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    • Washington Post investigating cyberattack on journalists' email accounts: Report

      The memo sent to Post employees by Executive Editor Matt Murray said the intrusion was discovered on Thursday and the newspaper immediately initiated an investigation

    • MC Stan reveals his YouTube channel was hacked

      MC Stan's official YouTube channel has been hacked, a shocking blow to his "Kattar fam." The Bigg Boss 16 winner shared the update on Instagram stories, assuring fans that efforts are underway to recover the channel.

    • Shraddha Kapoor’s X account sparks hacking rumours after cryptic post leaves fans confused

      Shraddha Kapoor's fans were left confused late Tuesday night after a mysterious post appeared on her X (formerly Twitter) account. The message, “Easy $28. GG!” sparked speculation, with many wondering if her account had been hacked. The cryptic post quickly gained attention across social media platforms.

    • Chinese hackers breach US, India internet companies: Report

      Volt Typhoon has breached four US firms, including internet service providers, and another in India through a vulnerability in a Versa Networks server product, according to Lumen Technologies Inc.’s unit Black Lotus Labs

    • Bharti Singh's YouTube channel hacked, seeks immediate help from YouTube India

      Renowned comedian and actor Bharti Singh is facing a major crisis after her YouTube channel, Bharti TV Network, was hacked. The incident has caused significant distress for Singh, who has taken to social media to seek immediate assistance from YouTube India.

    • Why millions of dollars are being offered to hack and crack iPhones, Android phones, WhatsApp and more

      Zero-day exploits or vulnerabilities are surprise attacks targeting unknown software flaws. Crowdfense, a startup is offering up to $30 million to hackers who can discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in popular devices and apps.

    • CBS & Paramount's parent co reports year-old data breach affecting over 80,000 people

      National Amusements said people who have had their social security numbers leaked, will receive 12 months of credit monitoring and identity threat services

    • Delhi Police arrests four people accused for selling personal details on dark web

      The data sold was leaked from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

    • MeitY sends notice to Apple over threat notification to opposition MPs, journalists

      iPhone hacking: Several opposition MPs and journalists took to X formerly Twitter, saying that they have received a threat notification from Apple warning them of state sponsored attackers targeting their device

    • Sony confirms data leak affecting nearly 7000 employees

      The data includes personally identifiable information of US-based employees, and Sony says it will provide credit monitoring services.

    • MC Explains: India’s guidelines on cyber security in the power sector

      The latest version of the Grid Code mandates regular cybersecurity audits by all users. This is yet another step by agencies such as the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to help prevent cyberattacks in the power sector.

    • Tesla-themed hacks target YouTube accounts of Indian personalities

      This is not the first time that Elon Musk or Tesla-themed hacks targeted prominent personalities across the world. Other victims include US President Joe Biden and others

    • MeitY plans migrating from NIC to secure cloud solution for government email services

      The ministry is looking for a master system integrator who can take 'complete ownership' of migrating the email solutions to a cloud system that can be scaled and can handle up to 50 lakh users.

    • Pakistan-aligned threat actor targeting Indian edu sector to keep an eye on research activities: SentinelLabs researcher

      Aleksandar Milenkoski, a senior threat researcher at US-based cyber security firm SentinelLabs, said the threat actor has been luring researchers and institutions with phishing emails that are embedded with malwares

    • Hacktivist Indonesia also targeted US, Israel, Sweden apart from India over incidents that hurt religious sentiments

      Recently, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre issued an alert on Hacktivist Indonesia group's announcement that it will target 12,000 government websites.

    • Israeli spyware used to hack across 10 countries, Microsoft and watchdog say

      Citizen Lab said in its report that it had been able to identify a handful of civil society victims whose iPhones had been hacked using surveillance software developed by the Israeli company, QuaDream Ltd – a lower-profile competitor to the Israeli spyware company NSO Group.

    • Google suspends PDD Holding's Chinese ecommerce app Pinduoduo

      Google announced on March 20 that it had flagged several apps made by Chinese company PDD Holdings as malware.

    • 900 million Indian police, legal records 'up for sale' on web

      The authenticity of the claim or the source of the information of the leak has not been confirmed

    • ChatGPT can be tricked into coding malware, say security researchers

      CyberArk security researchers got the code by asking ChatGPT to do the same thing using multiple constraints and ‘asking it to obey’

    • Government's 2-factor authentication system 'Kavach' targeted in cyber attack: report

      This is not the first time Kavach has been targeted with the intent to circumvent 2FA capabilities. Talos Intelligence discovered that SideCopy/Transparent Tribe targeted Kavach by deceiving government officials into installing malware that posed as an installer or updater for Kavach.

    • Hackers from North Korea targeted South Korean foreign policy experts

      The hackers are believed to be working with the North Korean government

    • Central Pollution Control Board urges employees not to use torrents, download pirated software to curb cyber attacks

      Employees were also advised not to connect personal laptop computers to the Central Pollution Control Board's network.

    • Darknet service allowing hackers to infect Android apps with malware

      The malware targets both Windows and Android devices and has victims spread across Spain, Portugal and Canada

    • Online registration of OPD patients resumes at AIIMS-Delhi

      The servers of the premier hospital here essentially remained down most of the time during the day, they said.

    • Russian state-owned bank VTB hit by largest DDoS attack in its history

      State-owned VTB said it was repelling the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

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