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Microsoft says new breach found in probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers

Microsoft said an attacker had won access to one of its customer-service agents and then used information from that to launch hacking attempts against customers

Microsoft says new breach found in probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers

The company said it had found the compromise during its response to hacks by a team it identifies as responsible for earlier major breaches at SolarWinds and Microsoft

Microsoft says new breach found in probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers

The company said it had found the compromise during its response to hacks by a team it identifies as responsible for earlier major breaches at SolarWinds and Microsoft

Cyber fraud helpline brings banks and police together: Here's how it works

The helpline and its reporting platform have been made operational by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (14C) with support from the RBI, all major banks, payment banks, wallets

Chinese hackers targeted Russian govt websites to steal confidential data

Hackers from China used unique malicious software to hack websites of Russian government agencies for the purpose of stealing confidential government data, according to a report

McDonald's becomes the latest company to be hit by a data breach

McDonald's has become the latest company to be hit by a data breach after unauthorized activity on its network exposed the personal data of some customers in South Korea and Taiwan.

Warding off hackers: Bug bounty hunters working to keep firms cyber secure

Bug bounty hunters are certified cybersecurity professionals or security researchers, who crawl the web, scanning the systems for gaps through which hackers can sneak in and alert the companies

JBS meat plants reopen as White House blames Russia over hack

A notorious Russia-linked hacking group is behind the cyberattack against JBS, a source familiar with the matter said

US says ransomware attack on Brazil's meatpacker JBS likely from Russia

JBS is the world's largest meatpacker and the cyberattack caused its Australian operations to shut down on Monday

At Rs 24.5 crore, ransomware data recovery cost triples in India

The recovery cost from the impact of a ransomware attack tripled in the last year in India -- up from $1.1 million (over Rs 8 crore) in 2020 to $3.38 million (more than Rs 24.5 crore) in 2021 to date

SolarWinds hackers targeting 150 organisations with phishing: Microsoft

The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on US and foreign government agencies and think tanks this week using an email marketing account of the US Agency for International Development, Microsoft said. The effort targeted about 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organisations, at least a quarter of them involved in international development, humanitarian and human rights work, Microsoft Vice President Tom Burt said in a blog post late Thursday. It did not say what portion of the attempts may have led to successful intrusions. The cybersecurity firm Volexity, which also tracked the campaign but has less visibility into email systems than Microsoft, said in a post that relatively low detection rates of the phishing emails suggest the attacker was likely having some success in breaching targets. Burt said the campaign appeared to be a continuation of multiple efforts by the Russian hackers to .

Group behind SolarWinds hack now targetting govt agencies, NGOs: Microsoft

The group behind the SolarWinds cyber attack identified late last year is now targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft Corp said

Cyberattacks could trigger more rating actions on banks, says S&P

The banking sector is becoming more exposed to cybercrime after the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated digitalization and remote working

Online fraud alert: Deny remote access to your laptop, say analysts

If you do give access, monitor service provider's activity

Best of BS Opinion: Going viral on vaccines, another data breach & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

Another data breach

Air India's delay in informing customers is inexplicable

Air India servers hacked; passengers' passport, credit card data leaked

Airline has set up a special cell to communicate with impacted customers

Hackers stealing money via 167 fake trading, crypto apps on Android, iOS

Researchers have identified 167 counterfeit Android and iOS apps being used by hackers to steal money from people who believe they have installed a financial trading, banking or cryptocurrency app

Colonial Pipeline paid hackers $5 million in ransom, says official

The company paid the hefty ransom in difficult-to-trace cryptocurrency within hours after the attack

White House didn't offer ransom advice to Colonial; may change policy

White House declined to weigh on whether companies that are hacked like Colonial Pipeline should pay ransom to their attackers, but a national security official said it may offer some advice in future