Google And Meta Exposed For Secret Ad Campaign Targeting Teens

09 Aug 2024

Google and Meta are facing scrutiny after reports of a secret ad campaign targeting teenagers. According to the Financial Times, the campaign aimed to reach 13- to 17-year-olds on YouTube with Instagram ads, violating Google’s advertising policies, which prohibit targeting children under 18. Investigation and Response Google reportedly conducted an...

Microsoft Outage: Government Issues Warning to Block 25 ‘Dangerous URLs’

30 Jul 2024

Earlier this month, a major disruption affected businesses worldwide due to a flawed security update provided by the US-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike for Microsoft Windows machines. This problematic update led to significant issues for airlines, banks, hospitals, and other essential services, impacting approximately 8.5 million Windows systems globally. Both Microsoft...

Indian Government Probes Opposition Leaders’ Cyber Threat Claims

26 Jul 2024

In late 2023, several opposition leaders reported receiving warnings from Apple about potential state-sponsored cyber attacks targeting their phones. The leaders included Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Trinamool Congress’ Mahua Moitra, Aam Aadmi Party’s Raghav Chadha, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress’ Shashi Tharoor, and Pawan Khera...

PM Modi to convene a high-level meeting to review cybersecurity

30 Jun 2023

With arch-rivals in the region mounting cyber attacks and breaches on India's civilian and military infrastructure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to convene a high-level meeting to review cybersecurity and data protection in order to make the critical structure more resilient to hybrid warfare. Aware of the growing number...

Chinese malware detected in Guam, US systems says Microsoft

25 May 2023

American intelligence agencies and Microsoft have detected a mysterious computer code that has been popping up in telecommunications systems in Guam and elsewhere in the United States. Microsoft says the code was installed by a group called 'Volt Typhoon', part of a Chinese state-sponsored effort targeting critical infrastructure such as...

‘Hacktivist Indonesia’ claims to attack 12,000 Indian govt websites

14 Apr 2023

A group named "Hactivist Indonesia" has claimed to have issued a list of 12,000 Indian government websites, including Central and States, which it may attack in the coming days, an alert circulated by the Ministry of Home Affairs' Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) points. However, Indian government websites are "updated"...

US states Wisconsin, North Carolina become latest sates to ban TikTok

13 Jan 2023

Two more US states Wisconsin and North Carolina have ordered to ban TikTok on government devices due to cybersecurity concerns. This decision comes after US President Joe Biden recently signed the order banning federal employees from using the app on government devices. The order was not just about banning TikTok...