Ransomware

Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company may incur expenses in connection with incident; India was the second most attacked country for ransomware in the APAC-Japan region in 2022

France's computer emergency response team (CERT-FR) has warned that hackers have been targeting 'VMware ESXi' servers since February 3

Cybersecurity agencies in Europe are warning of ransomware attacks exploiting a 2-year-old computer bug as Italy experienced widespread internet outages. The Italian premier's office said on Sunday night the attacks affecting computer systems in the country involved ransomware already in circulation" in a product made by cloud technology provider VMware. A Friday technical bulletin from a French cybersecurity agency said the attack campaigns target VMware ESXi hypervisors, which are used to monitor virtual machines. Palo Alto, California-based VMware fixed the bug back in February 2021 but the attacks are targeting older, unpatched versions of the product. The company said in a statement Sunday that its customers should take action to apply the patch if they have not already done so. Security hygiene is a key component of preventing ransomware attacks, it said. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Sunday it is working with our public and private sector par

Hive ransomware was seized after a joint US-German law enforcement crackdown that thwarted $130 million in demands for payment from more than 1,500 victims around the world

AIIMS cyber attack: The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police on November 25 had registered a case of extortion and cyber terrorism

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What can India Inc do to combat ransomware threat?

Flight operations of SpiceJet were hit after a ransomware attack recently. At least seven out of 10 Indian companies suffered from such attack last year. What can India Inc do to combat this threat?

Some flights had to be cancelled; airline claims problem mostly rectified, says it is in touch with expert and cybercrime authorities

There has been an alarming rise in ransomware breaches globally, including India, which increased by 13 per cent in the past one year, a new report said

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

The survey found that 48% of Indian firms paid less than $5,000, while 10% paid $1 million or more

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India witnessed a 218 per cent rise in ransomware attacks in 2021

Denso "promptly responded" to an unauthorised access to its networks in Germany on Thursday

The report also shows that during the second half of 2021, only 20% of companies globally reported not having been attacked, as opposed to 32% last year

Israel was far and away an outlier, with the highest number of submissions and nearly a 600 per cent increase in the number of submissions compared to its baseline.

International cooperation is key to deal with the challenge of ransomware, a top US official said on Wednesday

Cybersecurity intelligence firm says cybercriminals stole more than 6 terabytes of 'top secret' data from Accenture, demanded $50 mn payment.

It's unclear who made that happen

US President Joe Biden said that his administration was "looking closely" at whether to retaliate against Russia for a recent ransomware attack