india
Former Coinbase support agent arrested for helping hackers
A former Coinbase customer service agent was arrested in India for helping hackers earlier this year steal sensitive customer information from a company database. The arrest occurred in Hyderabad, the capital of India’s Telangana state and a major technology center in the country, and it is expected that more individuals will be detained, according to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. […]
APT36 hackers abuse Linux .desktop files to install malware in new attacks
The Pakistani APT36 cyberspies are using Linux .desktop files to load malware in new attacks against government and defense entities in India. The activity, documented in reports by CYFIRMA and CloudSEK, aims at data exfiltration and persistent espionage access. APT 36 has previously used .desktop files to load malware in targeted espionage operations in South Asia. The attacks were first […]
Coinbase breach tied to bribed TaskUs support agents in India
A recently disclosed data breach at Coinbase has been linked to India-based customer support representatives from outsourcing firm TaskUs, who threat actors bribed to steal data from the crypto exchange. According to Reuters, who spoke to numerous TaskUs employees, the data breach was first discovered in January after a TaskUs employee was caught capturing photos of […]
Garantex crypto exchange admin arrested while on vacation
Indian authorities arrested Aleksej Besciokov, the co-founder and one of the administrators of the Russian Garantex crypto-exchange while vacationing with his family in Varkala, India. As infosec journalist Brian Krebs first reported on Tuesday, the 46-year-old Lithuanian national and Russian resident was apprehended on Tuesday afternoon by Kerala state police officers under the country’s extradition law. Besciokov (aka “proforg” and […]
Indian tech giant Tata Technologies hit by ransomware attack
Tata Technologies Ltd. had to suspend some of its IT services following a ransomware attack that impacted the company network. A subsidiary of Tata Motors, Tata Technologies is an Indian public multinational tech firm that focuses on automotive design, aerospace engineering, and R&D engineering in general. It is one of India’s key tech developers and state […]
Medical billing firm Medusind discloses breach affecting 360,000 people
Medusind, a leading billing provider for healthcare organizations, is notifying hundreds of thousands of individuals of a data breach that exposed their personal and health information more than a year ago, in December 2023. The Miami-based company operates 12 locations across the United States and India, and it also provides revenue cycle management services to […]
Redmi 13 5G Review: The Best Budget Smartphone of 2024
It’s safe to say that the golden era of budget smartphones is long gone, with Xiaomi and Realme’s number series now operating in the sub-25K segment. However, this price push has left the biggest smartphone market—the 15K segment—in the dust, with people seemingly having no options. Therefore, when Xiaomi announced its new Redmi 13 5G […]
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Price Drop: Now Rs 89,999 on Amazon India
Samsung has recently dropped the price of the Galaxy S23 Ultra, the brand’s flagship smartphone from 2023. The Galaxy S23 Ultra is currently available on Amazon India for Rs 89,999. So is it still worth buying at this price? Keep reading to find out. Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra offer: The Galaxy S23 Ultra made its […]
Best Smartphones Under Rs. 10,000 in India
Poco M6 Pro 5G, Redmi 13C, Realme C53, Lava Blaze 5G and Samsung Galaxy M13 are some of the top smartphones you can buy with a budget of under ₹10,000. The race for the best smartphone under ₹10,000 is getting tougher with each passing day with consumers having a plethora of options already available to them, […]