Haryana has witnessed a concerted effort to curb cybercrime with a significant increase in public engagement, enforcement action, and financial recovery during the past few years. Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Dr Sumita Misra informed on Thursday that 29 Cyber Crime Police Stations are already functional in the state and three new cyber crime police stations...Read More
Cyber security experts have told ITV News they believe Dragonforce was the ransomware used in the cyber attack launched against M&S. It’s been nearly two weeks since customers first reported experiencing issues with various services at the retailer. Contactless payments and click & collect services were the first to be suspended and 13 days later...Read More
The Hyderabad Cybercrime police have arrested two individuals from Pune, Maharashtra, for their alleged role in a large-scale investment fraud network spanning 27 cases across India, including one in Telangana. The accused have been identified as Reynold Vincent Cyril, a tech professional, and Manish Dinesh Sonawane. Police say the duo acted as suppliers of bank...Read More
Generative artificial intelligence is a relatively new technology. Consequently, it presents new security challenges that can catch organizations off guard. Chatbots powered by large language models are vulnerable to various novel attacks. These include prompt injections, which use specially constructed prompts to change a model’s behavior, and data exfiltration, which involves prompting a model thousands,...Read More
From Ransomware Parties to Data Heists — How to Lock the Doors They Never Knew Existed Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash In 2022, a Boston hospital’s entire network went dark. Patient monitors, MRI machines, even the cafeteria’s coffee maker — all frozen by ransomware. The entry point? A compromised smart thermostat in the lobby....Read More
A large healthcare organization has disclosed a data breach Ascension was also hit by two significant breaches in 2024 The latest incident could be linked to the Cl0p ransomware attack One of the biggest private healthcare systems in the US, Ascension, has notified patients that personally identifiable information (PII) including health data, was stolen in...Read More
Officials said the suspects were suppliers of bank accounts to cyber fraudsters. The arrested persons are Reynold Vincent Cyril, a techie and Manish Dinesh Sonawane, both from Pune in Maharashtra. Published Date – 1 May 2025, 08:21 PM
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police nabbed two persons from Maharashtra for their alleged involvement...Read More
EXCLUSIVE – Bipartisan lawmakers are introducing a bill on Capitol Hill Thursday focused on protecting the country’s water systems from foreign hackers, just months after China admitted behind closed doors that it was responsible for a series of attacks on U.S. infrastructure. Senators Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., authored the Water Cybersecurity Enhancement...Read More
Table of ContentsMaintain Robust, Regular BackupsKeep Software Meticulously UpdatedDevelop a Discerning Eye for Phishing AttemptsImplement Stringent Access ControlsDeploy Trusted Security SolutionsExercise Caution with Remote Connections It’s a crime drama plotline you’ve seen a million times: Professional kidnappers demand a suitcase of unmarked bills in exchange for a hostage’s safe return. The tension builds as the...Read More
CHENNAI: The Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police has issued an urgent advisory cautioning citizens about a surge in fraudulent social media scams in the form of campaigns falsely linking billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to cryptocurrency. These schemes, proliferating on platforms like Instagram, use doctored videos and deceptive claims of “free Bitcoin” to...Read More
