Cybercrooks pull off Rs 50 lakh heist with just blank calls A director of a south Delhi-based security services firm lost Rs 50 lakh to cybercrooks, who diverted the money by repeatedly giving him blank and missed calls on his cellphone. Interestingly, they did not ask for any OTP. The victim received a flurry of calls between 7pm and 8.45pm ...

First step to better data security: Know who’s getting access to your cloud data   Image source: Stack Identity What’s common between Uber, Cisco, and some of the recent high-profile data breaches, is MFA fatigue – an exploit through which attackers utilized multi-factor authentication solutions and bypassed vulnerabilities to gain access to the company’s cloud services and network. These incidents ...

How tech companies can slow down spike in breaches: Michael Sentonas, CTO, CrowdStrike By- Michael Sentonas Tech companies have created the tools we use to build and run businesses, process consumer transactions, communicate with one another, and organize our personal and professional lives. Technology has shaped the modern world as we know it – and our reliance on tech continues ...

Eying better digital adaptability, Centre to exempt startups from Data Protection Bill provisions Eying better future digital adaptability across sectors, the Union government plans grant an early stage exemption for early stage startups ecosystem. According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology sources, the Centre is likely to exempt new age start-ups from complying with norms under proposed Digital ...

More than 3,500 people arrested in over 14,000 cybercrime complaints in 2021 More than 3,500 people were arrested in relation to cybercrimes in 2021 when over 14,000 cases were registered under this category, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for electronics, and information technology, informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Giving a comprehensive picture of cybercrime against women and children, and ...

Cyber attacks will be more refined in 2023 The last two years have seen a surge in cybersecurity attacks globally, catapulting cybersecurity issues to the forefront of the agendas of companies and governments. The 2023 threat landscape, unfortunately, does not look like things will get any easier for techies working in cybersecurity. But companies and governments do have far more ...

AIIMS ransomware attack: These online services are back at country’s premier medical institute Two weeks after the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) reported a ransomware attack which rendered its servers paralysed, some online services at the premier medical institute resumed this week. Other services are said to resume later this week. Media reports suggest that the online registration ...

Cyberattack on top Indian hospital highlights security risk The leading hospital in India’s capital limped back to normalcy on Wednesday after a cyberattack crippled its operations for nearly two weeks. Online registration of patients resumed Tuesday after the hospital was able to access its server and recover lost data. The hospital worked with federal authorities to restore the system and ...

Cybersecurity resilience top priority for Indian firms: Cisco Cybersecurity resilience has emerged as the top priority for companies in India as they look to defend themselves against a rapidly evolving threat landscape. Around 62 per cent of these organisations say that the security incidents have impacted their business operations. This was revealed in the latest edition of Cisco’s annual study, ...

Indiana sues TikTok, citing safety and security concerns Indiana’s attorney general on Wednesday sued Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, claiming the video-sharing platform misleads its users, particularly children, about the level of inappropriate content and security of consumer information. Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita claimed in a complaint filed Wednesday that while the social video app says it is safe ...