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Personal information of 750 mn Indians up for sale on dark web: CloudSEK

The dataset allegedly encompasses around 85 per cent of the Indian population, making it one of the largest breaches of its kind

AYUSH Jharkhand allegedly hacked, records of 320,000 patients leaked

CloudSEK in its report also warned that the leaked data could enable account takeovers

CLoudSek finds 31,179 numbers impersonating as fake customer care helplines

Cyber intelligence firm CloudSEK on Friday said it has come across 31,179 phone numbers impersonating as customer care helplines for fraudulent activities. The company analysed the numbers and found that 56 per cent, or 17,285, of them were Indian phone numbers, while the rest were non-Indian. "CloudSEK has decoded a widespread scam in India that involves the use of fake customer care numbers to defraud consumers. The scam involves creating fake customer care numbers for popular brands and posting them online, tricking unsuspecting consumers into calling these numbers for assistance," the company said in a statement. The company said that it has found 80 per cent of the Indian numbers were found to be valid and still operational. "CloudSEK XVigil's Fake Customer Care Number module scours the internet for fake customer care numbers. Our researcher analysed a sample of around 20,000 Indian mobile numbers, used by threat actors, to run customer care scams," the statement said. Accord

GoI faced more cyber attacks in 2022 than any other govt, says report

According to a report by CloudSEK XVigil, there was a 95 per cent rise in cyber attacks on the govt sector around the world in the second half of 2022

Cyber attacks on Indian healthcare industry 2nd highest in world: CloudSEK

The number of cyber attacks on Indian healthcare industry were second highest globally, with 7.7 per cent of total incidence on the segment being witnessed in the country in 2021, cyber security intelligence firm CloudSEK said on Tuesday. According to CloudSEK report on "Increased cyber attacks on the global healthcare sector", US healthcare industry faced 28 per cent of the total global attacks. "India recorded the second highest number of attacks, with a total of 7.7 per cent of the total attacks on the healthcare industry in 2021," the report said. The 7.7 per cent of cyber attack incidence on the Indian healthcare industry translates into over 71 lakh records, according to the report. CloudSEK is among the entities that provides cyber threat intelligence to Indian cyber security watchdog CERTin. According to the firm, the technological advancement in the healthcare industry like remote health monitoring, electronic health records and the Internet of Things (IoT) provided cyber

Ransomware makes victim donate to poor, financial help to needy patients

The company warned that Goodwill ransomware could also result in temporary, and possibly permanent, loss of company data and a possible shutdown of company's operations and accompanied revenue loss

Tech startup CloudSEK raises $2 million in pre-series A funding

CloudSEK will leverage the freshly raised funds to evolve its flagship product XVigil, a unified risk management platform