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Banking malware in Google Play stealing users' data, SMS texts: Report

Called 'TeaBot,' it is an Android banking trojan that first emerged at the beginning of 2021 designed for stealing victim's text messages

Toyota to resume Japan operations after one-day halt due to cyber attack

The Japanese business daily Nikkei reported Tuesday the problem was ransomware

Russia's cyberattacks caused no crippling effects during the Ukraine war

Russia has some of the best hackers in the world, but in the early days of the war in Ukraine, its ability to create mayhem through malware hasn't had much of a noticeable impact.

Japan: Toyota suspends factory operations after suspected cyber attack

Toyota is suspending production at all 28 lines of its 14 plants in Japan starting on Tuesday, because of a system malfunction that a domestic supplier suspects is a cyberattack

Chipset maker Nvidia confirms it is investigating cybersecurity incident

News of a potential cyberattack at Nvidia comes just weeks after the Santa Clara-based company terminated its $40 billion bid to acquire British chip designer Arm

Ukraine hit by more cyberattacks, destructive malware amid Russia tensions

Officials have long said they expect cyber attacks to precede and accompany any Russian military incursion

FBI, Europol take down servers used in 'major international cyberattacks'

The FBI, Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency and Canada on Tuesday announced to have taken down 15 computer servers that were used in major international cyberattacks

Cyberattacks surge amid accelerating Covid-driven digitalisation: WEF study

The accelerating pace of digitalisation, fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to a record-breaking year for cybercrime with ransomware attacks rising 151 per cent in 2021

Kaspersky predicts rise in cyber espionage for India in 2022

Kaspersky considers APAC region as among hottest targets in the world for cyberattacks, for reasons including rapidly increasing usage of digital technologies matched by lack of awareness

India's cyber spending isn't catching up amid rise in security breaches

In 2020-21, the initial budget for cybersecurity was Rs 310 crore but was pared down to Rs 170 crore in the revised estimates

Panasonic confirms network illegally accessed, probing cyber attack

It was reported that the attacked servers stored information about Panasonic business partners and the company's technology

Algo Rhythm: Skilled scammers pose new security challenges

Many commodities that can be purchased in the dark markets are inexpensive, making attacks cheaper and easier to conduct

Iran's president says cyberattack meant to create 'disorder'

Tuesday's cyberattack came in the same month in the Persian calendar as the gasoline protests in 2019.

2022 to see large scale data breaches, malware on mobile phone to grow

Data breaches and cyber attacks are expected to grow to large scale with the adoption of digitisation by both businesses as well as consumers, Israel-based cyber security firm Check Point said

Iran says cyberattack causes widespread disruption at gas stations

Iran says it is on high alert for online assaults

Russian SolarWinds hackers step up attacks on US tech companies

Microsoft says group targeted over 150 American and foreign organisations using USAid account

Microsoft most imitated brand of all phishing attacks: Report

In the third quarter, Microsoft stayed as leader of most imitated brands at 29 per cent of all phishing attacks globally, albeit at a slower rate, down from 45 per cent in the second quarter of 2021

Govt releases guidelines for cybersecurity in power sector

The government on Thursday announced the release of guidelines for cybersecurity in the power sector for the first time, to create a secure cyber ecosystem. Under the direction of Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has prepared the guidelines for cybersecurity in the power sector and it was released on Thursday, the power ministry said in a statement. The CEA under the provision of Section 3(10) on cybersecurity in the 'Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019' has framed the guidelines on cybersecurity in the power sector to be adhered to by all power sector utilities to create a secure cyber ecosystem. The ministry said this is the first time that comprehensive guidelines have been formulated on cybersecurity in the power sector. The guidelines lay down actions required to raise the level of cybersecurity preparedness for the power sector. The ...

Online gaming firms are building sophisticated fraud detection mechanisms

By 2023, the Indian online gaming sector is expected to reach a value of $2 billion in terms of fees earned, up from $543 million in 2016

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