The cost of responding to cyber-attacks keeps mounting, federal and state regulators have responded with increased regulations and disclosure requirements enhancing the complexities associated with responding to ransomware attacks and data breaches. Wiley has looked back at the top cyber issues for 2023 and what they mean for 2024. The National Cyber security Strategy—which outlined a…
Triveni Singh, a 2011 batch state cadre IPS officer who is known as the ‘cybercop’, held the position of superintendent of police (SP) cybercrime since August 2020, retired from his services. He retired at least two years before his scheduled superannuation in November 2025. Initially appointed as a provincial police services (PPS) officer in 1994,…
Hackers infiltrated into escrow bank accounts of a Thane based company, posing as bank executive In a major cybercrime incident that has sent shockwaves through the city, unidentified hackers successfully infiltrated the escrow bank account of a Thane-based company, resulting in a staggering loss of approximately Rs 25 crore. Escrow accounts are majorly held by…
Threatcop, a pioneer in people security management category with an exclusive AAPE framework, has announced the launch of its ground breaking cybersecurity guide, “People Security,” at the prestigious Annual Information Security Service (AISS) 2023 event organized by DSCI. This innovative guide is a testament to Threatcop’s commitment to its People Security Management (PSM) category which…
Telecommunications Bill, 2023, tabled in the Lok Sabha by communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw The Telco sector is an industry undergoing significant change. We have seen how these organizations have shifted from traditional business models, as carriers of voice and data connectivity, to enablers of sophisticated technology. CISOs are being provided broader responsibility and accountability to…
70% of Iran’s gas stations went out of service on Monday following possible sabotage a reference to cyber attacks, Iranian state TV reported. The report said a “software problem” caused the irregularity in the gas stations. It urged people not to rush to the stations that were still operational. Israeli media, including the Times of…
Kaspersky researchers discovered a severe vulnerability in the implementations of the Bluetooth protocol across several popular operating systems: Android, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Linux. This bug potentially allows remote hacking of vulnerable devices without any particular actions required on the part the user. Let’s dive into the details. As per reserachers the Bluetooth vulnerability allows you…
Firmware attacks pose challenge to organization Binarly Research Team was working on project LogoFAIL, which was picked up by them just to have some fun, turned into a mammoth industry-wide disclosure and uncovered massive flaws. While organizations are implementing different security solutions at different scales & levels and globally security vendors are advancing their security…
Microsoft hires Igor Tsyganskiy, as CISO who who previously served as CTO and President at asset management giant Bridgewater Associates. Tsyganskiy, who joined Redmond just four months ago, will take over the CISO responsibilities from Bret Arsenault and help guide the company through a new “Secure Future Imitative” that promises faster cloud patches, better management of…
The battle against ransomware attacks has intensified during the April 2022 through April 2023 period, as proven by the key findings in this year’s report from Zscaler Cloud. As per Zscaler cloud, ransomware attacks witnessed a staggering 37.75% increase, signaling a growing threat to organizations worldwide. Worse, the payloads observed in the Zscaler sandbox surged…
