Page 5 - Cyberattacks

As world leans on GenAI, cyber risks are a new worry for organisations

India is among countries at the highest risk from sophisticated cyberattacks. But only 4% of organisations in the country have 'mature' security systems to counter such threats

New Zealand joins US, UK in claims of China-backed cyber espionage

Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a state-sponsored operation that targeted New Zealand's Parliament in 2021, the country's security minister said on Tuesday. New Zealand's allegation comes a day after US and UK authorities announced a set of criminal charges and sanctions against seven hackers, all believed to be living in China, who targeted US officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists and the UK's election watchdog. "The use of cyber-enabled espionage operations to interfere with democratic institutions and processes anywhere is unacceptable," Minister Responsible for the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) Judith Collins said in a media statement. Collins said the agency had also established links between a state-sponsored actor linked to China and malicious cyber activity targeting parliamentary entities in New Zealand. "The GCSB's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) completed a robust technical assessment following a compromi

Monitor, alert, resolve: AI comes to the rescue as cyberattacks rise

The technology continuously monitors risks and instantly alerts organisations to protect themselves, reports Ayushman Baruah

Indian websites faced over 5 billion cyberattacks in 2023, shows data

While around 100 per cent websites related to the healthcare domain faced bot attacks, 90 per cent firms operating in banking, finance, and insurance industries, too experienced similar attacks

Nearly two in five users in India face web threats in 2023: Kaspersky

KSN is a distributed infrastructure that analyses cybersecurity data to understand threat scenarios

Under attack from courts, Meta tightens monitoring of teens online usage

As part of the announcement, Meta said that they are bringing parental supervision to Messenger, so that parents can see how teens spend their time and who they interact with

Suspected cyberattack paralyses the majority of gas stations across Iran

Nearly 70% of Iran's gas stations went out of service on Monday following possible sabotage a reference to cyberattacks, Iranian state TV reported. The report said a software problem caused the irregularity in the gas stations. It urged people not to rush to the stations that were still operational. Israeli media, including the Times of Israel, blamed the problem on an attack by a hacker group dubbed Gonjeshke Darande or predatory sparrow. State TV quoted a statement by the Oil Ministry as saying more than 30% of gas stations remain in service. The country has some 33,000 gas stations. In recent years, Iran has seen a series of cyberattacks on its filling stations, railway system and industries. Surveillance cameras in government buildings, including prisons, have also been hacked in the past. In 2022, the Gonjeshke Darande group hacked a major steel company in the southwest of the country. A cyberattack on Iran's fuel distribution system in 2021 paralyzed gas stations across the

Govt sends notice to Apple about 'state-sponsored attacks' alert on iPhones

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw rejected the allegations of hacking by the government and said that they would conduct a thorough probe

Isro fights over 100 cyber-attacks every day, says chief S Somanath

"The organisation is equipped with a robust cybersecurity network to face such attacks," he said

Cyberattack at MGM Resorts expected to cost casino giant $100 million

The cybersecurity attack at MGM Resorts last month is expected to cost the casino giant more than USD 100 million, the Las Vegas-based company said in a Thursday regulatory filing. The attack, which was detected on September 10, led to MGM shutting down some casino and hotel computer systems at properties across the U.S. in efforts to protect data. MGM said reservations and casino floors in Las Vegas and other states were affected as customers shared stories on social media about not being able to make credit card transactions, obtain money from cash machines or enter hotel rooms. The company announced the end to its 10-day computer shutdown on September 20. While we experienced disruptions at some of our properties, operations at our affected properties have returned to normal, and the vast majority of our systems have been restored, MGM CEO Bill Hornbuckle said in a Thursday letter to customers. We also believe that this attack is contained. Hornbuckle added that no customer ban

Cyberattack not cause of air traffic issues that snarled flights: UK

The British government said Tuesday that a breakdown at the nationwide air traffic control system that saw hundreds of flights delayed and cancelled was not caused by a cyberattack. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the problem was caused by a technical fault at flight control operator National Air Traffic Services. The company said the outage had hit its ability to process flight plans automatically, meaning that for several hours the plans had to be input manually, a much slower process that meant fewer flights could take off and land. Harper told the BBC that it is going to take some days to get people back to where they should be. The problem hit on a late-summer holiday Monday that is one of the busiest days of the year for air travel. Aviation analytics firm Cirium said that by Monday afternoon, 232 flights due to leave UK airports and 271 arriving flights had been cancelled. Dozens of flights were cancelled at Heathrow, Europe's busiest air hub, which warned of knock-on .

Nearly 1.1 billion cyberattacks blocked worldwide in Q2FY24: Report

Cyberattacks on Indian websites in Q2 increased 90 per cent compared to Q1, according to the survey by Indusface

Ransomware criminals dump kids' private files online after school hacks

The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalisations, abusive parents, truancy even suicide attempts. Please do something, begged a student in one leaked file, recalling the trauma of continually bumping into an ex-abuser at a school in Minneapolis. Other victims talked about wetting the bed or crying themselves to sleep. Complete sexual assault case folios containing these details were among more than 300,000 files dumped online in March after the 36,000-student Minneapolis Public Schools refused to pay a USD 1 million ransom. Other exposed data included medical records and discrimination complaints. Rich in digitised data, the nation's schools are prime targets for far-flung criminal hackers, who are assiduously locating and scooping up sensitive files. Often strapped for cash, districts are grossly ill-equipped not just to defend themselves but to

Hackers steal data, demands $4.5 mn from Reddit and tweaks in API policy

A ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Reddit in February and has demanded money and policy changes in exchange for 80GB data stolen from the server

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US federal govt agencies targeted in major global cyberattack: Report

A concerted large hacking campaign, which began two weeks ago, has hit major universities and state and local governments across the US

67% of firms to outsource key cybersecurity functions as attacks spike

About 67% of Indian enterprises are looking at outsourcing key areas of their security landscape to manage security service providers (MSSPs) in the next three years, according to a new IDC report

500 mn cyberattacks blocked in India in Q1 2023, attacks grew 29% globally

500 million cyberattacks were blocked in India out of 1 billion global attacks, representing a sharp increase of over 29 per cent in the number of cyberattacks in Q1, 2023, globally

India sees 18% rise in weekly cyberattacks in Jan-Mar 2023: Report

Global weekly attacks rose by 7 per cent during the reported quarter with each organization facing an average of 1,248 attacks per week

Pegasus-style spyware attack hit journos, politicians via iPhone exploits

The fear of Pegasus-style spyware attack resurfaced on Tuesday after researchers at Microsoft and the digital rights group Citizen Lab identified new victims