The Sentinel

India has launched the world's largest census, and its first conducted digitally: more than 1.4 billion people, around 31 lakh field staff, self-enumeration in 16 languages and satellite-based mapping. What the technology really does, how the genuine process works, and how to recognise and avoid impersonation scams.

Passwords are the weak link in almost every hack. Passkeys are the fix the whole industry is now adopting, and they cannot be phished. What they are, why they are safer, and how to start using them.

Most breaches do not start by beating a computer. They start by fooling a person. How social engineering works, the psychology it exploits, the techniques from pretexting to deepfakes, and how to defend yourself.

Phishing is the most reported cybercrime on earth and the way most breaches begin. How the lure works, the many forms it now takes, how it defeats two-factor login, and the defenses that actually stop it.

Understanding data breaches in 2026: A deep dive into the causes, the financial impact, and the complex web of mandatory notification laws for organizations.

Days before the June 11 kickoff, the FBI and security researchers say a wave of FIFA-themed fraud is already live — thousands of lookalike domains, fake ticket and streaming sites, and malware. Here is how the scams work, the red flags, and how to buy and watch safely.

The FBI's IC3 logged a record $20.9 billion in losses and over a million complaints in 2025. We decode where the money goes, who loses it, and how US reporting and recovery actually work.

As of mid-2026, the Zero Trust security model has become a mandatory standard for modern IT environments, shifting from traditional perimeter defense to verification.

Ransomware in 2026 is a franchised, automated industry: access brokers hand off breached networks in seconds, affiliates rent attack kits for the price of a streaming subscription, and victims face double and triple extortion. A complete guide to how modern attacks work, who runs them, the landmark 2025-26 incidents, and the global fight over whether paying should be illegal.

Autonomous AI agents act with little oversight. With the EU AI Act deadline looming and Singapore the first to respond, how the world is racing to govern them.

As of mid-2026, global governments have moved from experimental policy to strict mandatory frameworks for managing synthetically generated information.

Apple pulled iCloud encryption in the UK, the EU's Chat Control retreated, WhatsApp fights India's traceability rule: inside the 2026 war over encryption backdoors.