Cybercriminals
- World
Chinese military likely behind cyberattacks in Japan: Report
Tokyo: The Chinese military has been suspected of ordering hackers to attack hundreds of targets in Japan, including the country’s space agency and defence-related firms. According to NHK, police sent papers to…
- Technology
1 in 2 Indian adults fell prey to hacking in last 12 months
New Delhi: More than one in two Indian adults (59 per cent) experienced cyber crime in the last 12 months, as seven in 10 Indian adults (among those surveyed) believed that remote…
- Technology
Mobile-based banking now threatened by sophisticated malware
New Delhi: Cybercriminals are now using new and advanced techniques to attack mobile-based banking and the geography of attacks has become more diversified and extensive — especially from a mobile financial malware perspective,…
- World
Despite hacks, US not seeking widened domestic surveillance
Washington: The Biden administration is not planning to step up government surveillance of the US internet even as state-backed foreign hackers and cybercriminals increasingly use it to evade detection, a senior administration official…
- Technology
Fake COVID-19 vaccines, remedies flooding dark web: Report
New Delhi: With several countries including the US and the UK now approving the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVD-19 vaccine, cybercriminals have sensed an opportunity to lure people into buying fake remedies on the…
- World
US: Russian hackers targeting state, local networks
Washington: US officials said Thursday that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data from at least two…
- Technology
Cybercriminals often misuse legitimate tools in their attacks: Report
New Delhi: Cybercriminals widely use software developed for normal user activity, administrator tasks and system diagnostics to avoid getting caught quickly after carrying out their attacks, warns a new report by cybersecurity firm…
- Delhi
Cybercriminals dupe AIIMS of Rs 12 cr
New Delhi: Fraudsters siphoned off Rs 12 crore from two bank accounts of India’s premier medical institute, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), by allegedly using ‘cloned cheques’ over the…
- Technology
1.3 mn Indian at risk as card details up for sale for Rs 920 cr
NEW DELHI: Nearly 1.3 million debit and credit card data of Indian banking customers that can fetch up to $130 million for cybercriminals are available on Dark Web for open sale. According…
- Technology
Nation-state cybercriminals attack 10K Microsoft customers
San Francisco: Microsoft has notified nearly 10,000 customers in the past year who were targeted or compromised by nation-state attacks originating from three countries — Iran, North Korea, and Russia. According to…
- Technology
Cybercriminals topmost source of distrust in India: Survey
NEW DELHI: Cybercriminals remain the number one source of distrust in the Internet in India where 79 per cent of people say social media companies contribute to their distrust — up from…
- Technology
Digital doppelgangers being used to bypass anti-fraud measures: Kaspersky Lab
New Delhi: Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has published results of an investigation into Genesis, an e-shop that is trading over 60,000 stolen and legitimate digital identities and making successful credit card…
- Technology
Phishing attacks more than double in 2018: Kaspersky
New Delhi: Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has said that its anti-phishing system prevented more than 482 million attempts to visit fraudulent webpages during 2018, a two-fold increase on 2017 when 236…
- Technology
Number of mobile malware attacks doubles in 2018
NEW DELHI: The number of users attacked by malware out to steal premium access login data to popular adult websites more than doubled in a year, rising from around 50,000 users in…
