In a recent hacking incident in which accounts of frequent Air India Flyers were hacked, the investigation carried out by the Delhi Police led to the arrest of a 23-year old techie, said Delhi Police on Sunday. The accused, Anitesh Giri Goswami was arrested from Jaipur on Friday, who happened …
Read More »Netflix extends geo block to IPv4 and IPv6 tunnel brokers
Netflix is continuing its fight against users who want to watch geo-blocked content. The company is now extending its fight to the blockade of IPv4 and the IPv6 tunnel brokers even if the user is using these tunnel brokers legitimately. The fact that Netflix has been treating users of different …
Read More »Bank’s security ignorance costs them $81 million
One of the best ways to learn in the world is from your mistakes. Or how about someone else’s mistakes? The Bank of Bangladesh mistakes is giving all current and future bank owners lessons on how not to skimp on your network security through its mistakes. Thanks to the complete …
Read More »Anonymous Plan DDoS Attack on Israeli Military in Protest
Hacktivist collective Anonymous have announced plans to attack Israeli military websites, including those of the military, in response to the ongoing detention of Mohammed Al-Qeeq, a Palestinian journalist detained on charges that he has connections with terrorist organizations. Al-Qeeq, a reporter for the Saudi own TV station Al Majd, was …
Read More »Sony Hackers Still Active, ‘Darkhotel’ Checks Out Of Hotel Hacking
Even though many countries have segments of their law enforcement agencies specializing only in cyber-attacks and the capture of the criminals who take part in them, isn’t it strange how many of these attacks in fact go unpunished. For instance, one of these attacks was targeted at SONY during 2014 …
Read More »$500 Billion is the estimated amount that cybercrime costs every year
Based on the various reports of 2015, cybercrime has hit so bad that it is estimated to cost $500 Billion. The study by World Economic Forum says that every year a majority of cybercrime goes undetected. By 2020, the cyber security industry is expected to worth $170 Billion globally. Surveys …
Read More »Talk Talk hack investigation led to a fifth arrest by the UK police
According to the international news agency, Reuters in London, the British police have stated that there has been the fifth arrest of an 18- year- old youth from Wales. The youth is said to be involved in the cyber attack on the telecom company Talk Talk. The British police went …
Read More »Starwood and Marriot’s Security Concerns Just Before Their Acquisition
Starwood Hotels and Resorts is looking into the guests’ payment-card data frauds after reports of infiltration of their payment system started doing rounds. Meanwhile, Marriott has issued warnings about the phone scams. Earlier this week Starwood had announced about Marriott’s intention to acquire them for a whopping sum of $12.2 …
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