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Apple fixes a security flaw exploited by Pegasus, says report

The flaw, disclosed Monday by Citizen Lab, allowed a hacker using NSO's Pegasus malware to gain access to a device owned by an unnamed Saudi activist, according to security researchers

Apple releases critical software patch to correct security flaw in devices

Apple has released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers say could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones

United Nations' computer networks breached by hackers earlier this year

The hackers' method for gaining access to the UN network appears to be unsophisticated: They likely got in using the stolen username and password of a UN employee purchased off the dark web

After $610 million crypto heist, hacker has job offer from his victim

PolyNetwork was hit by $600-million heist last week

T-Mobile says personal data of 40 million people stolen by hackers

T-Mobile US Inc said on Wednesday an investigation into a data breach revealed that personal data of more than 40 million former and prospective customers was stolen

Man arrested from UP for hacking into ECI website, creating fake IDs

The Uttar Police police has arrested a 24-year-old man here for allegedly hacking into the Election Commission of India (ECI) website and creating hundreds of fake voter IDs, officials said Friday. Vipul Saini, who has a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) degree, was arrested Thursday from Nakur town's Maccharhedi village in Saharanpur district. During initial investigation, police found that Saini worked at the behest of a person named Armaan Malik from Madhya Pradesh, and created over 10,000 fake voter IDs over three months. Saharanpur Senior Superintendent of Police S Channappa told PTI that Saini was paid Rs 100-200 per ID and when his bank account was examined after the arrest, the police found Rs 60 lakh deposited in it. The account was immediately freezed. Police are investigating the source of the money and trying to find more details about Malik, who, Saini said, used to send him details of the day's work. Police has seized two computers from Saini's home. Police a

Explainer: How hackers stole $600 mn in crypto tokens from Poly Network

Hackers pulled off the biggest ever cryptocurrency heist on Tuesday, stealing more than $600 million in digital coins from token-swapping platform Poly Network

Cryptocurrency platform loses estimated $600 million in cyberheist

The heist appears to be one of the biggest ever in cryptocurrency markets

Hackers return $260 million to cryptocurrency platform after massive theft

Hackers behind one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency heists have returned more than a third of about $600 million in digital coins they stole, blockchain researchers said

Car hacking is worse than carjacking

Hackers can control a car in motion and force it to accelerate or stop suddenly. They can change the radio station, turn off the engine and change the temperature setting inside

Chinese hackers compromised 5 global telecom companies: Researchers

Hacking groups waged a campaign across Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021, exploited security vulnerabilities.

Justice Department says Russians hacked several federal prosecutors

The department said 80 per cent of Microsoft email accounts used by employees in four US attorney offices in New York were breached.

Govt officials world over among 1,400 WhatsApp users targeted in 2019: CEO

Senior government officials from across the world, including individuals in high national security positions who are "allies of the US", were targeted by governments

Opposition parties disrupt Parliament, seek probe into Pegasus

Shouting out slogans agai­nst Modi's govt, the Opp­osition members said they wanted an independent probe into the complaints of spying and the resignation of HM Amit Shah

Pegasus: Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor among those allegedly targeted

Other top targets in India included Gagandeep Kang, one of India's eminent medical scientists, former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa and several others

What is Pegasus & what can it do? All you need to know about the spyware

AIMIM official Twitter account hacked; profile name changed to 'Elon Musk'

The official Twitter account of All India Majils-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen was 'hacked' on Sunday, party sources said here

Hackers disrupt Iran's rail service with fake delay, cancellation messages

Iran's railroad system came under cyberattack on Friday with hackers posting fake messages about train delays or cancellations on display boards at stations across the country

Explained: How cryptocurrency turbocharged the cybercrime racket

Cryptocurrency and the exchanges where digital currency can be traded anony­mously have emerged as key tools for the cyber extortionists

NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russian intelligence

US and British agencies disclosed details of brute force methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to try to break into the cloud services of hundreds of govt agencies, energy companies