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27% of industrial sector computers in India affected by malware in 2022: Report
According to the ICS threat landscape report by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, the second half of 2022 was marked by a rising number of attacks carried out using malicious scripts, phishing pages (JS and HTML) and denylisted internet resources. Malicious scripts and phishing pages (JS and HTML) were distributed both online and via email, while, a significant part of denylisted internet resources were used to distribute malicious scripts and phishing pages.
Only 24% of Indian firms are ready to defend against cybersecurity threats
According to Cisco's Cybersecurity Readiness Index, India scored high in the global chart in terms of maturity, performing above the global average of 15 per cent on cybersecurity readiness. "The Index has been built with a focus on five core pillars of identity, devices, network, applications, and data, and examines organisational postures in securing these," said Vish Iyer, Vice President, Architectures, Cisco APJC.
Russian hackers hit Indian Health Ministry's website: Cyber-security firm
The pro-Russian hacker group called Phoenix allegedly compromised the HMIS Portal and had access to the data of employees and chief physicians of all the hospitals in the country, claimed the AI-driven cybersecurity company. According to CloudSEK's contextual AI digital risk platform XVigil, "the motive behind this target was the sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation where Indian authorities decided not to violate the sanctions as well as comply with the price ceiling for Russian oil approved by G7 countries".
Cyber-security firm Acronis denies hacking, says 1 customer's data leaked
The company denied earlier reports that it was hacked. In a statement to IANS, the company said that "Acronis only currently acknowledges the compromise of a single customer password. We are still investigating the situation", A cyber-threat watcher FalconFeedsio had posted on Twitter the claims by an unspecified hacker that they breached Acronis and stole data.
Global cybersecurity firm Acronis hacked, company says no data exposed
A cyber-threat watcher FalconFeedsio posted on Twitter the claims by an unspecified hacker that they breached Acronis and stole data. "A user in the hacker's forum claims to have leaked data from a Switzerland cybersecurity company," posted FalconFeedsio. The leaked data includes various certificate files, command logs, system configurations, system information logs.
US unveils new cybersecurity strategy, puts onus on Big Tech
The National Cybersecurity Strategy stressed on rebalancing the responsibility to defend cyberspace by "shifting the burden for cybersecurity away from individuals, small businesses, and local governments, and onto the organisations that are most capable and best-positioned to reduce risks for all of us". The strategy also singled out China as "the broadest, most active.
India ranks 2nd in total number of breaches exposed in 2022
About 1,335 breach data incidents were publicly disclosed between November 2021 and October 2022. Of the 1,335 breaches analysed globally, 143 breaches occurred in Asia Pacific and Japan, resulting in a whopping 68 per cent of total records exposed globally, according to the report by Exposure Management Company Tenable.
Most CISOs to change jobs due to growing stress from hacking threats
The cybersecurity personnel are facing acute stress as nation-state bad actors continue to infiltrate government and enterprise systems with sophisticated malware. "Cybersecurity professionals are facing unsustainable levels of stress. CISOs are on the defence, with the only possible outcomes that they don't get hacked or they do," said Deepti Gopal, Director Analyst, Gartner.
Sensitive US military emails spilled online via exposed server
According to a TechCrunch report, security researcher Anurag Sen found the exposed server that "was hosted on Microsoft's Azure government cloud for Department of Defense customers". The US government was alerted about the exposed government cloud email server that was connected to the Internet without a password.
New tech a double-edged sword for industries vulnerable to hackers
Businesses, regardless of their size and industry, are vulnerable to cyber attacks. Hackers are getting more sophisticated, and exploiting vulnerabilities in the systems to their advantage. The threat landscape is constantly evolving, and organisations must update their cyber security strategies to better protect their data.
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