Are you affected? Medicare breach may expose Social Security Numbers — steps to check nowThe Medicare data leak has triggered fresh fears around Social Security number exposure and identity theft across the United States. A publ...
07 May, 2026, 09.17 PM IST
CERT-In flags 'high-severity risks' from AI-driven cyber threats amid Mythos concernsCERT-In has issued a high-severity warning about AI-driven cyber threats, noting that new tools make attacks faster, cheaper, and easier. A...
27 Apr, 2026, 09.29 PM IST
China supercomputer breach exposes massive defence data, sparks security concernsA massive data breach has reportedly compromised sensitive information from a Chinese government supercomputer, raising national security a...
10 Apr, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Why WazirX’s recovery plan hit a legal roadblockLast year, ET reported that WazirX was hit by one of the biggest cyberattacks on an Indian crypto exchange. Hackers made off with more than...
05 Jun, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
Russian cybersecurity experts keen to share expertise with India amid rising threatsCyberattacks in India are increasing at an alarming rate, with two-thirds resulting in data leaks. A Russian cybersecurity firm reports a 1...
12 Nov, 2024, 09.14 AM IST
India could face 17 trillion cyberattacks by 2047: ReportIndia is projected to face nearly 1 trillion cyberattacks annually by 2033, increasing to 17 trillion by 2047. Over 79 million cyberattacks...
30 Oct, 2024, 02.34 PM IST
Education and healthcare bear brunt of cyberattacks: reportThe study found that over the past six months, organisations in India have experienced an average of 3,244 cyberattacks per week - nearly d...
27 Sep, 2024, 04.23 PM IST
Cybercriminals target SMEs as large companies beef up securityAttacks onsmall and medium enterprises (SMEs) (with 100-5,000 employees) have significantly risen in India and accounted for nearly half of...
06 Sep, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
State-sponsored cyberattacks against India up 278% in three yearsServices companies in India, including IT and BPO, saw the highest share of attacks between March 2021 and September 2023, according to Sin...
06 Nov, 2023, 04.56 PM IST
MeitY plans extensive cybersecurity workshops for key government department headsDecision came after the crippling cyberattack on major state-run hospitals in the capital city, including AIIMS and Safdurjung.
09 Dec, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Password attacks rise to 921 every second globally: reportAccording to the 'Digital Defence Report 2022', attackers are adapting and finding new ways to implement their techniques, thereby increasi...
05 Nov, 2022, 01.13 PM IST
Emerging cyber threat predictions in 2021The coming year will see cyber defenders having to seek new ways to protect data, according to cybersecurity firm Cyfirma.
21 Jan, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
Cyber security policy soon to strengthen digitisation, says Karnataka Dy CMBengaluru is home to a large number of technology companies and naturally will also be a favorite target of cybercriminals. Hence, it was i...
05 Oct, 2020, 01.06 PM IST
Bengaluru topped cyber hitlist in 2018, says studyCrypto-jacking has replaced ransomware as top threat, says Quick Heal report
20 May, 2019, 10.35 AM IST
India witnessed over 6.95 lakh cyberattacks from Russia, US, others in January-Jun: F-SecureThese "honeypots" are basically decoy servers that emulate the IT environment of a business. To the attackers, these look like actual serve...
11 Nov, 2018, 01.32 PM IST
Only 2% Indian firms spent substantially on their cybersecurity budget this year: KPMG reportAs many as 72% Indian companies faced a cyberattack this year, even as cyber criminals got ever more aggressive and sophisticated.
30 Nov, 2015, 04.53 PM IST
Cyber criminals to use more targetted attacks in 2014: WebsenseOrganisations around the world are likely to witness more complex and diverse cyber-attacks in 2014 even as volume of malware attacks will ...
15 Nov, 2013, 04.41 PM IST