Number of cyber attacks steadily rising, 12.67 lakh during Nov 2022 New Delhi: The number of cyber attacks in India has recorded a steady growth over the past few years, and the total number as reported to and tracked by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) in the current year stands at 12,67,564 (till November), the Parliament was told ...

Breaking: Bangalore Water Supply Board, Khadi India data leaked on hacker forum As AIIMS hobbled back to resume regular operations after 19 days of service impact, two more government entities allegedly suffered data breaches in separate incidents. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has found a different type of leak to deal with. According to findings by cybersecurity ...

5 servers of AIIMS were affected, about 1.3 TB of data encrypted in cyberattack: MoS IT Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said as per the analysis of cyber security watchdog CERT-In and other stakeholders, five servers of AIIMS were affected by a recent cyberattack that led to the encryption of approximately 1.3 terabytes of data. The minister of state ...

Meta takes down CyberRoot Risk Advisory’s 40 accounts, 900 Chinese A/Cs Social media giant Meta has taken down over 40 accounts operated by an Indian firm CyberRoot Risk Advisory, allegedly involved in hacking-for-hire services, the online giant said in a report. Meta also took down a network of about 900 fake accounts on Instagram and Facebook operated from China by ...

Delhi Police Special Cell with FBI busts overseas tech support scam in transcontinental raids   The myth of impunity for cyber cons for overseas tech support scams was busted in transcontinental raids in North America and Asia by IFSO, Special Cell, Delhi Police in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a Canadian Law Enforcement Agency. Federal Bureau of ...

India one of top 3 countries originating IoT malware: Microsoft’s Cyber Signals Report 2022 Microsoft has released the third edition of its Cyber Signals Report, which includes information on the increasing cyber risks to critical infrastructure posed by the Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT). The report provides insights on current cyber threats, with a focus on recent ...

The evolving landscape of OT security in the era of IT/OT convergence Historically, information technology (IT) environments have always been at the forefront of the majority of cyber attacks, unlike operational technology (OT) environments which have traditionally operated in isolation with separate organizational units, and with separate technologies, standards, governance, and security practices. The exposure to cyber threats was also ...

Critical infra organisations must upgrade security to avoid AIIMS-like attacks, say experts The recent cyberattack on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has once again put the spotlight on cybersecurity practices at government and critical infrastructure organisations in India. Even as enterprises have increased their cybersecurity spends, experts said critical infrastructure such as power plants, hospitals and railways ...

Why CIOs must take a proactive data protection & security approach Highlights   Modern data protection tools and techniques enable enterprises to handle data on a petabyte scale, while also assisting them in complying with stricter privacy and security laws. It also provides resilience against both internal and external threats., With users and employees working remotely, data now gets stored ...

North Korean cyber spies deploy new tactic: Tricking foreign experts into writing research for them Seoul: When Daniel DePetris, a U.S.-based foreign affairs analyst, received an email in October from the director of the 38 North think-tank commissioning an article, it seemed to be business as usual. It wasn’t. The sender was actually a suspected North Korean spy seeking information, ...