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Deepfakes Threat: As cybercrime skyrockets, govt warns banks and fintechs about new AI risks

28Dec

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Deepfakes Threat: As cybercrime skyrockets, govt warns banks and fintechs about new AI risks

[ad_1] Recently, the finance and banking sectors have been exploring the benefits of artificial intelligence to improve their services, however, the same technology is hovering over them like a dark cloud. The threat of deepfakes is not only limited to cloning people's faces and creating fake photos and videos, but now it is being used to steal people's identity. With the help of deepfakes, tricksters are cloning people's voices to manipulate their friends and family members into emptying their bank accounts or revealing vulnerable information. The Indian government has now warned banks and fintech companies about the rising deepfakes threat in the coming months and wants them to strengthen security against cybercrime.To understand the deepfakes threat, one must know what it is. These a...

How white hat heroes are safeguarding your digital frontiers

26Dec

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How white hat heroes are safeguarding your digital frontiers

[ad_1] As a citizen of today, you enjoy several digital systems, be it smartphones, email, voice AI like Alexa, or IoT. If you are part of any digital system, you are vulnerable to a cyberattack. In an era dominated by interconnected systems, the constant threat of cyberattacks, and businesses and individuals increasingly relying on digital platforms, the need for robust defenses against cyber threats has never been more critical.In 2020, Air India, the country's flagship airline, fell victim to a cyberattack that compromised the personal data of millions of its customers. The breach affected users registered between August 2011 and February 2021, exposing sensitive information such as names, dates of birth, contact details, passport information, and credit card data. This breach had se...

ISRO fights over 100 cyber-attacks every day: S Somanath

9Oct

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ISRO fights over 100 cyber-attacks every day: S Somanath

[ad_1] S Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday said that the country's space agency is facing more than 100 cyber-attacks daily. Somanath, while speaking on the concluding session of the 16th edition of the c0c0n, a two-day international cyber conference in Kerala's Kochi, further said that the possibility of cyber-attacks is much higher in rocket technology which uses ultra-modern software and chip-based hardware."The organisation is equipped with a robust cybersecurity network to face such attacks," he said. Notably, the conference was organised by the Kerala Police and Information Security Research Association here. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join.The ISRO chief further said that apart from the software, ISRO is also going ahead wit...

Government warns internet users about ‘AKIRA’ ransomware; hackers using AnyDesk, WinRAR

24Jul

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Government warns internet users about ‘AKIRA’ ransomware; hackers using AnyDesk, WinRAR

[ad_1] The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a warning about a new internet ransomware virus called 'Akira,' which is causing significant concern. This malicious software is designed to target both Windows and Linux-based systems. According to a PTI report. the attackers behind Akira first steal vital personal information from their victims and then proceed to encrypt the data on their systems. To coerce the victims into paying the ransom, they engage in double extortion tactics. According to CERT-In's latest advisory, if the victim refuses to pay the ransom, the attackers will publish the stolen data on their dark web blog. The agency emphasizes that Akira's operators are known to exploit VPN services, particularly when users have not enabled multi-factor au...

Android, iPhone cybercrime ALERT! Watch out for these 3 warning signs in your inbox

6May

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Android, iPhone cybercrime ALERT! Watch out for these 3 warning signs in your inbox

[ad_1] Which phone do you own? Android or an iPhone? Well, all the phone users are being warned of a dangerous text message which has the power to empty your bank account. Speaking to The US Sun, a leading cyber-expert revealed the "red flag" messages all the smartphone users need to look out for. Notably, cybercrime has been rising all over the globe and a scam or malware can steal your hard earned money along with personal and crucial details. Taking advantage of your details, hackers can even blackmail or defraud you.One of the common ways of fooling people is via text messages. According to the report by the Sun, Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4 has informed of three red flags, which one needs to keep an eye on. The first sign is that you are sent urgent or threate...

Italy Starts Seizing Large-Scale Fake E-Commerce Websites

27Jan

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Italy Starts Seizing Large-Scale Fake E-Commerce Websites

[ad_1] The illicit network of more than 13,000 online fake shops, discovered by the Italian cybersecurity firm Yarix. Italian officials have this week begun seizing what could be one of the world's largest networks of online fake shops, which have defrauded would-be customers by appearing to offer discounted goods from luxury brands such as Giorgio Armani SpA and Prada SpA that never materialize.The illicit network of more than 13,000 online fake shops, discovered by the Italian cybersecurity firm Yarix, is allegedly managed by a group of Chinese cyber-criminals, as suggested by infrastructure code as well as the payment system's gateway, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named discussing confidential information. A spokesman for Yarix confirmed the co...

Cyberattack halts Martinique’s search for new flag, hymn

5Jan

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Cyberattack halts Martinique’s search for new flag, hymn

[ad_1] The attack on government servers upended a nearly two-week online voting window that began on January 2. Officials said the attack was not successful but forced them to temporarily shut down the system. A quest to select the first official flag and hymn for the French Caribbean island of Martinique was interrupted Wednesday by a cyberattack. The attack on government servers upended a nearly two-week online voting window that began on Jan. 2. Officials said the attack was not successful but forced them to temporarily shut down the system. They did not say when voting would resume. Residents on the island of more than 370,000 inhabitants had been given 19 flag options and four hymns from which to choose. The island does not have its own official flag and instead uses the Fre...

US Is Seizing 48 Websites in Sting of Cyberattack-for-Hire Services

15Dec

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US Is Seizing 48 Websites in Sting of Cyberattack-for-Hire Services

[ad_1] The US obtained a court order to seize 48 websites, and six people were criminally charged in relation to the takedowns, according to federal prosecutors. The US seized dozens of internet domains and charged six people in a sting intended to bring down a network of cyberattack-for-hire services, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. In all, the US obtained a court order to seize 48 websites, and six people were criminally charged in relation to the takedowns, according to federal prosecutors. The FBI was in the process of seizing the websites, officials said Wednesday. The websites were used to launch, or attempt to launch, millions of so-called DDoS attacks around the world, the DOJ said in a statement. Short for distributed-denial-of- service, DDoS attacks di...

Cyberattack hits Iran’s Fars news agency

26Nov

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Cyberattack hits Iran’s Fars news agency

[ad_1] Iran has been rocked by protests since Amini's death in custody on September 16, after her arrest for an alleged breach of the country's dress code for women. Hackers have disrupted the work of Iran's Fars news agency, one of the main sources of news disseminated by the state during protests over Mahsa Amini's death, the agency said. Iran has been rocked by protests since Amini's death in custody on September 16, after her arrest for an alleged breach of the country's dress code for women. Fars said its website had been disrupted late Friday by a "complex hacking and cyberattack operation". "Removing possible bugs... may cause problems for some agency services for a few days," it said in a statement posted Saturday on its Telegram channel. "Cyberattacks against Fars new...

SingTel Suffers Another Data Hack After Giant Optus Breach

10Oct

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SingTel Suffers Another Data Hack After Giant Optus Breach

[ad_1] A second Australian business owned by Singapore Telecommunications suffered a cyberattack. A second Australian business owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. suffered a cyberattack, compounding the data-security crisis at the company following the huge data breach at mobile-phone operator Optus.A hack on technology consulting company Dialog, which SingTel bought earlier this year, may have accessed data on fewer than 20 clients and 1,000 current and former staff, according to a Dialog statement issued by SingTel on Monday. Dialog found out on Oct. 7 that a “very small sample” of its data, including personal employee information, had been published on the so-called Dark Web. The attack itself took place almost a month earlier, on Sept. 10. A second hack at a SingTel-owned b...