Radix, a Swiss technology solutions provider said it suffered a significant ransomware attack that exposed sensitive data from various federal offices.   Based in Zurich, Radix is a non-profit organisation committed to advancing public health. It operates eight specialised competence centres that deliver projects and services on behalf of the Swiss federal government, cantonal and […]

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sweeping sanctions on Aeza Group, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) provider, for its pivotal role in enabling global cybercrime, including ransomware attacks, data theft, and illicit drug trafficking. The action, announced Tuesday, targets Aeza Group’s international network, including affiliated companies in Russia […]

A critical meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, which is chaired by BJP MP Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, is planned for Wednesday to discuss the urgent problem of preventing cybercrime. The topic of discussion will be “Cyber Crime – Ramifications, Protection and Prevention.” Recently, it has come to the attention that cybercrime […]

The “democratisation” of cybercrime means that even small businesses are regularly becoming victims – often of unskilled teenage hackers equipped with commodity malware whose ransom demands are startlingly modest, warned French security researcher Clement Domingo. Domingo was speaking at a Kaspersky event in Madrid. He recently handled incident response for an architectural firm that had […]

BENGALURU: In a major cybercrime bust, the city Cyber Crime police have arrested four individuals who lured people with promises of money, opened fake companies and bank accounts in their names, and sold them to cybercriminal networks. Around 357 mule accounts were opened and used in cybercrime offences across India, involving transactions worth several crores […]

A cybercriminal group known as Scattered Spider has set its sights on the airline industry in North America. The group, known for hacking into corporate IT systems and holding sensitive information for ransom, has managed to reach two major North American airlines: Canada’s WestJet and Hawaiian Airlines. Both airlines did not report any disruptions to […]

According to a report by Data Security Council of India (DSCI), India recorded nearly one million ransomware incidents in 2024, part of a broader spike of 370 million malware attacks across over eight million devices, averaging 702 detections per minute. This staggering volume underscores not only the growing scale of the threat but also the […]

“Today, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Aeza Group, a bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider, for its role in supporting cybercriminal activity targeting victims in the United States and around the world,” the statement follows. According to the OFAC statement, Aeza Group is headquartered in Saint Petersburg. […]