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Google Shuts Down Malware That Leveraged Google Calendar to Steal Data
Google Calendar was being used as a communication channel by a group of hackers to extract sensitive information from individuals, according to the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The tech giant’s cybersecurity division discovered a compromised government website in October 2024 and found that malware was being spread using it. Once the ...
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NTA Website Secure, Reports Of It Being Hacked Wrong: Officials
The National Testing Agency (NTA) website and all its other web portals are fully secure, and reports that these have been compromised and hacked are wrong and misleading, officials said on Sunday.
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"I Can't Believe He's Gone" Scam On Facebook: What It It And And How To Protect Yourself From It
Cybersecurity expert Marijus Briedis from NordVPN has explained that this scam preys on users' emotions, particularly grief and loss, to lure them into clicking on malicious links.
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Blockchain Capital's Hacked X Account Advertises Fake Token Giveaway: Report
Blockchain Capital's X account was compromised by hackers on Wednesday. Scammers published a post promoting a fake crypto token on the microblogging platform. A link to a malicious website was also published along with the post, aiming to phish unsuspecting victims. It seems that Blockchain Capital has managed to regain access to its verified handl...
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Fast Company Shuts Down Website After Hackers Compromise Apple News Feed
Fast Company on Tuesday said that it had shut down its website, after hackers managed to compromise its Apple News feed. The hackers, who broke into the firm's content publishing tools that were linked to Apple's news aggregator service, also sent "obscene and racist" notifications to Apple News users, according to the company. The company's websit...
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Privacy Tracker Retracts Paytm Mall Leak Claim, Believes Leak Was ‘Fabricated’
Have I Been Pwned, the privacy tracker that helps users check if their data has been compromised by data breaches, has retracted its claim that Paytm Mall was hacked in 2020. HIBP creator Troy Hunt tweeted on Friday stating that the what was claimed was personal data of 3.4 million users, allegedly sourced from the two-year-old data breach, appeare...
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Toshiba Unit Hacked by DarkSide Ransomware Group, Conglomerate to Undergo Strategic Review
A Toshiba unit said it was hacked by the DarkSide ransomware group, overshadowing an announcement of a strategic review for the Japanese conglomerate under pressure from activist shareholders to seek out suitors.
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Chrome Wants to Make It Easier to Reset Compromised Passwords
Google Chrome will soon roll out a way that will allow users to easily reset the passwords that have been compromised in data breaches..
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PM Modi’s Website’s Twitter Account Briefly Hacked to Ask for Cryptocurrency
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website’s Twitter account was compromised, and tweets posted asking for people to donate cryptocurrency. This was quickly discovered and the tweets taken down. PM Modi's personal Twitter account, which has 65 million followers, was not affected.
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PM Modi's Website Account Hacked, Twitter "Actively Investigating"
The Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website and mobile app was hacked early this morning, the social media giant has confirmed. Twitter said that it has taken "steps to secure the compromised account" and is "actively investigating" the situation.
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Sundar Pichai Tweets New Password Protection Feature For Google Chrome
Google's Chrome browser will now warn its users if their passwords have been compromised when they log in to a website, the tech giant's CEO Sundar Pichai said today.
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Why BJP Has Not Yet Revived Its Website After Last Week's Hack
For months, the BJP had been planning an overhaul of its website. So when it was taken down in a hacking incident last week, party sources said, they decided it was time to put it back better than it originally was. The revamped website should be up in a day or two, they added.
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McDonald's Canada Says 95,000 Affected In Careers Website Hack
McDonald's Corp's Canadian unit said on Friday personal information of about 95,000 restaurant job applicants was compromised in a cyber attack on its careers website.
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Cleartrip Website Apparently Hacked by 'Turtle Squad'
Cleartrip website hacked briefly on Monday although it was restored soon after.
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xHamster Reportedly Saw 380,000 Accounts Compromised in Security Breach
The hashes in xHamster's compromised database have reportedly been created with ageing algorithm MD5 and can be cracked with ease.
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Google Shuts Down Malware That Leveraged Google Calendar to Steal Data
Google Calendar was being used as a communication channel by a group of hackers to extract sensitive information from individuals, according to the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The tech giant’s cybersecurity division discovered a compromised government website in October 2024 and found that malware was being spread using it. Once the ...
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NTA Website Secure, Reports Of It Being Hacked Wrong: Officials
The National Testing Agency (NTA) website and all its other web portals are fully secure, and reports that these have been compromised and hacked are wrong and misleading, officials said on Sunday.
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"I Can't Believe He's Gone" Scam On Facebook: What It It And And How To Protect Yourself From It
Cybersecurity expert Marijus Briedis from NordVPN has explained that this scam preys on users' emotions, particularly grief and loss, to lure them into clicking on malicious links.
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Blockchain Capital's Hacked X Account Advertises Fake Token Giveaway: Report
Blockchain Capital's X account was compromised by hackers on Wednesday. Scammers published a post promoting a fake crypto token on the microblogging platform. A link to a malicious website was also published along with the post, aiming to phish unsuspecting victims. It seems that Blockchain Capital has managed to regain access to its verified handl...
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Fast Company Shuts Down Website After Hackers Compromise Apple News Feed
Fast Company on Tuesday said that it had shut down its website, after hackers managed to compromise its Apple News feed. The hackers, who broke into the firm's content publishing tools that were linked to Apple's news aggregator service, also sent "obscene and racist" notifications to Apple News users, according to the company. The company's websit...
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Privacy Tracker Retracts Paytm Mall Leak Claim, Believes Leak Was ‘Fabricated’
Have I Been Pwned, the privacy tracker that helps users check if their data has been compromised by data breaches, has retracted its claim that Paytm Mall was hacked in 2020. HIBP creator Troy Hunt tweeted on Friday stating that the what was claimed was personal data of 3.4 million users, allegedly sourced from the two-year-old data breach, appeare...
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Toshiba Unit Hacked by DarkSide Ransomware Group, Conglomerate to Undergo Strategic Review
A Toshiba unit said it was hacked by the DarkSide ransomware group, overshadowing an announcement of a strategic review for the Japanese conglomerate under pressure from activist shareholders to seek out suitors.
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Chrome Wants to Make It Easier to Reset Compromised Passwords
Google Chrome will soon roll out a way that will allow users to easily reset the passwords that have been compromised in data breaches..
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PM Modi’s Website’s Twitter Account Briefly Hacked to Ask for Cryptocurrency
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website’s Twitter account was compromised, and tweets posted asking for people to donate cryptocurrency. This was quickly discovered and the tweets taken down. PM Modi's personal Twitter account, which has 65 million followers, was not affected.
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PM Modi's Website Account Hacked, Twitter "Actively Investigating"
The Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website and mobile app was hacked early this morning, the social media giant has confirmed. Twitter said that it has taken "steps to secure the compromised account" and is "actively investigating" the situation.
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Sundar Pichai Tweets New Password Protection Feature For Google Chrome
Google's Chrome browser will now warn its users if their passwords have been compromised when they log in to a website, the tech giant's CEO Sundar Pichai said today.
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Why BJP Has Not Yet Revived Its Website After Last Week's Hack
For months, the BJP had been planning an overhaul of its website. So when it was taken down in a hacking incident last week, party sources said, they decided it was time to put it back better than it originally was. The revamped website should be up in a day or two, they added.
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McDonald's Canada Says 95,000 Affected In Careers Website Hack
McDonald's Corp's Canadian unit said on Friday personal information of about 95,000 restaurant job applicants was compromised in a cyber attack on its careers website.
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Cleartrip Website Apparently Hacked by 'Turtle Squad'
Cleartrip website hacked briefly on Monday although it was restored soon after.
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xHamster Reportedly Saw 380,000 Accounts Compromised in Security Breach
The hashes in xHamster's compromised database have reportedly been created with ageing algorithm MD5 and can be cracked with ease.
