8 billion Internet records on millions of Thai users leaked IANS May 26, 2020 A security researcher has alerted Thailand's national computer emergency response team, known as ThaiCERT, after he found a…
Google issues security warning for 2 billion Chrome users IANS Apr 21, 2020 Google has released a much-awaited Chrome update, but it also warned around 2 billion users of the browser about a security flaw…
Browser notifications scams tripled in first three quarters: Study IANS Nov 29, 2019 Browser push notifications were introduced several years ago as a useful tool that kept readers informed with regular updates, but…
Facebook’s encryption tech put public safety at risk: UK’s Indian-origin home secretary PTI Oct 7, 2019 UK’s Indian-origin home secretary Priti Patel has issued an open letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, alongside her…
Giant data breach suit has no legs to stand on, says Facebook Bloomberg Sep 28, 2019 Facebook Inc. says a lawsuit over a data breach that affected almost 30 million users should be tossed because the lawyers who…
IT managers inundated with cyber attacks: Survey IANS Aug 13, 2019 Fifty-four per cent of those who fell victim to a cyber attack were hit by a phishing email, 39 per cent by ransomware and 48 per…
Cyberattacks grew 22% on India’s IoT deployments in Q2 IANS Aug 13, 2019 Smart cities, financial services and transportation sectors led the sectoral rankings in terms of the attacks, said the report…
Facebook agrees to pay US$ 5 billion penalty for privacy violations PTI Jul 25, 2019 In addition to paying the record US$ 5 billion in penalty, Facebook has also agreed to submit itself to new restrictions and a…
Now fake FaceApp infecting users’ devices: Kaspersky IANS Jul 22, 2019 At a time when "photo-morphing" application FaceApp is courting controversy, a fake app that is designed to trick users into…
Google removes stalker apps that may have spied on you IANS Jul 18, 2019 The apps were able to track the surveilled person’s location, collect their contacts, SMS and call history