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The files, more than 600 gigabytes in size, were discovered on Aug. 24 without a password by researchers of Kromtech Security Center, the technology news website reported.

More than four million Time Warner Cable records exposed in leak

About four million Time Warner Cable records containing details of its customers were found unsecured on an Amazon server last month.

02 Sep 2017 9:25 AM

Kanungo was scheduled to attend an awards function organised by the Institute for Development and Research Banking Technologies here. As he did not attend the programme, his message was read out by RBI's Executive Director Ganesh Kumar.

Social media allows cyber attackers to access personal info

RBI Deputy Governor B P Kanungo said social media platforms provide opportunities for cyber attackers to access information of individuals

01 Sep 2017 8:38 PM

The WannaCry ransomware attack affected more than 200,000 computers across the globe, resulting in massive panic, and spammers instantly capitalized on the opportunity.

Spammers cashed in on WannaCry epidemics to promote fraudulent services in Q2

In Q2 2017, cyber criminals involved in spam distribution tried to capitalize on public fears when the WannaCry ransomware epidemic in May.

23 Aug 2017 4:54 PM

As usual, this group gains access to an organization’s network and uses the psexec utility to execute the ransomware. Also, it is important to mention that for each machine in the victim’s network, the threat executor generates a password for the DiskCryptor utility. This password is passed via command line arguments to the ransomware dropper. There is currently no way to decrypt data that has been encrypted using DiskCryptor as the encryption algorithms are very strong.

The Mamba ransomware that hit SF’s municipal railway system is back

Researchers have discovered that the group behind Mamba has resumed its attacks – targeting corporations, mainly in Brazil and Saudi Arabia.

12 Aug 2017 10:18 AM

The Q2 APT Trends report summarizes the findings of Kaspersky Lab’s subscriber-only threat intelligence reports. During the second quarter of 2017, Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Tam created 23 private reports for subscribers, with Indicators of Compromise (IOC) data and YARA rules to assist in forensics and malware-hunting.

How advanced targeted attacks evolved in Q2, 2017

Expert analysis of the last two suggests the code may have escaped into the wild before it was fully ready.

10 Aug 2017 4:29 PM

Hannigan, who stepped down earlier this year, says Britain desperately needs more computer scientists and engineers, and one way to produce them is for children to learn "through seeing and doing online." (Photo: AP)

Ex-UK Spy Chief asks parents to let children spend time online

Hannigan believes that young people need to explore the digital world just as they explore the physical world to learn about computers.

09 Aug 2017 11:47 AM

Those behind the HBO hack claim to have more data, including scripts, upcoming episodes of HBO shows and movies, and information damaging to HBO.

Hackers demand millions, HBO says not ‘wholly hacked’

There were also internal documents, including a report of legal claims against the network and job offer letters to top executives.

08 Aug 2017 9:11 AM

ICSA Labs Advanced Threat Defence (ATD) testing covers vendor solutions designed to detect new threats. Each ATD test cycle subjects the product in question to hundreds of test runs – comprised of a mix of new threats, little-known threats and innocuous applications and activities. In brute-force style, these are delivered and launched one after another continuously.

Kaspersky’s Anti Targeted Attack Platform achieves 100% success rate

Kaspersky Lab’s Anti Targeted Attack Platform detected 100% of threats in its latest ICSA Labs verification test.

07 Aug 2017 3:39 PM

In a typical targeted cyberattack, a threat actor — once inside the attacked network — establishes a foothold and then collects valuable information to subsequently transfer to the command and control server (C&C).

Worrying trend in hackers using steganography

Researchers find multiple hacking groups are increasingly using the technique to hide stolen information inside images.

07 Aug 2017 9:04 AM

Fraudsters send out threatening messages to a large number of companies in the hope that someone will decide to be better safe than sorry.

DDoS attacks get smarter, badder

Experts warn that if a victim company decides to pay, it may bring long-term damage in addition to instant monetary loses.

07 Aug 2017 8:58 AM

This approach also allows the Trojan to grant itself other permissions and rights and to counteract attempts to uninstall it. The researchers warn that simply keeping device software up to date does not protect against this Trojan.

Mobile trojan Svpeng turns keylogger and steals through services for disabled users

The modified Trojan steals entered text such as banking credentials by abusing Android’s accessibility services.

03 Aug 2017 8:32 PM

Entertainment Weekly reported on Monday that hackers stole 1.5 terabytes of data and leaked online a script or treatment for an upcoming episode of the network's popular series "Game of Thrones," along with yet-to-be-broadcast episodes of the series "Ballers" and "Room 104."

HBO conducts forensic review to understand scope of hack

The hack comes at a sensitive time for HBO.

03 Aug 2017 9:43 AM

CNN identified Tom Bossert, the president's homeland security adviser, as one of the officials who fell for the ruse. Bossert apparently believed he was corresponding with Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, and included a personal email address in his reply.

White House investigating email prank against top officials

The White House acknowledged that top officials, including President's homeland security adviser, responded to a email prankster.

02 Aug 2017 2:01 PM

It provides corporate Macs with cloud-based multilayered protection and gives service providers more automation and management capabilities.

New Kaspersky endpoint security cloud protects businesses on Mac devices

Kaspersky Lab has released a new generation of its Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud.

18 Jul 2017 4:18 PM

The incident occurred in less than a year after Trump Hotels had settled with victims of a security breach.

Trump Hotels' reservation service breached, payment information data stolen

The current breach took place at the Sabrea Hospitality Solutions, which is a reservation service used by the Trump Hotels.

12 Jul 2017 11:30 AM

Victims usually agree to cooperate and help security researchers find the infection vector or other details about the attackers.

Kaspersky brings software tool for collecting evidence after cyber-attacks

Named BitScout, the tool can build a swiss-army knife for the remote forensic investigation of live systems.

10 Jul 2017 4:09 PM

Ukraine power company says was hit by second cyber attack

The second attack did not affect Ukraine's power network, Vsevolod Kovalchuk told a news briefing on Friday.

30 Jun 2017 4:52 PM

The results of Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index for the second half of 2016 revealed the top internet activity in India is online shopping. This is followed by emailing, watching movies, and using social media sites. Almost all (96 per cent) of the respondents admitted to using the internet in purchasing goods online. A great majority of the them (84 per cent) also use their devices in banking and in paying online through digital wallets.

Improved cybersecurity a must as cashless economy rises post-demonetization

The demonetization led to the increased numbers of paperless transactions in the country.

29 Jun 2017 6:21 PM

Cracks in the cloud: The next frontier for cybercrime

According to a new survey, cloud security is a top concern for Indian chief information security officers (CISOs).

07 Jun 2017 4:02 PM

Microsoft’s Windows XP, one of the operating systems most at risk — was still widely used there.

Manhunt for hackers behind cyber attacks

Experts and officials offered differing estimates of the scope of the attacks, but all agreed it was huge.

15 May 2017 4:16 AM

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