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The Guardian has confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack, and that the damage is more serious than first thought. In an update to staff, Guardian group chief Anna Bateson and newspaper editor-in-chief Katharine Viner said the December attack was "highly sophisticated" and accessed the personal data of UK employees. There was no evidence of the data being exposed online, or that the intruders had breached data for readers or non-UK editions. Bateson and Viner understood that this was a "criminal" ransomware…

India’s leading central securities depository, Central Depository Services Limited, or CDSL, says its systems have been compromised by malware. On Friday, the securities depository said in a filing with India’s National Stock Exchange that it detected malware affecting “a few of its internal machines.” “As a matter of abundant caution, the company immediately isolated the machines and disconnected itself from other constituents of the capital market,” the filing said. CSDL said it continues to…

Cyber-security researchers revealed that hackers have compromised the swachh.city platform, an initiative of the Swachh Bharat Mission in association with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, that could put "critical information" of nearly 1.6 crore (about 16 million) users at risk.From the data sample that was disclosed by the threat actor to substantiate his claim on the Dark Web, researchers were able to assess registered email addresses, password hashes, registered phone numbers, transmitted OTP information,…

Cybercriminals have injected malware in multiple extensions from FishPig servers to add backdoors. In this growing trend of artificial intelligence and machine learning, more and more things surrounding us are automated. No doubt it lands with numerous benefits for mankind but in this play of data, cybersecurity is gaining a big concern as cybercriminals are using smart ways to threaten and becomes necessary for companies to handle it with priority. Cybercriminals have planted malware on servers associated with an…

Image Source : PIXABAY Uber Uber, a ride-hailing platform was in news because of the data breach, and today the company made an official statement, where the cab aggregator stated that no private information of its users was exposed in the data breach by an 18-year-old hacker. In its latest statement, the company said that its investigation and response efforts are…

In August, LastPass had admitted that an "unauthorized party" gained entry into its system. Any news about a password manager getting hacked can be alarming, but the company is now reassuring its users that their logins and other information weren't compromised in the event. In his latest update about the incident, LastPass CEO Karim Toubba said that the company's investigation with cybersecurity firm Mandiant has revealed that the bad actor had internal access to its systems for four days. They were able to steal some of…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber says there is “no evidence” that any of its users’ private information was compromised in a breach of its internal computer systems. All of the company’s products, including its ride-hail and Uber Eats food delivery services, are currently “operational,” Uber said in a new statement Friday afternoon. The hack, which was discovered early Friday morning, forced the company to take several of its internal systems offline. Uber is continuing to investigate…

Getting your social media profiles hacked can be a devastating situation to be in. Once hackers get access to your personal information the consequences can be very unfortunate. With Facebook being a widely popular social platform, it is highly prone to hacks and account attacks. If you end up in such a situation, Facebook provides several ways to recover the hacked account as well as various measures in place to prevent your account from falling into the wrong hands. That said, in this guide, we’ll provide you with…

Secure messaging app isn’t the only platform dealing with the aftermath of the recent Twilio data breach. In an spotted by , the company disclosed that hackers gained access to 93 individual Authy accounts. The platform is one of the more popular two-factor authentication apps on the market. It was acquired by Twilio in 2015 and has approximately 75 million users. According to Twilio, hackers took advantage of the access they gained to register additional devices to the 93 accounts affected by the breach, meaning they…

Over 130 organisations have been compromised in a sophisticated attack using simple phishing kits, that exposed the credentials of close to 10,000 employees.Same hackers attacked communications giant Twilio and as part of the breach, end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal revealed last week that hackers accessed the phone numbers and SMS verification codes of 1,900 users.According to cybersecurity company Group-IB, the attack on Twilio was part of a wider campaign by "0ktapus" hacking group.Based on the request from…