cybercrime

Last June, we reported that the Indian government had asked a UN ad hoc committee to adopt measures similar to those in Section 66A of the Information Technology Act – which the Supreme Court declared illegal in 2015 – to counter the use of…

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released a calendar on social media titled 2023 Stay Safe Online Campaign with six interesting artworks focusing on women online users and threats around them.In a tweet, the ministry…

The term ‘doxxing’ has recently gained widespread attention after Twitter suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who reported on Elon Musk, the emerging Twitter beat, and a ‘stalker’ ElonJet bot account that endangered Elon…

WASHINGTON: China-based hackers stole at least $ 20 million in US Covid relief benefits, including unemployment insurance funds and Small Business Administration loans, NBC news reported citing the country's Secret Service. Hackers linked…

More than 3,500 people were arrested in relation to cybercrimes in 2021 when over 14,000 cases were registered under this category, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for electronics, and information technology, informed the Lok Sabha…

মাস কয়েক আগেই সংবাদ শিরোনামে উঠে এসেছিলেন অভিনেতা শৈবাল ভট্টাচার্য। খবর রটে যায়, অবসাদগ্রস্ত হয়ে নিজেকে ধারালো অস্ত্র দিয়ে আঘাত করে আত্মহত্যার চেষ্টা করেছেন অভিনেতা। মদ্যপ অবস্থায় বাস্তবেই নিজেকে আঘাত করেছিলেন শৈবাল বাবু, এরপর ভর্তি হন…

Many businesses simply choose to pay a ransom than suffer the consequences of a cyber attack. Credit: Zephyr_p/Shutterstock Cybercrime…

Cybercriminals dumped personal medical records on the dark web for a third day on Friday, this time focusing on alcohol-related illnesses, as they pressure Australia’s largest health insurer to pay a ransom for the stolen customer…

“The British and the whole world … are using Indian hackers,” said an Indian hacker who claims that he has hacked more than 500 email accounts, mostly on behalf of his corporate intelligence clients. He says that he is a player in the…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 28, 2022 11:37 am…