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Kicking off the national campaign, Meta has released an educational film featuring Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana

Updated On: 18 Oct 2024 | 8:20 AM IST

Under the new 'teen accounts' feature, accounts for users aged 13 to 17 will automatically be set to private, limiting interactions with strangers

Updated On: 18 Sep 2024 | 5:04 PM IST

The hacker claims to have accessed sensitive data, including profit and loss statements of affected customers of the Mumbai-based stock broking company

Updated On: 10 Jul 2024 | 11:47 AM IST

The European Commission, EU cybersecurity agency ENISA and EU countries will meet on Tuesday to discuss the scheme

Updated On: 17 Jun 2024 | 10:16 AM IST

Shortage of skilled professionals, inadequate infrastructure, regulatory and policy gaps, and public unawareness about best digital practices are among key cyber security challenges in the country, according to a new report. India's Sherpa for G20 and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant unveiled the report, prepared by cyber security solutions company Lisianthus Tech, recently in Delhi. The report noted that cyber threats are escalating in the country, with over 116,000 cyber security incidents reported in 2023, marking a significant increase from previous years. It recorded among most notable cyber threats faced by AIIMS, HDFC and Axis banks, Indian Railways and IRCTC, Paytm, Zomato, Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, and National Payments Corporation of India in recent years. "There is a significant talent gap, with an estimated shortage of one million cybersecurity professionals. Many sectors lack the necessary infrastructure to defend against sophisticated cyberattacks. .

Updated On: 16 Jun 2024 | 10:40 PM IST

Retired US Army General Paul Nakasone is a global defence cyber expert, who has been instrumental in the development of US cyber defence capabilities

Updated On: 14 Jun 2024 | 11:23 AM IST

Dell Technologies is actively collaborating with governments to establish appropriate policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with ethical standards within its probability models

Updated On: 23 May 2024 | 9:43 AM IST

India ranked as the third-largest country globally for phishing attacks after the US and UK, with its technology sector facing nearly 33 per cent of all such strikes, marking it as the most targeted industry, according to a report. The report by cybersecurity firm Zscaler showed a 60 per cent rise in global phishing attacks over the past year. The ThreatLabz 2024 Phishing Report gathered insights from 2 billion blocked phishing transactions between January and December 2023. "In 2023, India ranked as the third-largest country globally for phishing attacks, following behind the US and UK. The technology industry in India faced nearly 33 per cent of all phishing attacks, marking it as the most targeted sector among industries," the report said. The finance and insurance sector has become the prime target for cyber attackers and witnessed the highest number of phishing attempts in 2023, it added. "The finance and insurance sector experienced both the highest number of phishing attemp

Updated On: 30 Apr 2024 | 9:58 PM IST

India, which detected over 2 lakh ransomware attacks in 2023, is likely to see similar onslaughts, cyber security firm Kaspersky said on Wednesday. Kaspersky General Manager for South Asia Jaydeep Singh said researches conducted by the firm have shown that India is consistently among the top 12 targeted countries and territories for Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). "For three years in a row, file encryption has been the top problem faced by enterprises and organisations worldwide and in India. From the basic ransomware attacks like the Wannacry in 2017, we have reached the era of Ransomware 3.0 where we see triple extortion in the form of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), reselling of data, and public blackmailing. "This form of attack has a wider impact on the financial and reputation aspect of Indian companies," Singh said. Kaspersky claims to have detected over 2 lakh ransomware incidents on businesses in the country in 2023. According to the company, major ransomware gr

Updated On: 03 Apr 2024 | 10:32 PM IST

UN experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023 valued at approximately USD 3 billion, with the money reportedly being used to help fund its development of weapons of mass destruction. And the high volume of cyberattacks by North Korean hacking groups who report to the Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea's primary foreign intelligence organization, is reportedly continuing, the panel of experts said in the executive summary of a new report to the UN Security Council obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The report covering the period from July 2023 to January 2024 and reflecting contributions from unidentified UN member nations and other sources, was sent to the 15-member council as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has raised tensions in the region. He is threatening to annihilate South Korea if provoked and escalating weapons demonstrations. In response, the United States, South Korea and Japan have strengthened their ...

Updated On: 10 Feb 2024 | 11:55 AM IST

Cyber risks are cited as the biggest threat faced by Indian organisations with 38 per cent of respondents feeling highly or extremely exposed to it, says a survey. With this, cybersecurity has jumped two spots from number three to number one on the risk radar when compared to the 2022 Global Risk Survey, the PwC's 2023 Global Risk Survey- India edition stated. PwC said the final results of the survey are based on 3,910 survey responses from Business and Risk Management leaders (CEO, board, risk management, operations, technology, finance, audit) across 67 territories providing their views on the status and direction of risk in their organisation. 163 Indian organisations were a part of this survey. Other digital and technology risks are also top concerns for business leaders in India (at 35 per cent). To address the challenges, Indian organisations are making bold investments in cybersecurity with more than half of the respondents planning to invest in cybersecurity tools (55 per .

Updated On: 24 Dec 2023 | 10:26 PM IST

CERT-In warning: The security alert classified the vulnerabilities as high-risk and stressed the urgent need for Samsung users to upgrade their phones' operating system

Updated On: 15 Dec 2023 | 3:32 PM IST

The company said it is working with a cyber security company to resolve the issue

Updated On: 03 Nov 2023 | 10:53 PM IST

5 key technical skills considered for employment, says respondents in annual survey

Updated On: 04 Oct 2023 | 3:58 PM IST

Salman Khan, who has been receiving death threats and is on the target list of gangsters, finally shared his experience and how he is dealing with it

Updated On: 30 Apr 2023 | 7:37 AM IST

More than 700 credentials with passwords were leaked to the dark web in 2022, says study by cybersecurity firms

Updated On: 29 Mar 2023 | 4:23 PM IST

The top three most attacked industries in 2022 were Healthcare, Education/Research, and Government/Military

Updated On: 12 Jan 2023 | 8:11 PM IST

India Inc and govt institutions too are vulnerable to it. Last month, a cyberattack brought the services at AIIMS, Delhi to a standstill. So why is India vulnerable to such attacks?

Updated On: 05 Dec 2022 | 7:00 AM IST

Stock exchanges to put a structure of financial disincentives for non-compliance by brokers

Updated On: 25 Nov 2022 | 11:37 PM IST

Haryana reported nearly 37,000 cybercrime-related complaints till August this year and 15,000 of them have been disposed of, officials said. A meeting of 29 cyber police station incharges and all district nodal officers for cybercrime of deputy superintendent of police and additional SP rank officers was held in Panchkula on Thursday. It was chaired by O P Singh, additional DGP (Crime) and state nodal officer for cybercrime for the state. During the meeting, officials said that till August this year, 36,996 cybercrime-related complaints were received on helpline number 1930, cybercrime portal, 309 cyber desks and 29 cyber police stations in the state. Over 20,000 of them are under process and nearly 15,057 have been disposed of, officials told the meeting. Cyber police station of the state crime branch, Panipat and Sonipat were among the top three units in disposing of the maximum percentage of complaints, according to a statement. Karnal, Sirsa and Bhiwani were among the top thr

Updated On: 16 Sep 2022 | 10:25 AM IST