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Universities around the world scramble after cyberattack disrupts student portalsA significant cyberattack on the Canvas learning platform has disrupted academic operations at numerous universities across the US, Austral...- Majority of Indian firms hit by ransomware in 2025 pay over Rs 12 crore on average: ReportAs per the report findings, India has emerged as the Asia-Pacific epicentre of ransomware activity, with manufacturing organisations witnes...
- One password, 700 jobs lost: How a ransomware attack crushed a 158-year-old UK firmA single weak password led to the downfall of KNP, a 158-year-old UK transport company, resulting in 700 job losses. The Akira ransomware g...
- UK plans to ban public sector bodies from paying ransom to cyber criminalsBritain is set to prohibit public sector bodies and critical infrastructure operators from paying ransom demands to cybercriminals, followi...
- Medusa Ransomware Threat: What do the FBI and CISA warn Gmail and Outlook users about?Federal agencies have warned users of Gmail, Outlook and similar services about Medusa ransomware. This cyber threat has affected over 300 ...
- 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...
- UPI, IMPS, retail payments of some banks temporarily unavailable due to ransomware attack on tech-providerUPI payments: Ransomware attack on C-Edge Tecnologies who manages systems of certain specified banks. As per NPCI's advisory note, "To prev...
- Cyber attack compromised Indonesia data centre, ransom sought: reportIndonesia's communication ministry on Monday said, the attack disputed some government services, most notably at aiports though automated m...
- Crypto ransom attack payments hit record $1 billion in 2023: ChainalysisPayments from crypto-related ransom attacks nearly doubled to a record $1 billion in 2023, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said on We...
- Crypto ransom attack payments hit record $1 billion in 2023: reportScammers targeting institutions such as hospitals, schools and government offices for ransom pocketed $1.1 billion last year, compared with...
- Explained: What is Lockbit? The digital extortion gang on a cybercrime spreeThe cybercrime gang infects a victim organisation's system with ransomware - malicious software that encrypts data - and then coerces targe...
- US Energy Department gets two ransom notices as MOVEit hack claims more victimsThe DOE contractor Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the New Mexico-based facility for disposal of def...
- Ransomware: Impact and action plan for Indian businessesWannaCry exploited a vulnerability in a commonly used operating system to spread which can pose a significant risk to businesses and indivi...
- Government issues alert on spread of 'Locky Ransomware'Ransomware is a malicious software and the Locky Ransomware is learnt to be demanding ransom of half bitcoin, which at present is equivalen...
- Ransomware: Impact and action plan for Indian businessesInvestigations have identified WannaCry as the culprit (see box below for more details) and proliferation of this ransomware, in a signific...
- Notorious computer virus attacks users’ filesThe malicious program is now targeting online consumers and businesses via email attachments which block access to a computer system until ...
- Hacker attack that makes you grind your teethA dental practice was hit last year by a strain of malicious software that sought out X-ray images and encrypted them on the clinic's compu...
- Budget 2013: Software royalty raised to a king's ransomImport of software and technology services will become more expensive. And litigation around these areas is likely to increase.
- Techies nabbed for abduction, robbery in BangaloreA six-member gang, including three techies, who had been allegedly kidnapping their counterparts for ransom, was arrested on Saturday.
- Techy couple's son abducted in HyderabadThree-and-a-half-year-old son of a software engineer couple kidnapped in broad daylight in Hyderabad.
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