India’s data privacy law, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act), seeks to protect children’s data and shield them from data-linked online harms. However, two years after its enactment, this law remains unimplemented as the government has yet to finalize the accompanying rules. As a step forward, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology...Read More

More cybercrime collaboration is urgently required from both the public and private sectors, argues SAS’s Caroline Payne. (Image: Shutterstock) Fraud has evolved into a complex, multi-dimensional threat that transcends traditional boundaries. It is a problem that knows no organisational, sectoral or geographic silos.  Criminals collaborate, innovate and exploit gaps across industries and borders to stay...Read More

A cyber-espionage campaign linked to a sophisticated hacking group believed to be based in China is continuing to compromise virtualization and networking infrastructure used by enterprises globally, according to a new deep-dive report by cybersecurity company Sygnia. The hackers are targeting VMware ESXi hypervisors, a type of software that controls and hosts virtual machines for...Read More

Written by Rich Ford, CTO, Integrity360 A ransomware attack is a serious threat to any organisation in Northern Ireland. Data from the UK’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey indicates that nearly 32 per cent of medium-sized and 59 per cent of large businesses in the UK suffered cyber attacks in the past year. For organisations here,...Read More

1. Paytm and One97 Communications Booked by Cyber Crime Police for Allegedly Enabling Gambling App Distribution Cyber Crime Police have registered a case against Paytm and its parent firm One97 Communications for allegedly facilitating the distribution of illegal gambling apps. Investigators claim the platforms enabled transactions and visibility for banned betting services. Authorities are examining...Read More

In this Help Net Security interview, Gonçalo Magalhães, Head of Security at Immunefi, discusses the legal and ethical implications of hacking back in cross-border cyber incidents. He warns that offensive cyber actions risk violating international law, escalating conflicts, and harming innocent third parties. Instead, Magalhães advocates for legally sanctioned frameworks, such as bug bounty programs,...Read More

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered over a dozen security vulnerabilities impacting Tridium’s Niagara Framework that could allow an attacker on the same network to compromise the system under certain circumstances. “These vulnerabilities are fully exploitable if a Niagara system is misconfigured, thereby disabling encryption on a specific network device,” Nozomi Networks Labs said in a report...Read More

eSecurity Planet content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. This article was originally published on TechRepublic. Four major U.S. agencies have issued a joint cybersecurity alert warning about the escalating threat posed by the Interlock ransomware operation, which has increasingly targeted...Read More

Safety gap report should be prepared after visiting schools, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said. Addressing a press conference here on Friday after convening a meeting of education officials earlier in the afternoon, the Minister said it was decided to implement important decisions regarding school safety. A check-list would be prepared on the...Read More

OSSINING, NY — Federal immigration police say that they have arrested a dangerous child sex predator who was recently released from custody in Westchester County. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Buffalo announced that Salvadoran national Jacobo Argueta Fuentes was arrested on July 23, pursuant to a warrant of deportation upon his release from the NYS...Read More