Culture & Policy News Musk’s DOGE staffer linked to cybercrime group A member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Service, a… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 27, 20253 minute read
Business News Security AT&T and Verizon hit by cyberattack, confirm their networks are now clear AT&T and Verizon, two of the biggest telecommunications companies globally, recently suffered… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 30, 20242 minute read
Global News Google-parent Alphabet nears deal to acquire cybersec upstart Wiz for $23Bn: Report Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is reportedly on the verge of acquiring cybersecurity… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 15, 20242 minute read
Global News Security TeamViewer confirms cyberattack, attributes it to APT29 TeamViewer, the prominent provider of remote access tools, has confirmed a significant… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 29, 20242 minute read
Apple News Security Apple warns users in 92 countries including India, of targeted spyware attack to gain unathorized iPhone access Apple has issued a sweeping alert to iPhone users in India and… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 11, 20242 minute read
Apple News Apple’s latest iMessage security update can hold out against future quantum computing message decryption Apple’s penchant for enabling high-tech security for every user across its ecosystem,… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 22, 20243 minute read
Internet News Security 18-year-old hacker claims responsibility for data breach at Uber Recent times have seen data breaches become a rather common occurrence –… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 17, 20222 minute read
Internet News Security WeWork India fixes security lapse that exposed customers’ personal information Flexible workspace solutions company WeWork India has fixed a security lapse that… Guntas SinghJuly 4, 20221 minute read
Business Global News Security software firm McAfee acquired by investor consortium for over $14 billion The latest acquisition this year came in the form of security software… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 9, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News A bug in the Google Play Core Library might have allowed apps to steal user data A major crack in the Google Play Core Library might have granted… Shashank RajAugust 28, 20201 minute read
Apps News Security Over 7 million personal and financial records of BHIM users, including UPI IDs, leak on the web On 23rd April 2020 vpnMentor’s research team discovered a massive amount of… Chinni SinghJune 1, 20202 minute read
News Security Google warns limited users in India who were targeted by state sponsored cyberattacks Google’s security experts have notified between 51-100 Indian users that their accounts… Shalabha SarathMay 29, 20202 minute read
News Security In a massive data breach, over 8 billion Thai internet user records leaked Over 8 billion Internet records of Thai users on country’s largest network… Shalabha SarathMay 25, 20202 minute read
News Security Major security lapse in Jio’s coronavirus symptoms checker app may have leaked user data of millions: Report Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom company by subscriber base, reportedly left data… Ayush JainMay 4, 20202 minute read
Apps News Security Apple says there is “no evidence” of hackers exploiting loopholes in its Mail app Countering yesterday’s reports that suggested data leak and exploitation by hackers using… Shalabha SarathApril 24, 20202 minute read
News Security Vulnerabilities in Apple’s mail app reportedly allowed hackers to steal user data for years Vulnerabilities and their exploitation in tech devices is nothing new. The phenomenon… Sajid SaleemApril 23, 20201 minute read
News Security Yet another information breach at Marriott results in leaking of data for 5.2 million guests In its second information breach in three years, global hospitality chain Marriott,… Shalabha SarathApril 1, 20202 minute read
Enterprise News Startups CYFIRMA lands another $3 million to help enterprises fight cybersec threats using predictive intelligence CYFIRMA, the predictive cyber-threat visibility and intelligence analytics platform which announced separation… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 14, 20202 minute read
Cloud Computing Internet Microsoft Customer support logs for over 250 million Microsoft users leaked, now fixed There’s yet another major data breach story coming in, this time via… Staff@The Tech PortalJanuary 22, 20202 minute read
Google sent out 12,000 warnings to users for Government-backed hacking between July and September 2019 Google says, that it sent out as many as 12,000 warnings to… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 28, 20191 minute read
Internet IT & Web-tech Security WhatsApp used to snoop upon government officials in 20 countries WhatsApp was recently used as a medium to attack various senior officials… Aditya SrivastavaNovember 1, 20192 minute read
