NASA loses command codes to control space station
March 2nd, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 2 (IANS) An unencrypted laptop computer stolen from NASA last year contained command codes used to control the International Space Station (ISS), media reports said.
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Key industries not boosting security to deal with escalating cyberattacks: Report
April 21st, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 21(ANI): The world's water treatment plants, power grids, oil and gas facilities and other vital industries are seeing escalating cyberattacks, but are not ramping up security fast enough, according to ... Read more...
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Christian Slater joins list of celebrity death hoax ‘victims’
February 1st, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 1 (ANI): Contrary to a fast-spreading Internet rumour, actor Christian Slater is indeed alive and well.The 'True Romance' star was forced to deny he had been killed in a ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
New web app stops you from tweeting, Facebooking if you are too drunk!
November 12th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 12 (ANI): Many of us have some or the other time, woken up to the horrible realization of having posted some terrible message on Twitter or a post on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Twitter hack sends users to hardcore porn sites
September 22nd, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 22 (ANI): Hackers have managed to exploit a security flaw on the popular micro-blogging site Twitter, by activating pop-ups and even directing some users to hardcore porn sites.The hack utilized ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Malware Threat Reaching All Time High, Warns Top System Security Firms
August 11th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Aug 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) McAfee Inc which is now the second security software maker of the world has said that malware attacks have reached a record high in the ... Read more...
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Hackers capitalise on Swayze’s death
September 16th, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sept 16 (ANI): Hackers are using Patrick Swayze's death to push off spurious anti-virus software to Internet users and infect their computers with viruses.The 57-year-old Swayze died of pancreatic cancer ... Read more...
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Cybercrooks take advantage of swine flu hysteria
April 30th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, April 30 (ANI): Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the swine flu buzz to sell counterfeit drugs and steal credit card details, Internet security experts have warned."The scare has spawned a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Cyber-spies used social sites to trick Dalai Lama’s office: US expert
March 30th, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 30 (IANS) A Chinese cyber-espionage network used sophisticated social and computer engineering techniques to trick the Dalai Lama's office into downloading malicious software, according to a cyber security ... Read more...
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