Ransomware groups are blurring the line between cybercrime and ‘hacktivism’Ransomware is evolving from profit-driven attacks to political tools, targeting countries like India and the US, according to a report by A...
31 Jul, 2025, 12.31 PM IST
Tata Tech Ransomware Attack: IT services restored after hackTata Technologies: Tata Technologies has confirmed a ransomware attack that temporarily disrupted some IT services, which have now been res...
31 Jan, 2025, 10.37 AM IST
Japan Airlines hit by cyberattack, causing some delays to its flightsJapan Airlines on Thursday reported a cyberattack which it said could impact domestic and international flights, but later announced it had...
27 Dec, 2024, 12.06 PM IST
Lockbit cybercrime gang disrupted by Britain, US and EULockbit and its affiliates have hacked some of the world's largest organisations in recent months. The gang makes money by stealing sensiti...
20 Feb, 2024, 08.45 AM IST
World's largest bank hit by ransomware gang linked to Boeing, Ion attacksThe prolific gang known as Lockbit is suspected to have orchestrated a ransomware attack against the US unit of ICBC, the world’s largest l...
10 Nov, 2023, 07.26 AM 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
QUAD nations to assist each other in taking action against malicious cyber activitiesA joint statement issued after foreign ministers Penny Wong of Australia, S Jaishankar of India, Hayashi Yoshimasa of Japan and US Secretar...
24 Sep, 2022, 07.42 AM IST
Ransomware is the biggest cybersecurity pain point in India: IBM Security's Chris HockingsServer access attacks (20%) and ransomware (11%), data theft (10%) were the top attack types observed in Asia.
20 Apr, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
India among countries to lead thematic discussions at counter ransomware initiative meet: White HouseJoined by ministers and senior officials from over 30 countries and the European Union to accelerate cooperation to counter ransomware, the...
13 Oct, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
Ransomware attack on Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City servers managed by Tech MahindraPimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Smart City has not suffered any data loss due to a ransomware attack late last month and has not pai...
15 Mar, 2021, 07.21 PM IST
Indians second-most attacked by cyber criminals after Japanese in Asia PacificThe IBM report said that attacks on India made up 7% of all attacks X-Force observed in 2020.
25 Feb, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
India second only to Japan in Asia Pacific in cyberattacks faced in 2020Ransomware was the top attack type, making up roughly 40% of all cyberattacks, but digital currency mining and server access attacks too hi...
24 Feb, 2021, 04.07 PM IST
Cyfirma says India has faced higher threats from state-sponsored attackers in H1Singapore-based cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA in its India Threat Landscape Report 2020 has said that due to increased digital adoption in Ind...
30 Oct, 2020, 10.56 PM IST
India ranks 3rd among nations facing most cyber threats: SymantecThe United States led the pack, followed by China at the second spot, according to the company's Internet security threat report (ISTR).
04 Apr, 2018, 09.19 PM IST
India worst hit by Petya in APAC, 7th globally: SymantecThis is the second time in two months that hackers have tried to hold computers at ransom, threatening to wipe out critical data unless the...
29 Jun, 2017, 01.38 PM IST
How the ransomware that took down computers across the world was 'stopped' for just Rs 686The attack, however, had by that time infected tens of thousands of computers. The extent of any damage may be known only by Monday.
13 May, 2017, 07.03 PM IST
India ninth most impacted by ransomware attacks: SymantecIndia ranks as the ninth most impacted region by ransomware with other countries like the US, Japan, the UK, Italy and Germany topping the ...
07 Aug, 2015, 01.49 PM IST