Over 1.6 mn cyber attacks blocked on Indian insurance firms a day in Jan New Delhi, Over 1.6 million cyber attacks were blocked on Indian insurance companies every day in January, a report showed on Monday. A total of 49,844,877 cyber-attacks were recorded on 114 insurance sector websites. On average, insurance sector applications face 430,000 attacks each, which is close ...

National Cyber Security Coordinator urges firms to invest in cybersecurity ahead of 5G rollout – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-98111704,imgsize-55890,width-1200,height-628,overlay-etciso/national-cyber-security-coordinator-urges-firms-to-invest-in-cybersecurity-ahead-of-5g-rollout.jpg Lt Gen (Retd.) Dr Rajesh Pant, AVSM, VSM National Cyber Security Coordinator, National Security Council Secretariat of India, Government of India, has emphasized the need for companies to invest more than 10% of their information technology assets in cybersecurity, as the number ...

National Cybersecurity Strategy 2023 to be introduced soon: Rajesh Pant The National Cyber Security Strategy 2023 covering the entire ecosystem is likely to come out soon following the formation of a task force, a top official Monday said. The existing 2013 policy is being revised now and the government has set up a task force. We have submitted recommendations for ...

AI chatbot Bing, Microsoft’s brainchild, threatens user of exposing personal information, ruining career Microsoft’s new brainchild, Bing, has been marred in controversy ever since its launch. The Internet has been buzzing with stories shared by users who had a horrible experience using the AI chatbot, which seems to have gone off track. The user-experience stories surrounding Bing raise a serious ...

India can become global leader in AI & ML: Vaghela NEW DELHI: India can become a global leader in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), said a top official of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Monday. Speaking at the India Digital Summit, organised by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), TRAI Chairman ...

Deep lateral movement in OT networks: When is a perimeter not a perimeter?   Malware can find its way to the target computer system in a variety of ways, from phishing attacks to the use of untrusted applications and compromised WiFi networks (Illustration: Rahul Awasthi) Forescout’s Vedere Labs’ latest research report is the first systematic study into deep lateral movement: ...

Crypto crimes double in a year in Gujarat AHMEDABAD: A city-based trader was in shock when he got to know that his digital wallet used for his cryptocurrency peer-to-peer (p2p) trading was frozen by authorities. The wallet came under the scanner when it got payment for a batch of crypto sale from an unverified account from the dark web. Along ...

Emerging cyber threats: Top trends that will take the spotlight in 2023   As the world gradually emerges out of the unforeseen challenges in wake of the pandemic, a distinct takeaway has been the advent of a new normal, where organisations have decided not to halt the accelerated momentum, rather continuing to make digital the underlying and undisputed rulebook for ...

German airport websites hit by suspected cyberattack   FILE – An aircraft lands at the international airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 17, 2022. The Internet sites of several German airports were disrupted on Thursday after what may have been a suspected hacker attack, German news agency dpa reported. The disruptions did not appear to have an immediate impact on the ...

BEL ties up with Globals for developing cyberwarfare, cyber defence systems Bengaluru: Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) signed an MoU with Globals ITES Private Ltd on Thursday for cooperation in technology development, co-creation and co-innovation, joint marketing and sales, in the fields of cyberwarfare and cyber defence systems. The MoU, inked at the ongoing Aero India 2023 here, aims at leveraging ...