The possibility of a large-scale cyber-attack having serious repercussions in the physical world and crippling an entire sector or society, is no longer unthinkable. To prepare for major cross-border cyber-attacks, an EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol has been adopted by the Council of the European Union. The Protocol gives a central role to Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and ...

The malware comes concealed as an archive named ‘03-11-19.rar’. The phishing attack has started since March 11, 2019. A new phishing campaign that leverages GandCrab v5.2 ransomware to infect the Chinese government officials has been discovered recently. The malware comes concealed as an archive named ‘03-11-19.rar’. How does it work – According to China’s Internet Network Information Center, the phishing attack ...

Gnosticplayers had earlier exposed more than 840 million user records during the month of February. This is the fourth time the attacker has put a trove of sensitive information out in the open. Gnosticplayers, the infamous hacker who exposed and sold millions of user records in early 2019, has yet again come out with a new batch of user records ...

With social media gaining prominence, the Union Ministry of Electronics and IT has made amendments to Information Technology (IT) Act 2000, which is likely to be introduced in the ongoing winter session of Parliament. A Cabinet note has been readied by the ministry. The note has already received a legal vetting from the law ministry, a senior government official told ...

In this digital savvy world, what could be the most daunting nightmare of a technophile? Cyber-crime, evidently! Yes, online privacy and data breaches can shoot nervous breakdown of a tech-geek. And the way to ride out this issue is efficient cyber security, for sure! The nexus of techniques and tools to protect computer networks, programs, and data from illegitimate access ...

DLL Hijacking attacks are broadly categorized into three types – DLL search order attack, DLL side-loading attack, and Phantom DLL Hijacking attack. For DLL hijacking attack to be successful, it would require an attacker to trick victims to open a file using a vulnerable application from a remote network location. DLL Hijacking is an attack vector that could allow attackers ...

The attack begins with users receiving a fake CDC email. In order to make it less suspicious, the email is distributed under the subject line of ‘Flu Pandemic Warning’. The infamous GandCrab is back in a new phishing campaign. Here, the attackers are using fake Center for Disease Control (CDC) warning to distribute the GandCrab 5.2 ransomware onto the victims’ ...

Researchers detected a compromised Pakistani government website that delivers Scanbox Framework payload whenever anyone visits the site. Trustwave notified the Pakistani government website about the infection, however, the site still remains compromised. What is the issue – Researchers from Trustwave detected a compromised Pakistani government website that delivers Scanbox Framework payload whenever anyone visits the site. Worth noting – The compromised Pakistani ...

On Sunday, police in Mountain View, California, where Google is headquartered, arrested a man who drove more than 3,300 miles from Maine to discuss what he thought was the company’s removal of his YouTube account and the one video he’d posted – one about getting rich quick. It was not, in fact, deleted by YouTube. It turns out, his wife ...

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s biggest lender, has issued a warning that account holders are being tricked into offering up personal banking details. According to a report in BGR, SBI said messages from WhatsApp and other social media platforms are tricking customers into sharing details of their accounts. The hackers are tricking the users by first sending a message in an effort ...