`Chewbacca` hack attack hits shops in 11 countries

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:06

Cyber criminals reportedly targeted retail shops in 11 countries using a malicious software called `Chewbacca`.

Cyber criminals hack smart fridge to send out spam

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 21:55

A fridge was among more than 100,000 devices hacked by cyber criminals to send out spam emails - in what may be the first proven cyberattack on household "smart" appliances, researchers say.

Foreign criminals taking refuge here, be deported back: Court

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 17:42

Delhi has become a safe refuge for "criminals from entire world", a court here said and directed the city Police Commissioner to nab those foreigners, who are living in the capital without any valid documents, and deport them back to their countries.

New tech in digital photography could help spot criminals

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:28

New research led by a psychologist at the University of York is using advances in the level of detail available in digital photography to harness this human ability for use in forens

Dec 16 should be made annual pledge day: Harsh Vardhan

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 00:24

BJP`s Chief Ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan on Sunday demanded December 16 to be made an annual pledge day against violence towards women in memory of the paramedical student who was gang-raped on this day a year ago.

Microsoft leads disruption of largest infected global PC network

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 09:15

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had disrupted the largest network of compromised personal computers, involving some 2 million machines around the world, since it stepped up its battle against organized online criminals three years ago.

Cyber criminals use RBI governor's name to lure victims

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 21:02

Cybercriminals are sending out e-mails posing as Rajan and promising recipients a payment.

Safeguards in proposal barring those charged in heinous crimes

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 19:26

Government is contemplating putting in place safeguards in a proposal which bars persons from contesting polls if charges have been framed against them for crimes carrying a sentence of 7 years.

Ransomware virus is a bad problem getting worse: McAfee

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 13:25

Taking advantage of anonymous payment services, cyber criminals are increasingly using a malicious software 'ransomware' that holds a computer hostage until the victim pays to free it, online security firm McAfee says.

Spam emails on decline, malware still on high-rise: Kaspersky

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 14:59

The total number of spam emails has reportedly declined in the third quarter of the year, but the malware is still running high, security company Kaspersky has revealed.

`A fourth of MP contestants have criminal backgrounds`

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 16:10

Nearly one-fourth of the contestants in the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls have criminal backgrounds, an analysis by a think tank revealed here Monday.