Indian Railways Data Breach: Hackers say data of 3 crore people on sale, railways denies breach Amid claims by a hackers’ forum that data of over three crore users of Indian Railways is on sale on the dark web, the railway ministry on Wednesday said that no such data breach happened in any of its systems or organisations. Denying the ...
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AIIMS ransomware attack: what it means for health data privacy
AIIMS ransomware attack: what it means for health data privacy On November 23, a ransomware attack on the servers of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi wreaked havoc on their systems, and all their processes had to go manual. It took over two weeks to get the infected systems online again. But what is more noteworthy is ...
Read More »Over 829M Cyber attacks blocked in Q4: Report
Over 829M cyberattacks blocked in Q4: Report More than 829 million cyber attacks were blocked during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022, globally, of which 59 percent of the websites were in India. According to the application security company Indusface, the report mentioned a sharp rise in the intensity and frequency of DDoS and Bot attacks in Q4 compared ...
Read More »Data of 400 mn Twitter users stolen, claims hacker
Data of 400 mn Twitter users stolen, claims hackerTwitter. (File Photo: IANS) A hacker has claimed to have stolen the data of nearly 400 million Twitter users and put it up for sale on the dark web. According to Israeli cyber intelligence firm, Hudson Rock, the database contains devastating amounts of information, including e-mails and phone numbers of high-profile users. ...
Read More »Experts’ opinion on securing digital assets
Experts’ opinion on securing digital assets Highlights Employees are the leading cause of cyber security breaches in organizations, which usually occur due to human error., Many cybersecurity regulations now hold organizations liable for the actions or failures of their suppliers and third parties. These regulations recognize supply chain risk and the necessity of having effective risk management procedures in ...
Read More »Cyber threats shoot up over 60% through Nov: S.Korea
Cyber threats shoot up over 60% through Nov: S.Korea The number of cyber threats rose more than 60 per cent in 2022 from a year earlier to increased ransomware attacks, government data showed on Monday. A total of 1,045 cyberattacks were reported to the authorities in the first 11 months of this year, up from 640 cases tallied last year, ...
Read More »N.Korean hackers steal NFTs using nearly 500 phishing domains: Report, IT Security News, ET CISO
N.Korean hackers steal NFTs using nearly 500 phishing domains: Report, IT Security News, ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-96541320,imgsize-63946,width-1200,height-628,overlay-etciso/n-korean-hackers-steal-nfts-using-nearly-500-phishing-domains-report.jpg North Korean hackers linked to cybercrime group ‘Lazarus Group’ are behind a massive phishing campaign targeting non-fungible token (NFT) investors, using around 500 phishing domains to dupe victims, a new report said. The strategies used by the North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups ...
Read More »N.Korean hackers steal NFTs using nearly 500 phishing domains
N.Korean hackers steal NFTs using nearly 500 phishing domains: Report North Korean hackers linked to cybercrime group ‘Lazarus Group’ are behind a massive phishing campaign targeting non-fungible token (NFT) investors, using around 500 phishing domains to dupe victims, a new report said. The strategies used by the North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups to distract NFT investors from their ...
Read More »Why is cloud-native backup a must-have for organizations today to protect data?
Why is cloud-native backup a must-have for organizations today to protect data? It is evident that many users do not recognize the need for backup and recovery services to secure their data in the cloud but rely on the protection from their cloud service providers. Research undertaken by Barracuda depicted that nearly 84% of Indian organizations are relying solely ...
Read More »Ministry of Jal Shakti’s Twitter account hacked for the second time this month
Ministry of Jal Shakti’s Twitter account hacked for the second time this month Ministry of Jal Shakti Twitter account hacked [Source: Satnam Narang, Tenable] On 28 December, the official Twitter account of the ministry of Jal Shakti (@MoJSDoWRRDGR) was hacked by crypto scammers for the second time this month. Following the account hijack, the hackers promoted cryptocurrency giveaways – ...
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