Is your LinkedIn account password hacked?

Professional networking website LinkedIn suffered a major security breach of its password database recently. Reportedly a file containing…

Anonymous readying to stage Occupy India protests across all major cities on 9 June

Anonymous, the faceless worldwide hacktivist group, is staging a series of protests in India on June 9 as…

How to tell the difference between White-Hat, Grey-Hat and Black-Hat hackers

In the last post on hacktivism, we briefly mentioned three different types of hackers – white-hat hackers, grey-hat…

Future Watch I: The impending dangers of Hacktivism and political hacking

Hacktivism is a rising threat to cyber security that we are sure to see more of in the…

Has your Facebook account been hacked? Here’s what to do

We hear about Facebook accounts getting hacked on a daily basis. With hackers dedicated to pounce on the…

BSNL website gets hacked

The Government owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL – the leading Indian telecommunication company) website has suffered yet…

Recent Facebook porn spam attack: How to avoid falling in the trap

The recent wave of porn spam attacks that flooded Facebook accounts with posts carrying images of sex and…

Phone Hacking: Are we safe?

Recent international news about the hacking of celebrities phones by news reporters from News of the World, a…