BBC Twitter accounts hacked by pro-Assad online group

22 Mar, 2013, 9:13 am IST Social Networking

The Twitter account belonging to the BBC's weather service was hacked on Thursday, the public broadcaster said... More

Updated: Serious Vulnerability Affects Kerala Common Entrance Exams Portal

14 Aug, 2012, 9:31 pm IST tech2 News Staff General 3 Comments

A vulnerability allows attackers to manipulate a database related to the Kerala government's common entrance exams undertaking. More

LinkedIn sued for $5 million in class action suit

20 Jun, 2012, 5:59 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai General

LinkedIn recently suffered a security breach, wherein the usernames and passwords of account holders ... More

Microsoft Store in India hacked, usernames and passwords leaked

13 Feb, 2012, 10:19 am IST Aaron Almeida General 8 Comments

If you were of the thinking that incidents of hacking were predominant abroad, then you're sorely mistaken; read on. More

Irish government hacked in protest of new web law

26 Jan, 2012, 2:17 pm IST Naina Khedekar General

There have been several instances of websites belonging to the government or officials, being hacked in the past few months More

24 million accounts affected in Zappos hack

17 Jan, 2012, 3:08 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Web services

Amazon owned, online footwear retailer site, Zappos sent out a mass e-mail to their customers saying More

Hackers, IT units focusing on smartphone security

31 Dec, 2011, 3:04 pm IST 2 Comments

Mobile phones, long seen as safe amid rising threats to computer security, have become a key target for hackers ... More

Stratfor hackers publish email, password data

31 Dec, 2011, 2:22 pm IST 1 Comments

Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous group published hundreds of thousands of e-mail addresses they ... More

Stratfor delays website launch after hack attack

30 Dec, 2011, 1:10 pm IST

Private intelligence analysis firm Strategic Forecasting Inc., which was attacked by online hackers at the weekend, ... More

Hackers say to publish emails stolen from Stratfor

29 Dec, 2011, 12:33 pm IST

Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous group said they are getting ready to publish emails stolen from private ... More

'Spire' enables free, legal port of Siri for jailbroken iOS 5 devices

27 Dec, 2011, 5:26 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Mobile phones

If your were a bit iffy about porting Siri over to your iPhone 4 or any other iOS 5 device, then this should help ... More

Anonymous hacks into security think tank

26 Dec, 2011, 10:10 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Mobile phones

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

Hackers jailbreak PlayBook, RIM claims it's secure

01 Dec, 2011, 3:42 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets

If proved true, then this bit of news will prove to be a major blow to RIM's attempts to regain trust with its users, ... More

Adidas site off limits after 'sophisticated' cyber attack

07 Nov, 2011, 11:01 am IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets

Highly popular sportsgear brand, headquartered in Germany, Adidas's official site suffered a blow, when miscreants tried ... More

HDFC bank hacked, bank claims vulnerabilities fixed

06 Sep, 2011, 5:53 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets

One of India’s premier banking institutions, i.e. HDFC bank reportedly suffered a hack affecting its customer database system. More

Update: Axis Bank ATM Hackers Operated from Hyderabad

11 Aug, 2011, 1:04 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 4 Comments

In what comes as a shocker to Mumbaikars who quite routinely withdraw cash from the AXIS Bank ATMs dotted across the city, it is being learnt that the security of the ATM systems of the bank have been compromised. More

Taliban Website Hacked, U.S. Intelligence Blamed

21 Jul, 2011, 12:06 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets

Islamist militia group Taliban, reported yesterday that their website, mobile phone text messages, emails and Twitter and Facebook posts (no typos there!) had been attacked. More

Microsoft Hotmail to Block Simple Passwords

16 Jul, 2011, 1:09 pm IST Rossi Fernandes Tablets 3 Comments

If you thought 123456 was a strong unhackable password, think again. Microsoft is going to stop users from using simple passwords. More

1.3 Million User Details Leaked as Washington Post Suffers Hack

08 Jul, 2011, 3:09 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets

In an official announcement on their website, it Is learned that the Online Jobs section on Washington Post's website was hacked last week. More

A Conversation with PKX Thomas, COO, Cleartrip.com

05 Jul, 2011, 10:04 am IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 1 Comments

A read-up on this swanky new app on the iOS platform, and a impressive website later, we were sure of where we’re headed to. Cleartrip.com ... More