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Quad agrees to leverage machine learning to enhance cyber security

Quad, an informal grouping of four countries Australia, India, Japan and the United States, has agreed to leverage machine learning and related advanced technologies to enhance cyber security, the White House has said. Officials of Australia, India, Japan and the United States met in New Delhi on January 30-31 for the Quad Senior Cyber Group, during which they reaffirmed their commitment to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific that is inclusive and resilient, it said. In the longer term, the Group committed to leverage machine learning and related advanced technologies to enhance cyber security and establish secure channels for Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT) and private sector threat information sharing, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. The Group also committed to create a framework and methodology for ensuring supply chain security and resilience for information communication technologies (ICT) and operational technology (OT) systems of critical sectors, i

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

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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveils digital innovation alliance for G20

The minister also launched "stay safe online" campaign, with the aim of digitally transforming the global economy in a secure cyber environment

829 mn cyber attacks blocked; 59% of targeted websites in India: Indusface

Mid-market firms with revenues of $10 million to $1 billion faced 45% of attacks; only 21% were large ones with over $1 billion in revenue; smaller firms suffered 34% of attacks

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

Sebi expands committees on cyber security and information systems

Last rejig of cyber security panel happened in September; decision to ramp up information systems panel follows difficulties faced by CDSL in settlement activities

RBI slaps Rs 2.66 crore penalty on Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait BSC, India ops

The Reserve Bank on Monday said it has imposed a penalty of Rs 2.66 crore on Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait BSC, India operations for non-compliance with directions on cyber security framework. In a statement, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the bank failed to implement systems to detect unusual and unauthorised, internal or external activities in its database. It also failed to implement security operations centre for obtaining real-time/ near-real time information and insight into the security posture of the bank, and enable audit logs for database and operating system of servers, among others, as per the statement. A notice was issued to the bank asking it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for failure to comply with the directions issued by RBI. "After considering the bank's reply to the notice, oral submissions made during personal hearing and additional submissions made by it, RBI came to the conclusion that the charge of non-compliance with the ...

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

After two weeks of attack, AIIMS data retrieved, services restored: Govt

More than two weeks after the AIIMS cyber attack, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that all the data has been retrieved from an unaffected backup server with most of its services also being restored. Responding to a question, Pawar said no specific amount of ransom was demanded by the hackers though a message was discovered on the server that suggested it to be a cyber-attack. An FIR has been registered by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences with the Special Cell of Delhi Police, regarding the attack, the minister said in her written reply. Five physical servers of AIIMS Delhi on which the e-Hospital application of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) was hosted, were affected. All the data for the e-Hospital has been retrieved from a backup server which was unaffected and restored on new servers. "Most of the functions of e-Hospital applications like patient registration, appointment, admission, discharge etc have been restored

Infosys@40: From an idea in a one-bedroom apartment to a $71.41 bn company

The IT services company which was established four decades ago is focusing on cutting-edge innovations in areas such as cybersecurity, cloud computing and data analytics

Tech giants doing too little on abuse content, says Australian govt report

Apple and Microsoft don't pro-actively detect child abuse material stored on their iCloud and OneDrive services, despite the wide availability of identifying technology, the report found

AIIMS cyber attack originated in China, all servers retrieved now: MoHFW

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

Mondelez Intl expands multi-year cybersecurity contract with HCLTech

HCL will also use its automation and AI capabilities to help Mondelez provide on-demand personalised user experience and accelerated issue resolution to 110,000 employees in 79 countries

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 ...

After AIIMS, top medical body ICMR's servers under cyber attack: Report

On November 30, hackers made 6,000 attempts in 24 hours to breach the ICMR server firewall, according to a NIC official

J-K to create pool of cyber security analysts to tackle cyber terrorism

Jammu and Kashmir is planning to create a pool of cyber security analysts under the recently launched Cyber Security Policy (CSP) to combat cyber terrorism and cyber attacks. The CSP also talks about setting up computer energy response team (CERT), a nodal agency which will ensure safer and stronger internet by responding to major incidents, analysing threats and exchanging critical cyber security information with trusted partners. According to the official document, the government is also mulling over establishing a think tank for policy and decision inputs, an information security management system to manage sensitive data and a Centre of Excellence to combat modern-day security threats. Further, the Union territory administration is working towards introducing cyber insurance. The CSP along with a digital vision document was launched by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on the concluding day of the two-day national conference on e-governance in Katra on November 27. "The Union ..

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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-Delhi working on cyber security policy as servers remain down

The AIIMS, Delhi is working on devising a cyber security policy for the hospital and other wings with guidance from investigating agencies, official sources said on Thursday, even as its servers remained down for the ninth day following a ransomware attack. Recommendations have been sought from the investigating agencies, they said. Besides, a chief information security officer (CISO) is being appointed on an ad hoc basis for emergency cyber security measures to be taken at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here to restart the eHospital services and prevent such incidents in the future. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Delhi cybercrime special cell, Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Investigation, National Forensic Sciences University, National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre, and National Investigation Agency, etc. are ...