Cyberattack rate per healthcare organisation up 37% in 2020: Report
Technology | February 26, 2021 13:16 ISTCyberattacks on hospitals and healthcare organisations has emerged as a top hacker trend in 2020.
Cyberattacks on hospitals and healthcare organisations has emerged as a top hacker trend in 2020.
The complainant has stated that the hackers are keeping a watch on the activities of the family and continuously harassing them.
The biggest of them perhaps came to light towards the end of the year when cybersecurity company FireEye earlier this month.
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are increasing as cybercriminals see how lucrative this type of attack can be. Attackers' exploitation of fears around the COVID-19 pandemic shows how quickly they can adapt to current events.
A police complaint was filed by the Allahabad University 's proctor on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor.
More than 10,000 people in India are being actively monitored under a surveillance programme run by Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co, a Shenzen-based technology company with links to the Chinese government, and the Chinese Communist Party. The company is known for engaging in 'Hybrid Warfare’ using the big data gained from mass surveillance.
In total, the analysis of anonymised data from incident response cases showed that 18 various legitimate tools were abused by attackers for malicious purposes, according to the company's new ‘Incident Response Analytics Report'.
BlackRock malware detected by ThreatFabric steals personal data from 337 apps including Netflix, YONO Lite by SBI, Gmail and more.
Chennai recorded the highest number of cyberattacks in the country during the January-March quarter of this year as threat actors targeted the city with a variety of attacks aimed at exploiting user trust and enterprise vulnerabilities.
Coronavirus-related phishing mails have been making rounds since the onset of the pandemic
The attackers can target your Wifi connections take the remote access of it and bypass security to perform cross-site scripting, CERT-in has warned. The threat comes in wake-off ongoing LAC standoff with China on the borders.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm, hackers have taken advantage of the situation to hack people
According to The New Daily, government agencies believe "China is behind cyber attacks on Australian institutions, including hospitals and state-owned utilities".
Cooperative banks are one of the financial institutions that have been at the target of cybercriminals, with several such attacks having been detected in April itself. “Criminals have attempted to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic through increased fraudulent activities," says cybersecurity expert Dr Nishakant Ojha
Most organisations have seen a rise in security threats and attacks during the coronavirus pandemic. Here's what you need to know.
Chinese internet security company 360 Security Technology has accused Indian hackers of breaking into its systems by using the novel coronavirus as “lure” to target the Chinese medical sphere
After the Armed Forces were attacked by cyber crooks on Friday late night , the tri-services cyber wings issued emergency warning to all the defence personnel not to access mail titled -- 'Notice' -- with attachments, sources said on Saturday.
More than 26,000 articles containing jihadist content were identified on various platforms, including social media accounts, links and a large number of communication channels, the Efe news reported.
In one of the attacks the group used PlugX malware - traditionally used by many Chinese APT groups. They also used Byeby trojan, which was involved in the SongXY malware campaign in 2017.
Targeting the Gippsland Health Alliance and the South West Alliance of Rural Health, the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet said in a statement: "The cyber incident, which was uncovered on Monday, has blocked access to several systems by the infiltration of ransomware, including financial management."
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