Cyber Security News Updates

Cybersecurity warns of 'Roaming Mantis' malware spreading via SMS, prompting downloads. XLoader variant can execute autonomously, stealing sensitive data. Protect devices with Google Play.

GenAI is occupying significant headspace of security leaders as another challenge to manage, but also offers an opportunity to harness its capabilities to augment security at an operational level.

Beware work-from-home scams promising easy money. Verify company legitimacy, avoid upfront fees, and scrutinize overly eager offers. Protect yourself from fraudulent schemes.

Technology evolves, but some exploit it recklessly. Users download risky apps, compromising security. Stay cautious: avoid third-party apps, report issues, enable two-step authentication.

Fraudsters exploit technology to deceive people into buying modified iPhones at lower prices, gaining access to personal data and money through clever schemes.

With a 10 times increase in attacks, software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies in India emerged as key targets for cybercriminals due to the high-value customer data they store, according to the report by Indusface, a TCGF II (Tata Capital) funded application security company.

Much like what Dutch philosopher Desiderius Erasmus said around 1500 BC and is now a principle of modern strategies --‘prevention is better than cure’ -- this health tip may help organisations/individuals to safeguard their data and systems and also secure their unhindered growth.

As per reports, he got a call from a man who identified himself as an Indian Army officer. The fraudster then told Prashant that a team of Indian Army officers would stay in Paradip for 15 days. They would need 15 kg of chicken every day for food and asked Prashant if he could supply them the same.

The couple, after approaching victims through their social circles, invited them to invest in their business, assuring substantial profits. 

Various forms of cybercrime, including sextortion, credit card fraud, illegal digital loan calls, income tax refund services frauds, real estate fraud, investment scams

Criminals running extortion rackets and cyber frauds are the biggest users of such pre-activated SIM cards. Such SIM cards also have huge adverse national security implications as those are used by terrorist and insurgent groups, said former Odisha DGP BK Sharma

Senior police officials informed that after activation, the miscreants were selling the SIM cards to cyber criminals in Jharkhand, Bihar and Rajasthan. The cybercriminals subsequently used the pre-activated SIM cards to dupe people across the country.

The researchers referred to this massive data leak as the 'Mother of All Breaches' (MOAB), saying it was the biggest data leak found to date.