The Worst Hacks of 2021
If 2020 was the year of pandemic lockdown hacking, 2021 was open season for attackers around the world. Ransomware gangs were shockingly aggressive,…
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US fights bail for Russian businessman accused of insider trading through hacking
Image used for representational purpose onlyBOSTON: A US prosecutor argued a Russian businessman accused of insider trading using hacked corporate…
Hacking Helped Russian Businessmen, Others Make Millions in Insider Trading: US Authorities
Five Russians including a Kremlin-linked businessman now in US custody carried out a vast, $82 million (roughly Rs. 620 crore) insider trading scheme that…
Russian Hacker With Kremlin Ties Extradited to U.S. on Insider-Trading Charges
WASHINGTON—The U.S. extradited from Switzerland a Russian national with close ties to the Kremlin on charges that he participated in a scheme to hack and…
Got Jet Lag? Consider Hacking Your Circadian Rhythm
During the pandemic, many people barely left their neighborhoods, let alone their own time zones. But vaccines are available, cabin fever is rampant, and the…
Buckle Up for More Log4j Madness
It feels like the world has a lot of Pandora's boxes open at once right now. Last week another crisis came into view with disclosure of a vulnerability in…
Cyberattack on Payroll Provider Sets Off Scramble Ahead of Holidays
A cyberattack on a popular payroll software provider sent work-tracking systems offline this week, forcing companies to resort to…
Facebook bans Delhi-based IT firm for hacking accounts of government officials, journalists and…
IT company BellTroX InfoTech Services, based at Netaji Subhash Place in Shakurpur area of East Delhi, is back in news as Meta has removed 400 Facebook…
The Next Wave of Log4J Attacks Will Be Brutal
A week ago, the internet experienced a seismic event. Thanks to a vulnerability in Log4j, a popular open source library, multitudes of servers around the…
Google Warns That NSO Hacking Rivals Elite Nation State Spies
The Israeli spyware developer NSO Group has shocked the global security community for years with aggressive and effective hacking tools that can target both…