Website of 'social network filtering' petitioner defaced

07 Feb, 2012, 5:45 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

He set the wheels of social network filtering in India in motion, which subsequently kickstarted one of the most ... More

Social media hacking seen as risk to advisers

26 Jan, 2012, 12:10 pm IST General

Financial advisers may be overlooking one potential threat in the rush to develop new client relationships through social media: hackers More

Israeli and Saudi hackers wage cyber war against each other

21 Jan, 2012, 3:24 pm IST Aaron Almeida General 1 Comments

Earlier this month, an Israeli credit card company had been hacked with as many as 20,000 cards have been compromised. This was done by a Saudi hacker called More

Anonymous hacks into security think tank

26 Dec, 2011, 10:10 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Web services

Anonymous, the loosely structured hacking group tweeted, "Not so private and secret anymore?" refering to a hack into a security firm's website. According More

BSNL website gets hacked... again!

05 Dec, 2011, 10:33 am IST Karan Shah Web services

A few months back, the Pakistan Cyber Army hacked the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) website. In the raid they had gained access to over 10,000 More

Twitter acquires mobile security start-up company

29 Nov, 2011, 11:30 am IST Social Networking

Twitter has acquired a start-up company that makes software to improve security and privacy for smartphones ... More

Lax security at Nasdaq helped hackers

18 Nov, 2011, 4:56 pm IST Social Networking

A federal investigation into last year's cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax security practices that made the exchange operator an easy target for hackers More

Anonymous cracks down on child porn website, exposes 1589 active users

24 Oct, 2011, 3:15 pm IST Aaron Almeida Social Networking

Online hacktivists group Anoymous has launched an attack, exposing a large ring of Internet pedophiles that are said to be distributing child pornography. More

Security breach hits Linux Foundation sites, down for maintenance

12 Sep, 2011, 11:04 am IST Rossi Fernandes Social Networking

The latest victims of a hack attack are sites belonging to the Linux Foundation. More

Update: TimesofMoney and HDFC Bank Vulnerable to Hack Attack

05 Aug, 2011, 5:41 pm IST Aaron Almeida Social Networking 2 Comments

A couple of hours after our article went up, we received an official reply from Avijit Nanda, Official Spokesperson of TimesofMoney More

Anonymous: Italian Intelligence Agency Stole Sensitive Data From Indian Embassy

04 Aug, 2011, 8:59 am IST Aaron Almeida Social Networking

As part of their AntiSec campaign, Anonymous have been releasing a ton of data. More

Anonymous Unfazed by Topiary Arrest, Starts Support Campaign

03 Aug, 2011, 10:19 am IST Aaron Almeida Social Networking

Anonymous, as you probably know by now, is a hacker group that is made up of countless individuals who claim to oppose certain ways different governments or high profile organizations work. More

Pakistan Cyber Army Hacks into BSNL

27 Jul, 2011, 10:56 am IST Aaron Almeida Social Networking 3 Comments

Pakistani hacker group known as the Pakistan Cyber Army have allegedly hacked into the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) website. More

Anonymous Members Arrested in FBI Raids

21 Jul, 2011, 9:43 am IST Aaron Almeida Social Networking

The FBI has arrested sixteen members of the online hacktivist group Anonymous in the United States in connection with the hacking of PayPal. More

Anonymous Group Goes Social Networking - Enter Anonplus

19 Jul, 2011, 10:39 am IST Aaron Almeida Social Networking 2 Comments

In a bizarre world, one might just want to social network as much as the rest but without wanting to be known, you know, anonymously. More

Hotmail Gets an Update with ‘My Friend’s Been Hacked!’

18 Jul, 2011, 9:31 am IST Aaron Almeida Social Networking

In the past few months, the spate of hackings has increased to immeasurable amounts from big name corporations to not so big websites. More

Sony's Tim Schaff Says PSN Hack was a Great Experience

15 Jul, 2011, 10:24 am IST Aaron Almeida PlayStation 3

After a month long outage which lasted from mid April to mid June and affected more than 70 million users, President of Sony Network Entertainment Tim Schaaff termed the PlayStation Network’s outage as ‘A great experience.’ More

Anonymous Establish Snitch Sites

02 Jul, 2011, 9:58 am IST Aaron Almeida PlayStation 3 2 Comments

Online activist group Anonymous have been a lot in the news lately, most recently for their teaming up with hacker group LulzSec and posting sensitive data about various governments and other high profile targets. More

Hackers Snitch on Teen, Now Wanted by FBI Courtesy Lulzsec

22 Jun, 2011, 10:37 am IST Aaron Almeida PlayStation 3

On Tuesday, a person allegedly associated with notorious hacker group LulzSec was arrested in the UK for supposedly hacking in to SOCA. More

Sony Pictures Confirms Data Theft of 37,500 User Accounts

09 Jun, 2011, 11:55 am IST Aaron Almeida PlayStation 3 2 Comments

The company have provided a notice to all affected users regarding the breach. More