May 5, 2024
CyberSecurity

Meta Reportedly Fires Dozens of Employees in 2022 for Hijacking Users’ Facebook and Instagram Accounts

Meta Reportedly Fires Dozens of Employees for Hijacking Users’ Facebook and Instagram Accounts Meta is the new hype these days. Education, the fashion industry etc are stepping into this world. But the new world i e, Meta is not safe from cyberattacks. Meta Platforms is said to have fired or disciplined over two dozen employees […]

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Indian Entrepreneur Invited By US Vice President, Discusses Cyber Security

Indian Entrepreneur Invited By US Vice President, Discusses Cyber Security Indian tech entrepreneur Trishneet Arora has shared his vision to deal with the growing menace of cyber security with US Vice President Kamala Harris during aTrishneet Arora, the CEO of TAC Security, was invited by Kamala Harris to the gathering in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During […]

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CDSL services down due to cyber attacks

CDSL services down due to cyber attacks Settlement services at Central Depository Services (India), the country’s largest depository by way of active demat accounts, were affected on Friday due to cyber attacks. Brokers said services such as pay-in, pay-out, pledge, or unpledged securities for margin were down due to system failure at the CDSL. However, […]

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Chinese Hackers Using 42,000 Imposter Domains in Massive Phishing Attack Campaign

The threat actor have registered over 42,000 imposter domains A China-based financially motivated group is leveraging the trust associated with popular international brands to orchestrate a large-scale phishing campaign dating back as far as 2019. The threat actor, dubbed Fangxiao by Cyjax, is said to have registered over 42,000 imposter domains, with initial activity observed in 2017. “It targets […]

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DSCI CEO: National security, building cybersecurity products on our agenda

‘Tremendous amount’ of data will be flowing into India, says DSCI The Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a group set up by IT services lobby group NASSCOM, has appointed Vinayak Godse as its chief executive officer (CEO) from October 1. Godse, in an interview with Sourabh Lele, spoke about cybersecurity for small businesses, the […]

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Critical RCE Flaw Reported in Spotify’s Backstage Software Catalog and Developer Platform

Music Platform Spotify couldn’t stop from being a prey in the hands of cyberattack. Spotify’s Backstage has been discovered as vulnerable to a severe security flaw that could be exploited to gain remote code execution by leveraging a recently disclosed bug in a third-party module. The vulnerability (CVSS score: 9.8), at its core, takes advantage […]

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Cybersecurity company Utimaco acquires PWS provider Celltick

Utimaco has announced the acquisition of global Public Warning Systems (PWS) provider Celltick. Utimaco claimed that it plans to launch its Public Warning Systems in India by forming alliances with telecom providers and state governments to send out alerts and safety messages to subscribers’ mobile phones in real time. The company is aiming to provide […]

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Over 15,000 WordPress Sites Compromised in Malicious SEO Campaign

A new malicious campaign has compromised over 15,000 WordPress websites A new malicious campaign in an attempt to redirect visitors to bogus Q&A portals has compromised over 15000 WordPress websites.”These malicious redirects appear to be designed to increase the authority of the attacker’s sites for search engines,” Sucuri researcher Ben Martin said in a report […]

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Rise in cybersecurity budgets seen by over 82% of biz executives polled in India

India witnesses rise in Cybersecurity budgets According to a PwC report, more than 82 per cent of business executives surveyed in India anticipate an increase in cybersecurity budgets in the coming year, The survey highlights that of all the risks affecting organizations, India respondents consider a catastrophic cyberattack, a resurgence of COVID-19 or a new […]

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Medibank Refuses to Pay Ransom After 9.7 Million Customers Exposed in Ransomware Hack

Medibank suffered a severe cyberattack leading to the leakage of personal data Australian health insurer Medibank today confirmed that personal data belonging to around 9.7 million of its current and former customers were accessed following a ransomware incident. According to the company, the attack was detected in its IT network on October 12 in a […]

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