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India to press ahead with strict cybersec rules despite industry concerns

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will not change upcoming cybersecurity rules that force social media, technology companies and cloud service providers to report data breaches swiftly, despite growing industry concerns, the government said on Wednesday.

Indian education sector biggest target of cyber threats, says report

The report also says that the adoption of remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, digitisation of education, and prevalence of online learning platforms are key triggers

Windows under attack from Chinese threat actors: Microsoft

The attack comes from Hafnium, the state-sponsored, China-based group that users may recall to be a big deal because of its involvement in the Microsoft Exchange meltdown of 2021

Cyber attacks: India among top 3 most-affected nations in Asia in 2021

Server access attacks (20 per cent) and ransomware (11 per cent) were the top two attack types on Asian organisations in 2021, followed closely by data theft (10 per cent)

SC to hear batch of pleas on Pegasus spying allegations on February 23

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a batch of petitions on the Pegasus issue for the first time after October when it had ordered setting up of a three-member panel of cyber experts

Tenable Research reveals over 40 bn records were exposed globally in 2021

This is up nearly 78% over 2020. While healthcare and education are most-targeted industries worldwide, APAC region shows another picture, with tech industry and govts being largest victims

Need to tackle cyber domain's exploitation by terrorists: India at UNSC

India emphasised the need for Member States to address and tackle the implications of terrorist organisations exploiting the cyber domain at UNSC

India in final stages of clearing national cybersecurity strategy

India is in the final stages to clear the strategy in the wake of growing cyber attacks and threats

Clubhouse to soon let users pin links to top of rooms

Anyone would be allowed to add, change, or remove a link, so long as they are a moderator of a room and regardless of the number of followers they have.

Cybercrime pendency rose in two-thirds of states in 2020: NCRB data

Chargesheeting, which indicates the rate of disposal of crime cases by the police, declined in nearly half the states when compared to 2019

Nearly 74% SMBs suffered a cyber incident in the last year: Cisco study

Cyber-attacks have cost SMBs more than Rs 3.5 cr to Rs 7 cr in the last 12 months

Indian tops global cyber attacks on education sector: Report

The education sector in India was attacked significantly more compared to other industries in the month of July globally, experiencing 5,196 attacks per week on average, a new report showed

Chinese hackers compromised 5 global telecom companies: Researchers

Hacking groups waged a campaign across Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021, exploited security vulnerabilities.

Data breaches cost Indian companies Rs 165 mn, rising 18% from 2020: Report

Breaches worldwide cost companies $4.24 million per incident on average, says an IBM study.

Explained: How cryptocurrency turbocharged the cybercrime racket

Cryptocurrency and the exchanges where digital currency can be traded anony­mously have emerged as key tools for the cyber extortionists

Covid-19 pandemic: Real-time cyber watch by enterprises on the rise

Pandemic has alerted the market to view cybersecurity as a necessary investment, not just an IT project: HCL Tech

Cyber fraud helpline brings banks and police together: Here's how it works

The helpline and its reporting platform have been made operational by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (14C) with support from the RBI, all major banks, payment banks, wallets

Microsoft launches the first ever Asia-Pacific cybersecurity council

The aim is to build a strong communications channel for addressing cyber threats and sharing best practices across the participating countries

Tracking behaviour to protect entities

All sectors will depend on high levels of connectivity, from education to manufacturing to financial management. With every action being digitised, the potential for cyber threats grows

Multiple cyber threats lurking compromised systems, says Microsoft

Facing multiple hacking attempts on its business email servers worldwide, Microsoft has reiterated the warning that patching a system does not necessarily remove the access of the attacker