Cybersecurity

Protecting Critical Rail Infrastructure From Cyber Attacks

Digital transformation of the rail and mass transit industries offers unique opportunities to…

The Case of Exploding Pagers

Lessons to be learnt by security operators worldwide!This happened in Lebanon for an hour yesterday…

MeitY issues advisory on CCTV security, asks ministries to avoid suppliers with past breaches

The information technology (IT) ministry has advised government departments and ministries to avoid…

More than one-third of cybersecurity technologies used by companies in India outdated: Report

Over one-third of cybersecurity technologies used by Indian organisations are outdated, according to a recent study by Cisco.…

Biometric Security significantly reduces ID fraud, suggests Onfido report

Selfie-based biometric authentication is a highly effective safeguard against ID fraud, according to findings in Onfidos 2022…

The British and Australian privacy regulator order Clearview AI to delete photos of people from its database

Facial recognition company Clearview AI is facing a potential fine in the UK and has also been handed a provisional notice to…

Volvo Cars investigating theft of R&D data

Volvo Cars said it had launched an investigation into a cyber security breach and the theft of some research and development data…

Hackers take $196 million from crypto exchange Bitmart, security firm says

Hackers have taken $196 million from crypto trading platform Bitmart, a security firm has said. Bitmart confirmed the hack in an…

Millions of Wi-Fi routers at risk as hundreds of security vulnerabilities discovered

A new report has revealed that millions of WiFi routers from various popular brands may be at risk after about 226 security…

FBI email system compromised by hackers

Hackers have compromised the Federal Bureau of Investigations external email system. The hackers sent out tens of thousands of…

Report: 98% of IT leaders concerned about security challenges due to hybrid workforce

According to a new report by Teradici, 78% of respondents across a range of industries are currently implementing zero trust or…

Not US or China, Indian IT service firms face cyber security threat from Iranian hackers, warns Microsoft

Indias latest cyber security threat is no longer just coming from the US, or for that matter, China. Microsoft has warned that…

Hundreds of hours of Dallas police aerial surveillance hacked

An activist group says it received hundreds of hours of mostly Dallas police aerial surveillance footage from an anonymous hacker…

Attacks surge in 1H 2021 as Trend Micro blocks 41 billion cyber threats

Global cybersecurity leader Trend Micro Incorporated has announced that it blocked 40.9 billion email threats, malicious files,…

Congress may ban ransomware payments, Senate Homeland Security chairman says

US lawmakers have not ruled out legislation that could ban private companies from making ransomware payments, Sen. Gary Peters of…