Cyber Attacks

Bug bounty hunters rake it in as incidence of cyber attacks shoots up

Last year Google paid $605,000 to ethical hackers to detect and fix vulnerabilities

Over 1.6 mn cyber attacks blocked on Indian insurance firms a day in Jan

Over 1.6 million cyber attacks were blocked on Indian insurance companies every day in January, a report showed on Monday

Cyber security breaches are up multiple times as Internet penetration grows

Data accessed by IANS said that cyber security incidents related to government institutions have increased significantly, particularly in 2022

Indian firms paying an average Rs 8.2 cr for email-driven cyber attack

Indian firms are among the most likely to be hit with a successful email attack, and those affected faced an avg potential cost of over $1 million for their most expensive attack, a report said

League of Legends, TFT's source codes stolen after cyber attack: Riot Games

Video game developer Riot Games said that the source codes for its popular video games 'League of Legends' and 'Teamfight Tactics', or TFT, were stolen in a recent cyber attack

Email marketing leader Mailchimp hacked, customers' data compromised

Email marketing leader Mailchimp has admitted it was hacked and at least 133 customers' data was exposed

Sony may launch monitoring application to block piracy apps on Android TV

Tech giant Sony is reportedly planning to release a monitoring application on smart TVs and streaming devices that will block sideloaded piracy applications

Software company CircleCi confirms hackers stole data of some customers

Several customers have already informed the company of unauthorised access to their systems

Over 829 mn cyber attacks blocked in Q4 globally, 59% in India: Report

The report says that mid-market companies with revenues between $10 million to $1 billion have been subjected to 45 per cent of the cyber attacks

Experts warn risks from unknown links as spyware infests social media

Crooks impersonating journalists, business execs, and even friends and families of victims in over 200 countries to extract sensitive data

Cyber attacks will grow as hackers get sophisticated: Top Cisco executive

Jeetu Patel says building cyber security for mass markets is the need of the hour

Measures undertaken to secure nuclear plant systems from cyber-attack: MoS

Security arrangements are in place to secure India's nuclear power plant systems from cyber-attack, said Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Thursday.In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Singh said, these security measures include authorization, authentication & access control mechanisms, strict configuration control and surveillance.The Union Minister said that the nuclear power plant systems are isolated from the internet and are not accessible from the administrative network."Several measures have been taken to strengthen Information Security in administrative networks in nuclear power plants like, hardening of internet and administrative intranet connectivity, restriction on removable media, blocking of websites and IPs," he said.On the issue of the September 2019 cyber-attack on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Singh had said that investigations have been carried out by the Computer & Information Security Advisory ...

Cyber attacks triple in last 3 yrs, but security funds remain underutilised

The funds meant for cybersecurity have been underutilised with only Rs 98.31 crore used of the total Rs 213 crore sanctioned

Tepid demand for cyber insurance policies despite steep rise in attacks

Experts see signs of change because of heightened awareness and increase in enquiries

AIIMS cyberattack: eHospital data restored, network being sanitised

According to AIIMS, measures are being taken for strengthening cyber security

Sebi issues rules for managing technical glitches, cyber security threats

Stock exchanges to put a structure of financial disincentives for non-compliance by brokers

CDSL detects malware in a few internal machines; settlements delayed

The official website of the securities depository remained non-functional and showed error till the filing of the story on Friday

Tata Power hit by cyber attack, says critical systems functioning

The company did not divulge which systems were impacted

Algo rhythm: Over 14 million cyber-attacks blocked daily, says report

The report is the outcome of an analysis of more than 1,200 websites and over 12 billion requests that the Indusface AppTrana network received in August-September 2022

India leads in adoption and usage of multi-factor authentication: Report

According to the 2022 Thales Access Management Index, multi-factor authentication (MFA) usage in India in 2022 was recorded at 66 per cent, as compared to 56 per cent globally