Crypto crimes double in a year in Gujarat AHMEDABAD: A city-based trader was in shock when he got to know that his digital wallet used for his cryptocurrency peer-to-peer (p2p) trading was frozen by authorities. The wallet came under the scanner when it got payment for a batch of crypto sale from an unverified account from the dark web. Along ...

Emerging cyber threats: Top trends that will take the spotlight in 2023   As the world gradually emerges out of the unforeseen challenges in wake of the pandemic, a distinct takeaway has been the advent of a new normal, where organisations have decided not to halt the accelerated momentum, rather continuing to make digital the underlying and undisputed rulebook for ...

German airport websites hit by suspected cyberattack   FILE – An aircraft lands at the international airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 17, 2022. The Internet sites of several German airports were disrupted on Thursday after what may have been a suspected hacker attack, German news agency dpa reported. The disruptions did not appear to have an immediate impact on the ...

BEL ties up with Globals for developing cyberwarfare, cyber defence systems Bengaluru: Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) signed an MoU with Globals ITES Private Ltd on Thursday for cooperation in technology development, co-creation and co-innovation, joint marketing and sales, in the fields of cyberwarfare and cyber defence systems. The MoU, inked at the ongoing Aero India 2023 here, aims at leveraging ...

Why ChatGPT’s a big attraction for cybercriminals – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-98002007,imgsize-34806,width-1200,height-628,overlay-etciso/why-chatgpt-s-a-big-attraction-for-cybercriminals.jpg Many of us have been having fun getting ChatGPT to create a variety of content. But it’s also making the cybercriminal’s life easier. While OpenAI, which created ChatGPT, has built barriers to stop malicious content creation on the platform, criminals are working their way around these to create phishing ...

Russian cyberattacks on NATO spiked in 2022: Google Paris: Russian cyberattacks in NATO countries quadrupled last year compared to 2020 and more than tripled in Ukraine over the same period, Google said Thursday. The spike in attacks — which coincided with Moscow’s invasion of pro-Western Ukraine on February 24, 2022 — was a sign of how cyber warfare would become ...

FBI admits ‘malicious cyber incident’ on its own network The FBI has admitted that it was hit by a malicious cyber incident on its own network. The agency is investigating the incident and has not released further information. According to CNN, the FBI has been investigating and working to contain a cyber incident on part of its computer network in ...

Samsung introduces zero-click antivirus ‘Message Guard’ San Francisco, Tech giant Samsung has introduced a new “Samsung Message Guard” security feature for its Galaxy smartphones and tablets, to better protect users against “zero-click exploits”. Samsung Message Guard takes the security one step further by “preemptively” protecting users’ devices, by limiting exposure to invisible threats disguised as image attachments, the tech giant ...

Cybersecurity breaches are up manifold as Internet penetration grows New Delhi, With the rise in Internet penetration and use of digital banking in the country, the number of cyber attacks or cyber security incidents in India have gone up multiple times over the last few years. Data accessed by IANS said that cyber security incidents related to government institutions have ...

‘Phishing’, ‘vishing’ attacks made ordinary folk poorer by Rs 1,500 cr in 2020-22 Like many cyber victims, Delhi’s Komal (name changed) was also perplexed after receiving this warning message on her mobile. As soon as a panic-stricken Komal clicked on the link, it took her to a webpage, where she followed the instructions asking her to feed in her details. ...