Rare spy malware hits diplomats of NGOs from Asia, Europe
A rare spy malware has hit diplomats and members of NGOs from Asia, Africa and Europe in a series of targeted cyber attacks, including...
India 2nd most targeted country for ransomware: Check Point
With an over 39 per cent rise in ransomware attacks in the past three months, India ranked second only to the US among the...
Most hackers initiate cyber attacks only to be challenged: Survey
An interesting survey has revealed that most of the hackers (68 per cent) initiate cyber attacks in order to get challenged by the fellow...
Researchers use ‘fingerprints’ tech to spot Russian hackers
Hackers too leave their fingerprints as they attack enterprises and individuals and cyber security researchers have now developed a new technique to “fingerprint” them,...
Firms invest $14mn on cybersecurity, SMBs $275K on average in 2020
Despite the overall IT budget cuts in the pandemic times, cybersecurity remains an investment priority and small and medium businesses (SMBs) allocated $275,000 to...
Microsoft blocked 13 billion malicious emails in 2019
Microsoft blocked over 13 billion malicious and suspicious mails in 2019, of which more than 1 billion were phishing credential attacks.
In 2020, the tech...
PayU India appoints Prakash Padariya as CISO
Online payment solutions provider PayU on Monday said it has appointed Prakash Padariya as the companys Chief Information Security Officer, adding a key position...
New malware infects Android TVs, IoT devices in 84 nations
A new malware has infected roughly 13,500 Internet of Things (IoT) devices like Android TVs in 84 countries, chiefly in Asia, and that number...
Facebook sues 2 firms for illegal data collection
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against two companies that scraped data from its main app, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Amazon to sell “marketing...
Twitter hires Rinki Sethi as new information security head
Twitter has appointed ex-IMB executive Rinki Sethi as new Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Sethi who worked at IBM as Vice President,...








