News Ransomware incidents in India doubled in 2021 at 132, up from 54 in 2020: MeitY in Parliament According to MeitY, the number of phishing attacks has also climbed. MitakshMarch 31, 2022
News Exclusive: How a hacker used social engineering to target a Newslaundry journalist on Instagram and what happened after Not exactly a run-of-the-mill phishing scam, regaining access to the hacked Instagram account turned out to be an uphill task. Sarvesh MathiMarch 22, 2022
News Google confirms phishing campaigns against Ukrainian organisations by Russian & Belarusian hacking groups It has identified three groups who were launching cyber attacks that primarily rely on phishing tactics. MitakshMarch 8, 2022
News Bhima Koregaon accused Rona Wilson was targeted not just by Pegasus, but two other threat actors: Report Research by security experts identified emails with malicious attachments as the hackers' MO. Aihik SurFebruary 11, 2022
News India one of the most affected by Russian govt-backed Gmail phishing campaign: Google Read all about the deceptive methods of attackers that were uncovered by a specialised Google team. Aihik SurNovember 24, 2021
News Microsoft warns users of a sophisticated PhaaS operation. Here’s what we know about it The business reportedly offers phishing attacks as a service, complete with subscriber newsletters and customer support. MitakshSeptember 29, 2021
News Phishing attack dupes Indian taxpayers and steals their financial information: Here’s how to avoid it The malware was exposed as a result of an investigation conducted by a cybersecurity research team. MitakshSeptember 8, 2021
News WhatsApp users beware: 3 from Hyderabad have fallen prey to this simple hack in a week Simple yet malicious, this WhatsApp hack might be recently reported but the modus operandi is not entirely new and there still may be a... Aihik SurAugust 26, 2021
News A long and elaborate campaign to dupe NDTV’s Nidhi Razdan Senior journalist and news anchor Nidhi Razdan was all set to start teaching at Harvard University this year. But it turns out she appears... Advait PalepuJanuary 16, 2021
News BHIM app not breached, 37 govt websites hacked in 2020: MEITY in Parliament The IT Minister of State Sanjay Dhotre denied that the user data stored with the BHIM app had been breached. In June, VpnMentor had... Aditi AgrawalSeptember 17, 2020