Cyber attackers briefly hack Jal Shakti Ministry’s Twitter handle   Cyber attackers on Thursday briefly hacked the Ministry of Jal Shakti’s Twitter handle. This is the second major cyber attack on a government site after AIIMS Delhi’s server was majorly hacked last week. Officials said that a preliminary probe has been initiated by concerned agencies into the hacking of the ...

As GST collections swell govt coffers, cyber thugs thrive on new age tax crimes Even as the technology backed new tax system, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, continues to swell the government coffers, the cyber tax crimes have grown leaps and bound. While the GST revenue number for November released by the Union ministry of finance on Thursday ...

1.9M attacks on Indian healthcare network from Pak, China this year: Report   As AIIMS struggles to get its servers back to life after a massive ransomware attack, nearly 1.9 million cyber attacks have been recorded on the Indian healthcare network this year, especially from countries like Pakistan, China and Vietnam, a report revealed on Thursday. The healthcare-based threat intelligence ...

Navigating the cybersecurity skills shortage: Joseph Zhou, Linode By Joseph Zhou Cybersecurity concerns have been making more and more headlines as of late. According to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), over 6.74 lakh cyber security incidents were reported in India in the first six months of 2022. From ransomware infections to crypto mining on compromised accounts, most security ...

LastPass claims no data was compromised despite cyber security attack LastPass, the popular password manager app, has recently been hit by a cybersecurity attack. However, the company has ascertained that the information, such as crucial data and customer passwords, is safe. A few months back, the same password-storing app acknowledged that some portion of its essential source code and proprietary ...

Hackers exploited discontinued web server at Tata Power: Microsoft Hive claims responsibility for Tata Power data leak Microsoft has warned that state-sponsored hackers are attacking critical energy infrastructure in India via exploiting a discontinued web server, with the most recent attack it observed was on Tata Power in October. Microsoft security researchers discovered a vulnerable open-source component in the “Boa ...

Android banking trojan: malware-spreading apps were posing as utility tools to steal user data A new set of dangerous Android apps were successful in bypassing Google’s security to make their way into the Play Store. Experts have warned that these malware-laden apps were masquerading as utility applications and were able to manage over ten thousand total downloads before it was ...

Defenceless in the face of cyber attacks New Delhi: Even as the country’s top cybercrime units grappled with the ransomware attack on AIIMS servers and systems, sources in the security establishment said chances of fully recovering from the damage caused by the malware were bleak and “starting afresh” seemed to be the way out. The best of minds from the ...

Canada to boost defence, cybersecurity in Indo-Pacific policy, focus on ‘disruptive’ China Ottawa – Canada launched its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy on Sunday, outlining spending of C$2.3 billion ($1.7 billion) to boost military and cyber security in the region and vowed to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with it on climate change and trade. The plan, detailed in a ...

Cyber criminals using fake websites to cash on FIFA World Cup, stealing personal info From fake entry permits and betting sites to fake cryptocurrency, cybercriminals have spun all the tricks to lure football fans in the name of the FIFA World Cup, IT security intelligence firm CloudSEK warned on Monday. While India is not part of the FIFA World Cup, ...