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Joe Biden to tackle cybersecurity with technology, finance leaders

President Joe Biden is meeting Wednesday with top executives from some of the country's leading technology companies and financial institutions

Nangia & Co LLP becomes CERT-IN empanelled, can conduct govt's audit

Nangia & Co LLP on Tuesday said it has been empanelled by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), which will enable it to audit and assess government IT infrastructure. The empanelment by CERT-In empowers Nangia & Co LLP to offer its cybersecurity solutions, carry out IT security audits, including vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, ISMS Compliance Assessments, etc, of central and state governments, public sectors, and corporate organisations, according to a statement. Srinivasa Rao, partner and leader (risk advisory services) at Nangia & Co LLP, said our focus remains to support businesses and governments with effective cybersecurity services, and "we are thrilled to see the hard work of Nangia & Co LLP's security teams being recognised in this empanelment". Nangia & Co LLP Partner (Cybersecurity) Shrikrishna Dikshit said, "The CERT-IN empanelment is a major milestone in our journey to becoming the preferred partner for enterprises ...

Car hacking is worse than carjacking

Hackers can control a car in motion and force it to accelerate or stop suddenly. They can change the radio station, turn off the engine and change the temperature setting inside

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

Chinese hackers compromised 5 global telecom companies: Researchers

Hacking groups waged a campaign across Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021, exploited security vulnerabilities.

Kaspersky partners Bharti Airtel for selling cybersecurity software

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has partnered with Bharti Airtel to reach out to its over 34 crore customers for selling its security softwares at lower prices.

Data breaches cost Indian companies Rs 165 mn, rising 18% from 2020: Report

Breaches worldwide cost companies $4.24 million per incident on average, says an IBM study.

Millions sleep well, walk safely due to technologies like Pegasus: NSO

NSO Group has defended itself by saying that millions of people around world sleep well at night and walk in streets safely due to such technologies with intelligence and law enforcement agencies

Aramco faces $50-mn extortion bid over data leak, but denies breach

The global energy industry has seen a ramp up in cyber attacks with Colonial Pipeline becoming the most visible of late

Wipro sells entire shareholding in IntSights for $19.17 million

During 2016-19, Wipro acquired minority stake of less than 20 per cent in IntSights

Pegasus list of potential spyware has a number once used by Pak PM: Report

The list of potential targets of the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware programme included at least one number once used by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to Washington Post

Best of BS Opinion: Illegal surveillance, co-operation ministry & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

Decoded: The stealth with which Pegasus spyware infects phones, listens in

Pegasus can also be deleted remotely. It's very hard to detect and once it's deleted, leaves few traces.

US, key allies squarely blame Chinese govt for recent cyber attacks

The group of nations said Monday that the Chinese government has been the mastermind behind a series of malicious ransomware, data theft and cyber-espionage attacks against public and private entities

Pegasus: Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor among those allegedly targeted

Other top targets in India included Gagandeep Kang, one of India's eminent medical scientists, former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa and several others

Reports of snooping on Indians aimed at maligning Indian democracy: IT Min

The minister made this statement in response to media reports that spyware Pegasus was being used to conduct surveillance on several Indians

China's cyber-watchdog announces on-site Didi cybersecurity investigation

China's cyber-watchdog on Friday announced an on-site cybersecurity investigation of ride-hailing service Didi

Microsoft likely to buy cybersecurity firm RiskIQ, pay more than $500 mn

RiskIQ's customers include Facebook Inc, BMW AG, American Express Co and the US Postal Service

Game changer: Making sense of open source software in digital economy

Earlier government projects used open-source technology, but the codes were never opened up to the larger community, reports Neha Alawadhi

Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, says US firm's CEO

Between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a ransomware attack centred on US information technology firm Kaseya, its chief executive said