Page 12 - Cybersecurity

Over 50% India firms raise ICT budget, cybersecurity key concern: Report

More than 50% of enterprises in India have significantly increased their information and communications technology (ICT) budget this year compared to 2021, a report showed on Thursday

HDFC Bank may introduce credit scores for third-party vendors

Latest Reserve Bank of India data showed that in 2021-22, frauds to the tune of Rs 60,414 crore were reported, down 56.28 per cent from Rs 1.38 trillion in 2020-21

WhatsApp's new privacy features: Here's everything you need to know

WhatsApp New Privacy features will be rolled out by the end of August. What are its key takeaways? How it would improve your experience? Here's everything you need to know

Microsoft catches spyware group targeting customers using Windows bugs

Microsoft has caught an Austrian company selling spyware based on multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits to attack its customers

T-Mobile to pay US customers $350 mn in settlement over massive data breach

In the proposed settlement, T-Mobile also agreed to spend an extra $150 million on cybersecurity through the end of 2023.

Cert-In extends deadline for VPN cybersecurity norms till Sept 25

CERT-In directions, released on April 28, mandate service providers to keep records of every information and communication technology (ICT) transaction for a minimum of 180 days

Sebi tweaks cybersecurity and cyber resilience framework for AMCs

The new framework will come into force from July 15

Govt's cybersecurity rules risk creating 'environment of fear': Tech firms

Indian cybersecurity rules due to come into force later this month will create an "environment of fear rather than trust", a body representing top tech companies has warned the government

World Economic Forum 2022: The world is bullish on the Indian economy

The first post-pandemic in-person meeting at Davos took place with reduced participation amid a war raging in Europe, but witnessed spirited debates

CERT-In directives won't impact corporates' business viability: MoS IT

Rajeev Chandrasekhar's comes in the wake of cyber security directives issued by the MeitY's CERT-In that mandates reporting of cybersecurity incidents and misuse of virtual private networks

Pegasus row: SC extends time for submitting probe report on use of spyware

The Supreme Court extended the time for submitting the report by the apex court-appointed technical and supervisory committees to look into the Pegasus row

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.

Why new CERT-In rules will be game changer in India's cyber security space

Experts believe that though the rules are very broad in nature, this is the first time that a mechanism is being put in India that makes reporting cyber incidents mandatory

Securonix gets investments from Capital One, Wipro Ventures and others

Over the past 12 months, Securonix claims to have grown its SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) business by more than 100 per cent.

With Russia-Ukraine conflict next door, EU is warned on cybersecurity gaps

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine accelerates European Union defense cooperation, a watchdog said Tuesday that EU institutions face vulnerabilities on another front: cybersecurity. The warning by the European Court of Auditors covers the wide range of EU bodies from the executive arm based in Brussels to specialist agencies located across Europe that run the 27-nation bloc's day-to-day business. The EU must step up its efforts to protect its own organisations, Bettina Jakobsen, a member of the ECA, said in a statement accompanying a special report on cyberthreats. Such attacks can have significant political implications. Cyberattacks against EU bodies are increasing sharply, with major incidents jumping more than tenfold between 2018 and 2021, according to the Luxembourg-based ECA. Cybersecurity has jumped up the political agenda in Europe following attacks in recent years that targeted EU nations such as Germany and other industrialised countries including the United States, Brit

Cybersecurity startup Technisanct receives fresh investment of Rs 2 crore

The company said it received the investment with participation from Shashidhar Pai (S3K Ventures), K T Chandy (Partner-EY) and Surabhi Marwah (Partner-EY)

Cyber vulnerabilities at the highest point in eight quarters, shows data

Medium risk and high-risk vulnerabilities have also been rising

Is India prepared to protect itself from cyber-attacks?

In the winter of 2015, Russian hackers allegedly breached the power grid and plunged parts of Ukraine into darkness. Is India prepared to safeguard its critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks?

Beefing up its cybersecurity, Google buys Mandiant for $5.4-billion

Google is fortifying its cloud services with a $5.4 billion acquisition of the cyber security firm Mandiant, the companies announced Tuesday. The acquisition is the first of many that analysts foresee in the cyber security sector following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Analysts and government officials have said they expect a wave of cyberattacks from Russia and others as geopolitical tensions rise. In a massive growth backdrop for cyber security and further tailwinds seen during this Ukraine invasion from Russia bad actors/nation state attacks, we believe today's deal is the tip of the iceberg to a massive phase of consolidation potentially ahead for the cloud space, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote Tuesday. Google, a subsidiary of Mountain View, California-based Alphabet Inc., will pay $23 per Mandiant share in all-cash deal expected to close this year. The price represents a 57% premium on Mandiant's share price in early February, when speculation about a deal between the companies

Nvidia data breach exposes data of 71,000 employees: Report

The company has confirmed some of its data was stolen as part of a cyberattack that occurred last week.