cyber crime

U.S. think tank hit by cyberattack

A U.S. think tank The Heritage Foundation said it experienced a cyberattack earlier this week. A per...

Meta’s oversight board reviewing two cases of AI-generated nudity targeting women

Meta’s oversight board is inviting comments as it looks into two cases where AI-generated nude image...

Android banking malware exploits weaknesses to perform info-stealing operations: Report 

A new Android banking malware was found exploiting weaknesses in the Android manifest extraction and...

Ransomware payments drop as more companies refuse to pay extortion demands: Report 

Ransomware payments dropped to a record low of 28% of companies paying ransom in the first quarter o...

Tinder introduces ‘Share My Date’ feature to help you share key information with your contacts

Dating app Tinder is introducing a “Share My Date” feature that allows people who are matching with ...

Hackers target critical vulnerability in WordPress plugin to compromise websites: Report 

Hackers are using a critical vulnerability in the WP Automatic, a plugin used by more than 30,000 we...

Scamdemic: How Chinese Cyber Crime Gangs Have Made Cambodia, Myanmar Their Safe Havens

The Telangana police this week rescued two techies who were lured by Chinese-run gangs into working ...

After searing Cyber Safety Review Board report, Microsoft tells employees that security comes first

Microsoft is telling its employees that security is “job number one” and will become the company’s “...

Google plans to use AI to counter cybersecurity threats, prepare reports 

Google plans to use its Gemini AI model in conjunction with its Mandiant cybersecurity unit and Viru...

U.S. announces $10 million bounty for alleged LockBit ransomware creator

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Russian national Dimitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, 31, and an...

Scam AI apps on Google Play Store are luring users into romantic relationships

An AI chat and role-play app on the Google Play Store encourages users to find “romantic AI friends ...

Dell warns users of data breach that impacted around 49 million customers: Report  

Dell is warning customers of a data breach that allegedly impacted 49 million customers. The PC make...

DoT directs telcos to block 28,200 mobile handsets, re-verify 20 lakh mobile numbers

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has directed telecom operators to block 28,200 mobile handsets and c...

Google fixes fifth –zero-day vulnerability in Chrome’s latest security update 

Google released a security update for Chrome to fix a zero-day vulnerability. The security vulnerabi...

Web of Cyber Frauds: Complaints in Lakhs, FIRs in Thousands, But Arrests in Only 1% Cases

From AIIMS cyber attack to ICMR data leak and loan lending app frauds, the National Cyber Crime Port...

Two brothers who studied at MIT allegedly stole $25 million in crypto in around 12 seconds

Two brothers who studied mathematics and computer science at MIT were arrested this week and face fr...