hacking

Two major undersea cables belonging to Reliance Communications were hacked by General Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British intelligence company, sometime between 2009 and 2011. This helped the UK based company to have…

Disclaimer: We are harbingers of peace. Violence of any manner: either offline or online is condemnable and we want to spread the message of peace to all. The ongoing tension between India and Pakistan at Line of Control in Kashmir has…

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued an advisory for all Indian citizens against a fake website which is offering to open savings bank account: RBI Savings Account. The fake website also offers users to apply for a credit card online! As…

Earlier this week a new bug named Heartbleed was uncovered by a Finnish security firm Codenomicon and an Google researcher. It is being claimed that, although, being around for almost two years, this is the first time, it has been detected.…

A website called SnapChatDB.com has published 4.6 million hacked usernames and phone numbers of Snapchat users last week, and posted them online. Anyone can go to their website, and download the data. It’s out there in the open, anyone…

Though this may not be news worthy, when it is done by an Indian government body, it sure is something to take note of. We generally admonish the lax attitude of government when it comes to addressing online security issues, but here is an…