A purported cybersecurity enthusiast has sparked widespread debate online after allegedly hacking the websites of IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur, claiming the act was meant to draw attention to what he described as an unfair admissions process. According to screenshots widely shared on Reddit, the individual claimed he had applied to IIT Madras’ Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security (BCyber) programme but was not shortlisted despite paying the application fee, submitting all required documents and showcasing his cybersecurity...Read More
The cybersecurity and artificial intelligence communities have been buzzing over reports that an OpenAI-developed model allegedly carried out an autonomous cyberattack against AI startup Hugging Face in an attempt to obtain sensitive information. The incident gained even more attention after claims emerged that a Chinese AI model, dubbed Z.ai, played a role in helping contain...Read More
JOSEPH GABRIEL LAGONSIN News Editor Halcyon has published new findings on ransomware activity in the second quarter of 2026, showing that attackers used AI tools more widely and moved more quickly through intrusions. The report recorded 1,988 publicly claimed ransomware attacks from 89 active groups across 101 countries during the quarter. Although the total fell...Read More
The Coca-Cola Company has announced that its dairy subsidiary Fairlife has resumed most production across its four US facilities following a ransomware attack. Fairlife temporarily suspended US production earlier this month after a ransomware attack affected part of its systems. Coca-Cola has now confirmed that an unauthorised third party also obtained certain data during the...Read More
Follow TNM’s channel for news updates and story links. Chennai Mayor Priya Rajan has filed a complaint with the Greater Chennai Police (GCC) alleging that she has been subjected to sustained cyberbullying through defamatory posts, morphed images and videos circulated on social media. She submitted an online complaint before filing a written complaint with Chennai...Read More
No matter how much you prepare, cybercrime is a threat to every charity. According to Qlic IT, the nonprofit sector ranks as the second most targeted industry for cyber attacks. And the government’s annual cyber security breaches survey reported that 28% of charities had experienced a breach or attack in the last 12 months – that’s around 57,000 registered charities....Read More
At the 2024 Electromagnetic Field event in the UK, some awkward items turned up at the swap meet: radioactive sources. Fortunately there was [Tryst] at hand, who works in the nuclear industry, so they were safely collected. At this year’s EMF he was back, with a talk about what happened next. It seems they were...Read More
Ravie LakshmananJul 28, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence A maximum-severity security flaw impacting on-premises versions of Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-16812 (CVSS score: 10.0), is a case of operating system command injection that could pave the way for arbitrary code execution. “VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO)...Read More
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Democratic Project 2029 calls for a social media ban for children under the age of 16. The proposal is titled “Kids over Clicks” and it discusses the mental health issues from social media that have impacted minors the most. “In 2013, more than half of American high-school girls — 53 percent, up...Read More
On the morning of July 7, eight Mathura villages woke up to a strange sight – hundreds of people scampering across fields and narrow lanes as policemen and drones chased them. “When the police teams arrived, several people fled,” one senior police officer told The Indian Express. “After long hours of questioning, 42 people –...Read More
