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...
22 Jul, 2025, 02.36 PM IST
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 ...
18 Mar, 2025, 02.44 AM 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
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...
02 Aug, 2024, 02.39 PM IST
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...
24 Jun, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
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...
07 Feb, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
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...
07 Feb, 2024, 08.06 PM IST
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...
11 Nov, 2023, 11.07 AM IST
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...
18 Jun, 2023, 09.28 AM IST
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...
21 Jun, 2018, 02.08 PM IST
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...
02 Sep, 2017, 10.50 PM IST
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...
22 May, 2017, 02.14 PM IST
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 ...
19 Jul, 2015, 09.38 AM IST
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...
04 Sep, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
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.
01 Mar, 2013, 11.44 AM IST
- Techies nabbed for abduction, robbery in Bangalore
A six-member gang, including three techies, who had been allegedly kidnapping their counterparts for ransom, was arrested on Saturday.
07 Jun, 2008, 03.51 PM IST
- Techy couple's son abducted in Hyderabad
Three-and-a-half-year-old son of a software engineer couple kidnapped in broad daylight in Hyderabad.
05 Sep, 2007, 02.11 AM IST