Page 3 - Cyber Threat

36 govt websites faced hacking incidents in first six months of 2023

As many as 36 websites of ministries and departments under the central and various state governments faced hacking incidents in the first six months of 2023, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Cyber security watchdog CERT-In tracked these incidents. According to data shared by Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Lok Sabha, a total of 1,12,474 cyber security incidents have been tracked by CERT-In. "The government is continuously engaged in formulating policies and setting technical standards in the cyberspace to holistically ensure accessible internet and to mitigate threats & vulnerabilities in the cyberspace," Chandrasekhar said in a written reply. As per the data, 36 websites of ministries and departments under the central and various state governments faced hacking incidents. The minister also shared that over 4.29 lakh cyber security incidents pertaining to financial institutions occurred in the first half of 2023.

Market regulator Sebi mulls consolidated framework for cyber security

Regulator's consultation paper proposes to supersede 15 circulars issued earlier

How better cyber sense, zero trust can help overcome the new 'CEO scam'

According to the recent PwC report, CEOs of Indian companies are increasing cyber investments, adjusting supply chains, and changing their physical footprint in response to geopolitical conflict

91% of Indian organisations experienced ransomware attacks in 2023: Report

100% of Indian organisations expect to suffer an identity-related compromise in 2023. 61% anticipate AI-enabled attacks. 80% expect layoffs and workforce churn to create new cybersecurity issues

CoWIN data breach a national emergency: Cyber law expert Pavan Duggal

The bot is ultimately managed by someone else. The minimum action that is required is a criminal investigation. CERT-IN doesn't have penal investigation powers

Ransomware attacks, human error main cause of cloud data breaches: Report

Half of IT professionals surveyed in India believe that security threats are increasing in volume or severity

Haryana sees 5,000% jump in cyber crime complaints since 2019

Haryana saw a jaw dropping rise of almost 5,000 per cent in cyber crime incidents since 2019, registering 66,784 such complaints in 2022, officials said on Thursday. The state in 2019 had logged 1,362 cyber crime complaints, which rocketed by 4,803.40 per cent by the end of 2022, according to the data. In the first three months of 2023 alone 25,659 complaints of cyber crime have been recorded, the officials said. The average monthly receipt of complaints increased from 272 in 2019 to 956 in 2022, 1,313 in 2021, 5,565 in 2022, and 8,553 in the first three months of 2023, they said. To deal with the rising number of complaints received on cyber crime helpline number '1930', Haryana police has increased call lines from six to ten and number of people manning the lines from 18 to 40. Haryana's Additional DGP (Crime) O P Singh said the victims of cyber crime were being attended to round-the-clock by police. Haryana Police recovered Rs 56.9 crore from the cyber frauds in the past three

Unregistered devices in hybrid work increase hacking risk in India: Report

As hybrid work empowers employees to work from anywhere and ensures business continuity for enterprises, the use of unregistered devices by employees has increased the risk around hybrid work in India

Global cybersecurity market grows 16% to reach $17.8 billion in Q3

Palo Alto Networks was the number one vendor in the quarter, growing 24.9 per cent and increasing its market share to 8.4 per cent, up from 7.8 per cent in Q3 2021

Two arrested after Twitter posts threat to 'shoot up a synagogue'

Two men who were arrested at New York's Penn Station after authorities spotted social media posts about attacking a synagogue represented a real danger to the city's Jewish community, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday. This was not an idle threat," Adams said at a news conference where he was joined by officials from the FBI, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other agencies involved in the arrests early Saturday of Christopher Brown, 21, and Matthew Mahrer, 22, on charges including criminal possession of a weapon. This was a real threat, he said. According to the criminal complaint against him, Brown made a series of threats on Twitter including, on Thursday, Gonna ask a Priest if I should become a husband or shoot up a synagogue and die," and then on Friday, "This time I'm really gonna do it. Authorities linked the tweets to Brown, of Aquebogue, on Long Island, and identified Mahrer, of Manhattan, as an associate, said Michael Driscoll, head of the FBI's New York office. A

Consulting firms stepping up to build stronger cyber armour for businesses

Cyber threats, especially ransomware, have spiked in the past 12-18 months largely due to the highly digitised post-pandemic economy. Some experts have pegged the rise at 38% over pre-pandemic levels

Global cost of cybercrime may reach $10.5 trillion by 2025: Interpol

Incidents of cybercrime and online child abuse are significantly underreported, and the global cost of cybercrime is expected to reach $10.5 trillion by 2025

Cloudflare blocks internet forum Kiwi Farms over 'threats to human life'

Digital infrastructure services provider Cloudflare announced that it has blocked US-based Internet forum Kiwi Farms over "imminent threats to human life"

FBI's team to investigate massive cyberattack on Montenegro govt services

A rapid deployment team of FBI cyber experts is heading to Montenegro to investigate a massive, coordinated attack on the tiny Balkan nation's government and its services, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs announced Wednesday. This is another confirmation of the excellent cooperation between the United States of America and Montenegro and a proof that we can count on their support in any situation, the ministry said. Montenegro's Agency for National Security blamed the attack, which began late last week, squarely on Russia, though without providing evidence. A combination of ransomware and distributed denial-of-service attacks, the onslaught disrupted government services and prompted the country's electrical utility to switch to manual control. A cybercriminal extortion gang claimed responsibility for at least part of the attack, infecting a parliamentary office with ransomware known as Cuba, which the cybersecurity firm Profero has found to include Russian speakers. ...

Cybersecurity on the agenda: Skill gaps worsen India's cyber-defence system

Owing to the immense demand for cybersecurity professionals, the employee base will touch 305,000 by 2022

More users attacked via old Microsoft Office vulnerability in Q2: Report

The number of exploits for vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office suite increased, accounting for 82 of the total number of exploits across different platforms and software, in the second quarter of 2022

Cost for data breaches averaged Rs 17.6 cr in 2022, highest ever: IBM study

Industrial companies paid most for cyberattacks as 'threat magnitude' grows

Education institutions increasingly being hit with ransomware: Report

Education institutions, both higher and lower education, are increasingly being hit with ransomware, with 60 per cent suffering attacks in 2021 compared to 44 per cent in 2020, a report said

21% of all HTML attachments scanned over past month found malicious: Report

According to Barracuda researchers, malicious HTML attachments are being used for credential phishing

US firm SentinelOne sets up Bengaluru centre to fight cyberattacks

Plans to invest $50 mn for expansion into the Indian market, and expand talent base by 500 in the coming years