Cybersecurity

Aviation industry sees 600% year on year increase in cyber attacks

Behind any physical turbulence in the skies, a silent cyber war is being waged on the aviation…

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…

ISIS trying to recruit terrorists online, raises concern for Indian security agencies

In a matter of concern, the Indian security agencies in a meeting raised an issue that the terrorist group ISIS is trying to…

BlueLeaks exposes files from hundreds of US Police Departments

Hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from police departments across the United States were leaked online last…

Chinese Army could conduct a massive cyberattack: Indian security agencies

One day after the Indian agency Cert-In, tasked with cybersecurity, issued an advisory regarding a possible cyber attack in the…

Cyber incidents surge as cyber budget shrinks at NASA

According to data extracted and analysed by Atlas VPN, cyber incidents at NASA increased by 366% in 2019. Being one of the…

Amazon stops police use of its facial recognition software

Answering widespread demands for new curbs on aggressive policing in the wake of George Floyd's killing, Amazon is halting law…

Warning issued over hackable security cameras

Around 3.5 million security cameras installed in homes and offices mainly in Asia and Europe have serious vulnerabilities that…

Indian Railways alerted on malware attack

At a time when the country is yet to recover from the shock of losing 20 Indian soldiers in a violent clash with the Chinese…

UK Government to fund nine advanced security projects

The UK government is to draw down A?10m through March 2024 from various pots to fund nine academic cyber security projects…

13,500 mobile phones running on same IMEI number in India

Making it tougher to track and identify stolen mobile phones, the police in Uttar Pradesh has found there are more than 13,500…

CBSE launches Cyber Security Handbook for Classes 9 to 12

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched a Cyber Security Handbook for students of classes 9 to 12. The…

US DOE says supercomputers handling COVID-19 data are hacker targets

US Energy Department officials said they have noticed a spike in cyberattacks on national laboratories and that foreign nations…

Truecaller denies data breach of 4.75 cr Indian users leaked on dark web

Truecaller data of 4.75 crore Indian users have been put on sale on the dark web for around A??75,000, online intelligence firm…