Hackers

Kyiv believes a hacker group linked to Belarusian intelligence carried out a cyberattack that hit Ukrainian government websites this week and used malware similar to that used by a group tied to Russian intelligence, a senior Ukrainian security official said.

OnePlus 9RT goes on sale in India during the Amazon great Republic Day Sale today. The company’s latest smartphone in India is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC and sports 50-megapixel triple cameras. The smartphone will be available via Amazon or the company’s website and will be available in Hacker Black and Nano Silver colour options.

Hackers temporarily shut down dozens of Ukrainian government websites, causing no major damage but adding to simmering tensions while Russia amasses troops on the Ukrainian border.

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited's (ABFRL) database of customers has allegedly been leaked online. The alleged database includes the email addresses of the affected customers. The data also allegedly carries physical addresses and the date of birth of users and employees.

The hackers also target a diverse variety of cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin, the world's largest digital currency, accounting for only a quarter of stolen assets.

Some elements of DeFi systems, majorly based on the Ethereum blockchain, are still dependent on some centralised servers. Hackers, over the years, have gained an expertise in breaching normal servers which they are now using to enter DeFi systems as well.

Earlier in December, a bug crept into Polygon’s network’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Genesis contract, making it vulnerable to cyber risks. The issue was spotted by whitehat hackers after which the Polygon foundation deployed fixes.

The website of UP Higher Education Service Commission was hacked on Tuesday with the hackers replacing the last name "Allahabadi" of some poets with "Praygaraj" in an "apparent resentment" of the change of the name the city, an official said.

Some of the world’s largest technology companies are still struggling to make their products safe from a gaping vulnerability in common logging software a week after hackers began trying to exploit it.

A newly discovered vulnerability in a widely used software library is causing mayhem on the Internet, forcing cyber defenders to scramble as hackers rush to exploit the weakness.

Vulcan Forged gaming ecosystem allows users to earn and store crypto assets from its game offerings. The servers of this ecosystem were breached by hackers, leading to the loss of users' stored crypto assets worth a total of $140 million (roughly Rs. 1,062 crore).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was briefly hacked, and a tweet claiming that India has "officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender" was put out from it.

Brazil health ministry’s website was hit on Friday by a hacker attack that took several systems down, including one with information about the national immunisation program and another used to issue digital vaccination certificates.

A critical computer vulnerability in a widely used software tool is rapidly emerging as a major threat to organisations around the world.

The company, owned by China's Geely, has become aware that one of its file repositories has been illegally accessed by a third party.

Kyiv believes a hacker group linked to Belarusian intelligence carried out a cyberattack that hit Ukrainian government websites this week and used malware similar to that used by a group tied to Russian intelligence, a senior Ukrainian security official said.

OnePlus 9RT goes on sale in India during the Amazon great Republic Day Sale today. The company’s latest smartphone in India is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC and sports 50-megapixel triple cameras. The smartphone will be available via Amazon or the company’s website and will be available in Hacker Black and Nano Silver colour options.

Hackers temporarily shut down dozens of Ukrainian government websites, causing no major damage but adding to simmering tensions while Russia amasses troops on the Ukrainian border.

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited's (ABFRL) database of customers has allegedly been leaked online. The alleged database includes the email addresses of the affected customers. The data also allegedly carries physical addresses and the date of birth of users and employees.

The hackers also target a diverse variety of cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin, the world's largest digital currency, accounting for only a quarter of stolen assets.

Some elements of DeFi systems, majorly based on the Ethereum blockchain, are still dependent on some centralised servers. Hackers, over the years, have gained an expertise in breaching normal servers which they are now using to enter DeFi systems as well.

Earlier in December, a bug crept into Polygon’s network’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Genesis contract, making it vulnerable to cyber risks. The issue was spotted by whitehat hackers after which the Polygon foundation deployed fixes.

The website of UP Higher Education Service Commission was hacked on Tuesday with the hackers replacing the last name "Allahabadi" of some poets with "Praygaraj" in an "apparent resentment" of the change of the name the city, an official said.

Some of the world’s largest technology companies are still struggling to make their products safe from a gaping vulnerability in common logging software a week after hackers began trying to exploit it.

A newly discovered vulnerability in a widely used software library is causing mayhem on the Internet, forcing cyber defenders to scramble as hackers rush to exploit the weakness.

Vulcan Forged gaming ecosystem allows users to earn and store crypto assets from its game offerings. The servers of this ecosystem were breached by hackers, leading to the loss of users' stored crypto assets worth a total of $140 million (roughly Rs. 1,062 crore).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was briefly hacked, and a tweet claiming that India has "officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender" was put out from it.

Brazil health ministry’s website was hit on Friday by a hacker attack that took several systems down, including one with information about the national immunisation program and another used to issue digital vaccination certificates.

A critical computer vulnerability in a widely used software tool is rapidly emerging as a major threat to organisations around the world.

The company, owned by China's Geely, has become aware that one of its file repositories has been illegally accessed by a third party.