What is wiper malware attack, and will Stryker Corp be able to recover from cyberattack? Here's how did medical technology giant come under attackWhat is wiper malware attack, and will Stryker Corp be able to recover from cyberattack? A cyberattack linked to the Handala hacker group d...
12 Mar, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
$24M in crypto, 30 Bitcoins, and $700K seized as FBI takes down Russian hacker behind 700,000 computer ransomware army in Operation EndgameThe United States has indicted Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov from Moscow. He led a global cybercrime group using Qakbot malware. This malwar...
24 May, 2025, 08.21 AM IST
India's security landscape under attack as ransomware, malware threats spike: reportAccording to a report from Japanese cyber security software company Trend Micro, India also ranks among the top five nations globally in ma...
10 Oct, 2023, 04.19 PM IST
Ransomware, malware attacks rise in 2022: reportIndia experienced about 700,000 malware attacks in 2022, up from 650,000 in 2021, according to the Trend Micro annual security study.
29 Mar, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
Covid-related fake news, online scams and ransomware dominate 2020According to a report by digital security and products firm Avast, the raging coronavirus pandemic was used by cybercriminals to spread sca...
04 Dec, 2020, 06.24 PM IST
US authorities warn of 'imminent' cybercrime threat to hospitalsAn advisory released by the FBI and two other government agencies said they had "credible information" that hackers were targeting the heal...
29 Oct, 2020, 11.57 AM IST
Seqrite detects 50 million cyber threats during H2 2018The IT/ITeS industry had the maximum malware detections at 27%, followed by professional services (24.43%) and manufacturing (17.70%).
13 Mar, 2019, 01.14 PM IST
Seven ways to detect ransomware beyond antivirusRansomware uses new paradigms of stealth which makes it difficult to detect. Software products that focus on vulnerability and threat manag...
15 Jun, 2018, 10.23 AM IST
Ransomware: The extortionists of the new millenniumThe current attack by ransomware WannaCry is considered the worst ever, with newer versions appearing even as solutions are found to deal w...
21 May, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
70 per cent of ATMs in India easy prey for cyber attackersMicrosoft stopped providing support -security patches and other tools -for Windows XP in 2014.
14 May, 2017, 11.13 AM IST
Indian companies and government institutions hit by massive global cyber-attackSince the attack happened over the weekend, true extent of the damage can only be assessed on Monday when all individual PCs are fired up o...
13 May, 2017, 08.41 PM IST
Cyberespionage and ransomware emerging as biggest threats as per Verizon's 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report“Insights provided in the DBIR are levelling the cyber security playing field,” said George Fischer, president of Verizon Enterprise Soluti...
27 Apr, 2017, 02.33 PM IST
Detection of mobile ransomware up 200 per cent in Q2In its second quarter threat report for 2016, Quick Heal also expects threats on social networking sites to increase, even as ransomware-as...
01 Sep, 2016, 04.19 AM IST
Seven ways to detect ransomware beyond antivirusRansomware uses new paradigms of stealth which makes it difficult to detect. Software products that focus on vulnerability and threat manag...
09 Mar, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
India sees most ransomware infections in Q2 of 2015: Trend Micro reportAccording to the report, other kinds of cyber crime activities, which include spamming, phishing attacks and macro malware infections, are ...
27 Sep, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Hackers are seeing a whopping 1,425% return on investment for these two kinds of attacksVictims were usually unaware they had even been compromised, and 81% of them did not detect the security breach themselves.
17 Jun, 2015, 02.00 PM IST
Cyber Threat: Now, ‘ransomware’ plays havoc with dataIn some cases, the malware may lock your screen unless you pay up. Simply put, it holds your data to ransom.
24 Oct, 2013, 10.24 AM IST