Ransomware Attack

India 2nd most targeted by ransomware in Asia Pacific, Japan region in 2022

India is the second most targeted country by ransomware in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region in 2022, up from spot 3 in 2021, a new report said on Tuesday

Ransomware attacks in Europe target old VMware: Cybersecurity agencies

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

Cyber criminals accessed staff data in ransomware attack: The Guardian

The cyber attack was described as affecting many of the company's key systems, the IT network and "some" of its data

Ransomware attack on AIIMS Delhi servers deliberate; NIA probe on: MoS IT

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the "deliberate and targeted" ransomware attack on the servers of AIIMS Delhi, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday. "I can't comment on that as it is a subject matter of an investigation by the NIA...It is pretty clear that it is a deliberate and targeted effort...a ransomware attack on AIIMS' system... and NIA is investigating it," Chandrasekhar said on the sidelines of the CII Global Economic Policy Summit 2022. The minister further said the NIA "will be in a position to comment on it when they are ready". Chandrasekhar, last week, had said the ransomware attack on the servers of AIIMS Delhi was a conspiracy. "It is clearly a conspiracy and it has been planned by forces that are pretty significant. It is a sophisticated ransomware attack. We will wait for the outcome of CERTin and NIA (investigations) before we come to conclusion on who is behind the ransomware attack," Chandrasekhar had said on .

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

Before infection spreads

AIIMS episode shows big cyber-security review is needed

Data hack derails daily life at AIIMS; admin reaches out to govt, IT firms

Staff forced to log manually, as patients grapple with test delays

AIIMS reaches out to IT companies to probe ransomware attack: Report

Several agencies like CERT-IN, Delhi Police, DRDO, IB and the CBI are trying to restore the data

WannaCry to SamSam: 5 biggest ransomware attacks you need to know about

Ransomware attacks have been taking place for a long time, but their frequency has increased in the last few years

70% of Indian firms hit by a ransomware attack in last 3 years: Report

A year ago, a sophisticated attack on a provider of IT management software led to the compromise of scores of MSPs and thousands of downstream customers

Phishing in troubled waters? Take cover in cyber liability, say experts

Protect family's data, finances; consider floater cover as well

Ransomware attacks rise but reseachers prove hackers aren't all genuises

But what hackers don't bet on is savvy cybersecurity professionals coming across rookie mistakes in the malware code that lets them reverse the encryption without paying a dime to the assailant

Cyber safety

Increasing attacks on Indian networks are worrying

SpiceJet defers Q4 earning announcements due to ransomware attack

In a regulatory filing, SpiceJet said it has postponed its board meeting on May 30, to consider and approve the company's March quarter and FY22 results to a later date

SpiceJet says faced ransomware attack, hundreds of flights impacted

Hundreds of SpiceJet airlines passengers were stranded at various airports due to a ransomware attack that impacted the morning flight departures on Wednesday.

Ransomware attacks rise 13% in past year, India Inc at great risk: Report

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

India sees 70% spike in ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure

According to the report by cybersecurity company Trellix, over half of adversarial advanced persistent threat actor activity originated from Russian and Chinese backed groups

Oil India suffers cyber attack, receives Rs 57 crore ransom demand

A case was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, 2000

Ransomware payments hit record in 2021, India ranks 2nd in JAPAC region

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

Cyber attacks: India among top 3 most-affected nations in Asia in 2021

Server access attacks (20 per cent) and ransomware (11 per cent) were the top two attack types on Asian organisations in 2021, followed closely by data theft (10 per cent)