Hacking

Leak reveals China firm exporting mass-censorship kit to India's neighbours

A leak of more than 100,000 files shows Chinese firm Geedge Networks exporting Tiangou Secure Gateway-national-scale filtering and tracking tech-now active in Pakistan and Myanmar

Hacked Columbia University student, alumni data includes bank numbers, GPAs

The university said that an unauthorised party accessed data on students, applicants, and some staff, including admissions, financial aid, and certain personal information

Platform security assumes criticality in the face of crypto hacks

Crypto platforms need to integrate automation and intelligence into a unified security stack, run well-compensated bug bounty programmes, and have stringent KYC protocols in place

Microsoft hack hits hundreds of firms, agencies as damage spreads

Hackers have breached about 400 government agencies, corporations and other groups, according to estimates from Eye Security

SharePoint breach cast shadow on Microsoft's cybersecurity revamp

Battered by its role in several major hacks, the software giant in late 2023 vowed to overhaul its cybersecurity, in a project called the Secure Future Initiative

Chinese hackers exploit Microsoft flaw, breach US nuclear agency systems

While Microsoft has patched its software in recent days, cybersecurity researchers have already detected breaches on more than 100 servers representing 60 victims thus far

Microsoft rushes to stop hackers exploiting SharePoint security flaw

Microsoft said that attackers are specifically targeting clients running SharePoint servers from their own on-premise networks, as opposed to being hosted and managed by the tech firm

Vulnerability exploited on MS SharePoint servers: All you need to know

Microsoft has issued an emergency fix to close off a vulnerability in Microsoft's widely-used SharePoint software that hackers have exploited to carry out widespread attacks on businesses and at least some US government agencies. The company issued an alert to customers Saturday saying it was aware of the zero-day exploit being used to conduct attacks and that it was working to patch the issue. Microsoft updated its guidance Sunday with instructions to fix the problem for SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Engineers were still working on a fix for the older SharePoint Server 2016 software. Anybody who's got a hosted SharePoint server has got a problem, said Adam Meyers, senior vice president with CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm. It's a significant vulnerability. Companies and government agencies around the world use SharePoint for internal document management, data organization and collaboration. What is a zero-day exploit? A zero-day exploit is

Washington Post probes hacking attempts on journalists' email accounts

The attack was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed sources as saying the hack was potentially the work of a foreign government

AI chatbots can leak hacking, drug-making tips when hacked, reveals study

A new study reveals that most AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, can be easily tricked into providing dangerous and illegal information by bypassing built-in safety controls

India thwarts Pakistan-based cyberattack; small-arms firing persists

The websites of two Army public schools were targeted with inflammatory propaganda and one of the two schools saw its internet service denied briefly

4chan hacked: Site slows, mod data leaks, and old boards make a comeback

Imageboard website 4chan reportedly faced a major security breach as users report slowdowns, alleged data leaks, and the surprise return of banned board /QA/, sparking online frenzy and speculation

US charges 12 Chinese contract hackers in computer intrusion campaigns

Furthermore, the US imposed sanctions on the Shanghai-based malicious cyber actor and data broker, Zhou Shuai and his company

Bihar govt's X handle hacked, renamed as German president's account

Hackers hijacked Bihar govt's X handle, renamed it as the German president's account, and posted controversial content

US imposes sanctions on China's Integrity Tech for hacking critical infra

China-based hackers working for Integrity Tech, known to the private sector as Flax Typhoon, were working at the direction of the the China government, targeting critical infrastructure in the US

Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking: Senators say US must boost security

US agencies held classified briefings for the Senate and the House of Representatives over the last week about the hacking incident

US agencies to brief House on alleged Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking

White House last week said at least eight telecommunications and telecom infrastructure firms in the United States had been impacted and a large number of Americans' metadata has been stolen

Sam Pitroda's server hacked, hackers demand payment in cryptocurrency

The hackers have issued threats, demanding payment of tens of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency

At least 8 US firms, dozens of nations impacted by China's hacking: WH

A top White House official on Wednesday said at least eight US telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign. Deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger offered the new details about the breadth of the sprawling Chinese hacking campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. Neuberger divulged the scope of the hack a day after the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued guidance intended to help root out the hackers and prevent similar cyberespionage in the future. White House officials cautioned that number of telecommunication firms and countries impacted could still grow.

HDFC Life Insurance suffers data breach: What customers must know

HDFC Life said that it has launched an "information security assessment and data log analysis" to trace the root cause