CHINESE CYBER AGENCIES EPFO DATA BREACH

CEOs and CTOs should prioritize autonomous patching plans to enhance security. Collaboration between security and IT is crucial for effective patching. Analyzing results and ensuring vulnerability compliance are essential. Autonomous patching boosts...

Phishing attacks have become more sophisticated, with cybercrooks using social engineering to impersonate top corporate executives and trick employees into sending money. Fraudsters are also using artificial intelligence, launching bot-based attacks...

Thousands of workers are trafficked to Southeast Asia to commit cyber fraud on their fellow citizens over social media. Ex-serviceman Botcha Sankhar, who was forced to work in the scam compounds of Cambodia for six months, unravels the modus operand...

A Silicon Valley firm used generative AI in the Sable Spear operation to analyze Chinese fentanyl trafficking data, surpassing human analysis. It predicted Russia's invasion of Ukraine and alerted government customers to North Korean missile launche...

India faces a surge in cyber fraud from Southeast Asia, surpassing domestic hotspots. Nearly half of the defrauded money comes from scams such as investment, trading, digital arrest, and dating scams. Between January and April 2024, Rs 1,775 cr was ...

Britain's Ministry of Defence has faced a significant cyberattack targeting a third-party payroll system, according to government officials. While the attack's origin has not been officially confirmed, former minister Tobias Ellwood suggested it had...

Leaked documents reveal extensive cyber intrusions by Chinese state-linked hacking group. Implications raise concerns about scale and persistence of cyber threats from China and their impact on global cybersecurity. Targets include foreign governmen...

A social media user has claimed that data from EPFO and PMO were leaked on the global software and code repository GitHub. Senior officials told ET that the government is aware of the claims but "need to verify them first".

Indonesian hackers may have been behind the breach of several Indian websites this month, including those of the Indian army and the Census of India as well as institutions like Banaras Hindu University, according to experts.

Australia has identified the Russian mastermind behind a crippling cyber attack, unmasking the 33-year-old hacker for the first time on Tuesday and linking him to an international crime syndicate. - 'Hack the hackers' - Australia beefed up its cyber...

Chinese loan apps, operated by Chinese criminal syndicates and gangs, are causing significant financial losses in India. Pavan Duggal, a cybersecurity law expert, warns that these apps, which offer instant loans with high-interest rates, exploit une...

Taiwan faces a multifaceted threat from China, not only in terms of military invasion but also in cyber warfare. The island's cybersecurity experts warn of potential cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure, including telecommunications, energ...

The government revealed the threat in an article on its WeChat public account on Monday but did not disclose any information on entities blamed for accessing data or identify specific Chinese firms that were affected or targeted.

China has raised concerns about the potential compromise of confidential and sensitive data, particularly in military sectors, due to foreign geographic information software. The Ministry of State Security conducted an extensive investigation and wa...

The government will come out with a new set of rules and regulations to tackle the growing menace of deepfake technology, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

The federal government said it will also subject telecommunications firms to tougher cyber reporting rules which apply to critical infrastructure, seek migrants to build up the cyber security workforce and set limits on inter-agency data sharing to ...

ICBC's US unit told market participants on Friday it was hoping to finish the cyber review over the weekend, but the sources said they expected it would spill into next week. Meanwhile, the bank is using manual processes to trade, they said.

A U.S. cybersecurity advisory panel will investigate risks in cloud computing that will also include Microsoft Corp's role in the recent breach of government department email systems by suspected Chinese hackers, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

More than two months after the breach was first disclosed by Massachusetts-based Progress Software, the parade of victims has scarcely slowed