Cyber Attack
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Singapore cyberattack: State actors likely behind cyber heist, says security officials
World | Jul 21, 2018, 04:16 PM ISTSingapore's health minister said the strike was "a deliberate, targeted, and well-planned cyberattack and not the work of casual hackers or criminal gangs".hea
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India 4th among the top 10 countries for web attacks: Report
Internet | Jun 27, 2018, 01:09 PM ISTCybersecurity defenders face increasing threats from organisations in the form of bot-based credential abuse targeting the hospitality industry
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87% of focused cyber attacks are being detected and blocked, says Accenture
Technology | Apr 17, 2018, 01:24 PM ISTOnly one in eight focused cyber attacks are getting through versus one in three last year- Accenture.
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Twitter attack: Pro-Pak group hacks accounts of Kiran Bedi, Anupam Kher, Ram Madhav, Swapan Dasgupta
India | Feb 06, 2018, 09:16 PM ISTOne of the tweets read “we are protesting the continuous closure of our social media accounts! As long as you do not remove the embargo that you apply to us, all social media users around the world are at risk!”
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India firm on stopping terrorists from using social media: Government
India | Nov 23, 2017, 05:56 PM ISTAddressing the inaugural session of the fifth edition of the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) here, Prasad underlined the need to keep cyber space safe and secure for a better digital future.
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Cyber attack targets accountancy firm Deloitte, clients' data compromised: report
Internet | Sep 26, 2017, 08:46 PM ISTA cyber attack on accountancy firm Deloitte has reportedly compromised the confidential details of its clients.
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Saviour or anti-hero? Expert who stopped 'WannaCrypt' outbreak held in cyber fraud in US
Aug 04, 2017, 03:47 PM ISTThe FBI arrested 23-year-old Briton Marcus Hutchins, who runs a security blog called MalwareTech, in Las Vegas for "his role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking trojan virus"
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After European banks, Petya ransomware hits India's largest container port JNPT
Jun 28, 2017, 09:44 AM ISTOperations at one of the three terminals of India's largest container port JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust) were impacted on Tuesday night as a fallout of the global ransomware attack
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Cyberattack Hits Ukraine Then Spreads Internationally
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Europe hit with another cyberattack; banks, power grid targeted
Jun 27, 2017, 09:44 PM ISTSeveral multinational companies in Europe said they were targeted in an international cyberattack.
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WannaCry: How slow speed, outdated IT infra at ATMs saved Indian banking system
May 16, 2017, 07:58 PM ISTWannaCry has shuttered or slowed many operations across the world. But its impact in India was hardly seen
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Ransomware threat: Get patched, find a firewall or upgrade fast
May 16, 2017, 06:12 PM ISTOn March 14 this year, Microsoft released a security update which addressed the vulnerability in the 16-year-old Windows XP operating system that the hackers behind the massive ransomware attack exploited and created havoc in 150 countries
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Ransomware attacks: Indian-origin Google researcher links cybercriminals to North Korea
World | May 16, 2017, 01:06 PM ISTAn India-origin researcher, working with Google, has claimed that the cybercriminals behind the global ransomware attack may have links to North Korea.
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Nearly zero impact of 'WannaCry' ransomware in India: Ravi Shankar Prasad tells IndiaTV
May 15, 2017, 04:10 PM ISTThe recent cyber-attack by ransomware virus Wannacry that crippled the digital network of Europe has had nearly zero impact in India.
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India’s CERT-In issues critical alert over 'WannaCry' ransomware
May 15, 2017, 10:15 AM ISTThe country’s cyber security agency has alerted Internet users against damaging activities of a strong and globally active ransomware virus Wannacry.
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Next global cyber-attack likely on Monday: Experts
May 14, 2017, 02:42 PM ISTAnother major cyber-attack is imminent after Friday's global hit that infected more than 125,000 computer systems and could come on Monday.
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Andhra Pradesh’s police computers hit by cyber attack
India | May 13, 2017, 05:51 PM ISTDirector General of Police N Sambasiva Rao said that some standalone computers were affected and they were logged off as a precautionary measure.
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Around 100 countries, including India, hit by cyber attack using stolen NSA bug
World | May 13, 2017, 11:56 AM ISTThe experts believe that the massive cyber attack, which hit India and nearly hundred other countries, was carried out with the help of "cyber weapons" stolen from the US' National Security Agency (NSA).
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Internet users lose Rs 32,400 on average per cyber attack
Jan 28, 2017, 07:02 PM ISTA study conducted by security software firm Kaspersky Lab has revealed that internet users lost about USD 476 or Rs 32,400 on an average to cyber attacks. Also, over half (52 per cent) of Internet
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Indian banks now face another cyber attack breaching their SWIFT systems: Report
Jan 16, 2017, 10:54 AM ISTWhile the Central government is leaving no stone unturned to turn the nation into a cashless economy, an alarming revelation has raised put a question mark on the security of digital transactions.