The deteriorating cyber security situation has swelled up opportunities for an ethical hacker manifold. Most corporate entities are looking to create their own internal security teams by training employees and hiring ethical hackers. Making most of this trend are the many ethical hacking institutes in Noida, a well-developed corporate hub, who have seen a healthy [...]

Launching your company’s website or portal is a great idea, but keeping it secure is equally if not more important. Nearly 70% of cyber attacks on the Internet today occur at the web application level. Website defacement by hackers can bring embarrassment to your business and an insecure website infected with malware can put its [...]

Since such attacks do not set off alarm bells at the firewall, most companies remain unaware of the breach. A study released by US-based internet and telecom firm Verizon this March said 85 per cent of hack victims were not aware of the breach for several weeks. Worse, 92 per cent of the victims found [...]

Close on the heels of China and Pakistan persistently hacking Central Government and corporate websites, Bangladeshi hackers have joined the club through cyber attacks on India — targeting the Border Security Force (BSF) in particular against which it carries a grouse for perceived atrocities on Bangla nationals. The Bangladeshi hackers said their action was in [...]

Known as Indishell, the Indian hackers compromised the Pakistani Government websites including those of the navy, foreign affairs, Sindh police and Pakistan  Government information website. At least two of the hackers of the Indishell are also part of the Indian Cyber Army. The cyber attack is claimed to be a payback from Indian hackers to [...]

It was Congress President, Sonia Gandhi’s 65th Birthday and hackers defaced her public profile published over Congress’s website. Her biography was replaced with obscene contents. Website was taken down by its administrator and is now restored with the original contents. Torrid Networks, a global leader in application security consulting marked it as a minor incident [...]

Three years after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the National Security Database, a not-for-profit organisation backed by the Government, has finally been established with a view to counter cyber warfare-like situation. The National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mumbai-based NSD that was launched on 26/11 this [...]

China has been in the news from long time for hacking into critical infrastructure of India. Torrid Networks shares the inside story with “The Pioneer” newspaper on modus operandi of China and recent cyber attacks on India. The National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), premier technical intelligence agency, has hired a team of ethical hackers to [...]

Pakistani hacker group Pakistan Cyber Army has hacked into the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) website. Through the cyber raid, the hackers have gained access to over 10,000 users’ information — which include names, email addresses, phone numbers and location details. Cyber security expert Dhruv Soi said, “This yet another example of how the insecurity [...]

Hackers have once exposed the vulnerability of India’s premier investigating and security agencies by launching repeated cyber attacks on their websites maintained by the National Informatics Centre. The hackers first attacked the CBI’s website in December last year followed by the breaking into the official website of the elite National Security Guards two days back. [...]