hacking spree targeting COVID data, defense secrets
US authorities said the Chinese nationalsparticipated in a multiyear cyber espionage campaign that stole weapons designs, drug information, software source code, etc.
US accuses two Chinese nationals of hacking spree targeting COVID-19 data, defense secrets
US authorities said the Chinese nationals participated in a multiyear cyber espionage campaign that stole weapons designs, drug information and software source code
Twitter says attackers 'manipulated a small number of employees', downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts
Hackers accessed Twitter’s internal systems to hijack some of the platform’s top voices including US presidential candidate Joe Biden, billionaire Elon Musk and former president Barack Obama
Physical stress to phishing: Real challenges of virtual gaming and how to counter them
The rapidly-growing Esports industry has its own issues that manifest in the form of various risks associated with online gaming. Here's a look at some with their possible remedies.
BellTroX InfoTech Services, a Delhi-based cyber firm allegedly spied on politicians, investors worldwide
BellTroX bombarded its targets with tens of thousands of malicious emails, according to the data reviewed by Reuters.
Microsoft alerts about a COVID-19 phishing attack in which malicious Excel attachments are being sent via email
Hackers send emails that pretend to be from Johns Hopkins Center that include Excel files that provide graphical representation of the coronavirus data.
In defense lies the best offence: Six tips to keep your digital world safe
Do not ‘talk’ to strangers, which means don’t click on links, open attachments sent by addresses you don’t know.
Servers at UN’s Geneva, Vienna offices, human rights agency hacked last year as part of ‘sophisticated espionage operation’, says leaked report
Sophisticated hackers infiltrated UN networks in Geneva and Vienna last year in an apparent espionage operation, the hackers' identity and the extent of the data they obtained are not known
Get your Net guard up: Tools and services that can protect your online data from hackers
Tools like Google Password Checkup and HTTPS everywhere and more can help you guard your data online.
The Jeff Bezos hack is a lesson that everyone is vulnerable to a similar attack
Despite being end-to-end encrypted, WhatsApp, like almost any messaging service, can act as a conduit for malware.
How Jeff Bezos' iPhone X was hacked: 14 bytes of 4.4 MB video sent by Saudi crown prince likely to have been malware
On the afternoon of 1 May, 2018, Jeff Bezos received a message on WhatsApp from an account belonging to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman