Cyberattacks

Cloudflare goes down again, causing disruptions across major platforms

Cloudflare, which calls its platform an 'immune system for the internet', is a global cloud services and cybersecurity provider with clients spanning across 125 countries

India saw 265 mn cyber attacks, rising malware threats, says report

Cyber security firm QuicHeal's enterprise arm Seqrite has detected over 265 million attacks across 8 million endpoints or installed bases of its technology in India, the company said on Thursday. The report, "State of Malware In India" compiled by Seqrite Labs, found that Maharashtra, with 36.1 million threat detections, Gujarat (24.1 million), and Delhi (15.4 million) emerged as the most affected states, with Mumbai, New Delhi, and Kolkata identified as the top targeted cities. "We operate from close to 80 lakh plus endpoints. And these 80 lakh endpoints are deployed not only across the breadth of our nation, but also across 76 other countries. Between October 2024 and September 2025, Seqrite Labs monitored more than 80 lakh endpoints and recorded 265.52 million detections," a company official said. The official said that the data on attacks is based on endpoints deployed in India. "These 265 million attacks QuickHeal and Seqrite were able to block. We were able to prevent those .

S Korean e-commerce firm Coupang says 33.7 mn customer accounts breached

Coupang, dubbed the Amazon.com of South Korea, is the country's top online retailer with its services ubiquitous for many Koreans using its "Rocket" fast deliveries

OpenAI API's analytics provider faces data breach: Check if you're affected

OpenAI has confirmed a security incident at Mixpanel that exposed limited analytics data linked to OpenAI API users, while stressing that ChatGPT and other consumer products were not affected

'79% travellers exposed to data theft through unsafe charging ports'

The Council explained that some public charging ports may contain malicious software or hidden systems capable of accessing personal data through so-called juice jacking attacks

JPMorgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley client data may be exposed by hack: Report

SitusAMC said in a statement on its website on Saturday that it had been the subject of a cyberattack on November 12, compromising certain information

Spyware attacks on Indian corporates surge 273% in H1 2025: Kaspersky

Kaspersky blocked over 200,000 spyware attacks on Indian organisations in H1 2025 - a 273% year-on-year spike - as attackers increasingly target corporate data and IP assets

UK car production down 27% as Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack disrupts output

JLR is slowly resuming operations after the cyberattack forced the UK's largest carmaker to stop making any vehicles for more than five weeks

WazirX to resume ops from Oct 24, over a year after $230 mn crypto breach

WazirX restarts operations more than a year after a $230 million breach, enabling tokens in phases from 24 October and offering zero trading fees for 30 days

China accuses US of cyberattacks on national time centre in Xi'an

China has claimed that the US National Security Agency conducted years-long cyberattacks on its National Time Service Centre in Xi'an, targeting internal networks and devices

Britain sees 50% spike in major cyberattacks as top firms targeted

Britain's National Cyber Security Center, part of its signals intelligence agency GCHQ, said it had dealt with 429 cyber incidents in the 12 months to the end of August.

UK businesses hit by cyberattacks, halting car production & grocery supply

Cyberattacks seem inevitable lately, and large-scale theft of customer data has begun to feel almost routine. Attacks that upend company operations are exposing troubling vulnerabilities

Major European airports scramble to fix check-in glitch after cyberattack

Disruption had eased significantly by early Sunday despite some continuing delays, according to airport officials and data, while regulators said they were investigating the source of the cyberattack

Cyberattack disrupts check-in, boarding systems at major European airports

A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems has snarled air traffic and caused delays at some of Europe's top airports, officials said Saturday. The Brussels airport says the attack means that only manual check-in and boarding was possible there, and the incident was having a large impact on flight schedules. There was a cyberattack on Friday night 19 September against the service provider for the check-in and boarding systems affecting several European airports including Brussels Airport, it said in a statement. Authorities at Berlin's Brandenburg Airport said a service provider for passenger handling systems was attacked on Friday evening, prompting airport operators to cut off connections to the systems. London Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest, said a technical issue affected a service provider for check-in and boarding systems. Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in and boarding systems for several airlines across multiple airports globally, is experiencing a .

Jaguar Land Rover extends UK factory shutdown to Sept 24 after cyberattack

The luxury carmaker, owned by India's Tata Motors, said it shut down its systems in early September to contain the hack that has severely disrupted its retail and manufacturing operations

Qantas CEO, top executives lose $522,000 in pay for major cyber breach

Qantas detected the cyberattack on June 30, the last day of the financial year, and later found that personal information belonging to 5.7 million customers had been stolen

Cyberattack becomes personal: How AI is making identity theft easy

India emerges as a key source of the cybercrime, prompting companies to strengthen their security systems and train employees

CERT-In issues a warning for Google Chrome on desktop users: Know why

A new CERT-In advisory warns Chrome users on Windows, Mac, and Linux of a flaw that allows remote hackers to run malicious code

Sebi chief Pandey calls for stronger defence against cyberattacks

Tuhin Kanta Pandey calls for constant vigilance, cyber drills, and strong internal safeguards to protect exchanges and investors from escalating online threats

Shadow AI: The rise of a cybersecurity threat from unauthorised AI use

Shadow AI, the unauthorised use of artificial intelligence tools, models, or platforms, is emerging as a new threat, according to IBM's annual 'Cost of Data Breach' report