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Russian SolarWinds hackers step up attacks on US tech companies

Microsoft says group targeted over 150 American and foreign organisations using USAid account

Microsoft most imitated brand of all phishing attacks: Report

In the third quarter, Microsoft stayed as leader of most imitated brands at 29 per cent of all phishing attacks globally, albeit at a slower rate, down from 45 per cent in the second quarter of 2021

Govt releases guidelines for cybersecurity in power sector

The government on Thursday announced the release of guidelines for cybersecurity in the power sector for the first time, to create a secure cyber ecosystem. Under the direction of Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has prepared the guidelines for cybersecurity in the power sector and it was released on Thursday, the power ministry said in a statement. The CEA under the provision of Section 3(10) on cybersecurity in the 'Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019' has framed the guidelines on cybersecurity in the power sector to be adhered to by all power sector utilities to create a secure cyber ecosystem. The ministry said this is the first time that comprehensive guidelines have been formulated on cybersecurity in the power sector. The guidelines lay down actions required to raise the level of cybersecurity preparedness for the power sector. The ...

Online gaming firms are building sophisticated fraud detection mechanisms

By 2023, the Indian online gaming sector is expected to reach a value of $2 billion in terms of fees earned, up from $543 million in 2016

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India will be short of 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs by year-end

According to a study by job portal Indeed, cybersecurity jobs saw a jump of 6 per cent in May 2020, just when Covid-19 started impacting IT

India plans more power islands to counter cyber, terrorist threats

The plan follows a major power outage in India's financial hub Mumbai last year that brought the city to a halt and prompted speculation about a cyber attack

Work from home fuelling cyber attacks, says global financial watchdog

Financial firms may need to bolster their defences in the face of rocketing cyber attacks after employees began working from home, the Financial Stability Board said on Tuesday

Hackers disrupt Iran's rail service with fake delay, cancellation messages

Iran's railroad system came under cyberattack on Friday with hackers posting fake messages about train delays or cancellations on display boards at stations across the country

Chinese foreign ministry says biggest cybersecurity threat posed by US

Amid strained ties between Washington and Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Monday said that the United States is 'the top threat to global cybersecurity.'

Russia strongly rejects involvement in cyberattacks on US claimed by NSA

The Russian Embassy has strongly rejected the alleged involvement of the Russian authorities in a series of cyberattacks on government and private facilities in the United States and other countries

India ranks among top 10 in ITU's Global Cybersecurity Index 2020

India has made it to the top 10 in Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020 by ITU, moving up 37 places to rank as the tenth best country in the world on key cybersafety parameters

Malware hits Western Digital's My Book Live devices; wipes all data: Report

After malware was found to have wiped all data from some users' devices, Western Digital is advising customers who use its My Book Live and My Book Live Duo products to disconnect them from Internet

Microsoft says new breach found in probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers

Microsoft said an attacker had won access to one of its customer-service agents and then used information from that to launch hacking attempts against customers

Critical entities targeted in suspected state-backed Chinese cyber spying

A cyberespionage campaign with suspected state-backed hackers exploiting a device meant to boost internet security to penetrate the computers of critical US entities

Meat giant JBS pays $11 million in ransom to resolve cyberattack

The FBI has attributed the attack to REvil, a Russian-speaking gang that has made some of the largest ransomware demands on record in recent month

Cyberattack on US meat producer shows world's food supply vulnerable

Supply will become more susceptible in the years ahead as public health threats and potential cyberattacks loom large.

'Domino effect': Why the world's biggest websites suddenly went offline

Failure at Fastly, which helps websites load their pages faster, sent vast swaths of the web offline on Tuesday.

World's biggest meat supplier is latest prey to cybersecurity attack

The attack sidelined two shifts and halted processing at one of Canada's largest meatpacking plants, while in Australia the company canceled all beef and lamb kills across the nation

US pipeline operators ordered to increase cyber defenses after hack

This comes after a ransomware hack that disrupted gas supplies in several states this month.