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Sophisticated targeted attacks do not happen to organizations every day – but conventional malware does strike at mass. Unfortunately though, the research also shows that even where malware is concerned, unaware and careless employees are also often involved, causing malware infections in 53per cent of incidents.

You may never know about the cybersecurity incidents caused by your employees

Every third (28 per cent) targeted attack on businesses in the last year had phishing/social engineering at its source.

14 Jul 2017 1:00 PM

The police is not ruling out insiders’ role in the Rajarhat branch in helping the accused as they have learnt that a number of fictitious accounts had been created in the branch. (Representational image)

Bank manager held over black money conversion

Mr Sharma informed IT officials that he did not have any such account.

14 Jul 2017 4:55 AM

One Debasis Dutta lodged a complaint against him with the cyber police station.

West Bengal: man posts movie still, says it is riot violence, arrested

The accused, Bhabatosh Chatterjee (38), is a resident of Rupnagar at Gorkhara in Sonarpur of South 24 Parganas.

09 Jul 2017 4:16 AM

Thorough discussions about Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and the recent massive cyberattacks in the region such as the WannaCry ransomware were also a part of the agenda.

Kaspersky Lab reveals how to hunt hackers

The three-day cybersecurity conference highlighted Kaspersky’s overview on the current state of cybersecurity globally and in Asia Pacific.

07 Jul 2017 3:21 PM

There is still an evident gap between countries in terms of awareness, understanding, knowledge and finally capacity to deploy the proper strategies, capabilities and programmes.

U.N. survey finds cybersecurity gaps everywhere except Singapore

Singapore has a near-perfect approach to cybersecurity, but many other rich countries have holes in their defenses.

06 Jul 2017 9:14 AM

The officials gave no details of the number of people on the US team or progress in the investigation.

US investigators helping Qatar probe alleged news agency website hacking

The row erupted days after the first visit by US President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia.

04 Jun 2017 9:21 PM

However, overseas critics say the new law threatens to shut foreign technology companies out of sectors the country deems "critical".

China in plans to implement cyber law on Thursday

Until now, China's data industry has had no overarching data protection framework

29 May 2017 9:47 PM

UK says making progress with tech companies on getting encrypted militant messages

Britain has repeatedly complained that technology companies have failed to disclose enough information about the encrypted messages

28 May 2017 9:11 PM

Trojan Alphanc, last used to spread WCry in attacks that took place in March and April attacks was a modified version of Backdoor.Duzzer.

New evidence links WannaCry to prolific hacking group

Researchers from security firm Symantec presented additional evidence which further builds the case that WCry is linked to Lazarus

23 May 2017 12:49 PM

North Korea's Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell that worries the West

North Korea has been blamed in recent years for a series of online attacks, mostly on financial networks, over a dozen of countries.

21 May 2017 10:08 AM

WannaCry virus hits Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams trust in India

The affected computers were all old versions which were later updated, he said, adding that the virus issue was also fixed completely.

19 May 2017 5:29 PM

Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid.

Ransomware: India least prepared due to low awareness level

Both the central and state governments have advised individuals as well as organisations to apply patches to their Windows OS

17 May 2017 9:37 PM

According to a report in MacKeeper, this seems to be just another giant database containing passwords collected from a variety of sources.

Another data hack, over 560 million passwords dumped online

The database has over 75GB in size and contains data structured in readable format

17 May 2017 9:34 PM

The company claimed it "successfully detected" the ransomware activity and "cleaned the malicious file responsible for file encryption from all the attacked systems".

48K ransomware attack attempts seen in India: Quick Heal Tech

The Pune-based company said 60 per cent of the attempts by the malicious WannaCry ransomware were targeted at enterprises

16 May 2017 9:58 PM

Security experts are now cautiously linking the Lazarus Group to this latest attack after the discovery by Mehta.

Indian-origin Google techie links ransomware attack to N Korea

The ransomware code, published on Twitter, is exclusive to North Korean hackers

16 May 2017 2:57 PM

IT Ministry contacts RBI, others against Wanna Cry

Wanna Cry ransomware has wrecked havoc across sectors like healthcare and telecoms in more than 100 countries.

15 May 2017 11:28 AM

William Saito, cyber security adviser to the Japanese cabinet and trade ministry, said some of the country's institutions were affected but declined to elaborate.

Asia assesses ransomware assault, extent may not be known until Monday

China's official news agency Xinhua said secondary schools and universities were hit, but did not say how many or identify them

14 May 2017 8:52 PM

We've encouraged the NHS trusts to reduce their exposure to the weakest system, the Windows XP and there is money available to strengthen these systems.

UK spending money to strengthen cyber security of health system

Prime Minister Theresa May had identified in its security review that cyber threats were one of the top threats for the country

14 May 2017 8:48 PM

Cyber attacks hits 200,000 victims in 150-plus countries

Wainwright said he was worried that the ransomware attack might spread once people return to work on Monday and log on to their computers.

14 May 2017 5:22 PM

CID cyber cell to get new experts

The salary will be in the slab of Rs 18,000 to Rs 40,000 and the contract will be for a period of one year.

09 May 2017 2:20 AM

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