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Apple has introduced the first-ever iPhone Air.

iPhone 17 series, iPhone Air come with key security upgrade to prevent Pegasus-like spyware attacks

September 11, 2025 3:12 pm

While security experts acknowledged the “major security improvements”, they also criticised the way Apple has framed the security feature’s effectiveness.

Tripura DGP Anurag Dhyankar warns people about cyberattacks, urges them not to fall for ‘unbelievably lucrative offers of financial gain’

August 30, 2025 11:07 pm

Tripura DGP Anurag Dhyankar also allayed fears, stating that financial cyberfraud has shown a declining trend this year

The scammers used psychologically targeted threats to pressurise victims. (Image: FreePik)

$500,000 ransom, plush remote jobs in US firms: How North Korean scammers exploited Anthropic Claude

August 29, 2025 12:14 pm

North Korean scammers and hackers exploited Anthropic’s Claude AI for $500,000 ransom schemes and fake US remote jobs, the company warns.

Airtel is giving away one year of Perplexity Pro subscription to its customers in India.

Perplexity’s AI browser Comet vulnerable to prompt injection attacks, researchers warn

August 26, 2025 9:56 am

The findings come at a time when AI-centric browsers like Perplexity’s Comet are gaining traction due to a fundamental shift in users’ search behaviour.

Allianz Life says majority of US customers' data stolen in hack

July 27, 2025 9:45 am

This incident is related only to Allianz Life in the U.S., which currently has 1.4 million customers, the company said.

The app's motto is "women should never have to compromise their safety while dating."

Women's dating app Tea reports 72,000 images stolen in security breach

July 27, 2025 9:25 am

Signing up for Tea requires users to take selfies, which the app says are deleted after review.

Microsoft is a major player in the search-engine syndication sector but its smaller rivals fear the company will discontinue the service to their detriment. (Image Source: Reuters)

Microsoft alerts businesses, governments to server software attack

July 22, 2025 10:21 am

Microsoft said the vulnerabilities apply only to SharePoint servers used within organizations.

Stablecoins, or commodity-backed cryptocurrencies, have witnessed a surge in market capitalisation to $251.7 billion so far in 2025, marking a 22 per cent rise this year

Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX says it lost over $44 million following a hack

July 22, 2025 10:21 am

CoinDCX has emphasised that the wallets used to store customer assets were not impacted by the hack.

Why Moody’s said rated organisations are seeing increasing cyber threats

June 16, 2025 12:29 pm

Organisations experiencing a cyber incident in one year are four to five times more likely to face another in subsequent years compared to those previously unaffected, Moody’s said.

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Washington Post investigating cyberattack on journalists' email accounts

June 16, 2025 9:30 am

The reporters whose emails were targeted included members of the national security and economic policy teams.

Donald Trump may replace H-1B lottery with wage-based selection process

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Days after hiking the fees for new H-1B applications to $100,000, the Donald Trump administration has proposed to overhaul the visa process for high-skilled non-immigrant workers. The Trump administration has suggested a wage-based selection process for the H-1B programme, instead of the current lottery system.

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