Microsoft Blames Iranian State Actors for Cyberattack on Charlie Hebdo

Microsoft Blames Iranian State Actors for Cyberattack on Charlie Hebdo

US computing giant Microsoft said Friday that it had identified Iranian state actors as those behind the recent cyberattack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Clint Watts, the general manager of Microsoft‘s Digital Threat Analysis Center, said that the hackers, who called themselves “Holy Souls,” were Iranian cybersecurity firm Emennet…

LastPass Says Hackers Stole Customer Data, Encrypted Passwords in Breach That Occured in August

LastPass Says Hackers Stole Customer Data, Encrypted Passwords in Breach That Occured in August

LastPass, a password management service, announced on Thursday that hackers stole encrypted copies of customer passwords and other sensitive data such as billing addresses, phone numbers and IP addresses. The announcement is the latest update from a breach that occurred in August. At that time, the company said they had…

Six Lakh Complaints Registered on Cyber Crime Portal Since Its Inception in 2019, MoS Home Ajay Mishra Says

Six Lakh Complaints Registered on Cyber Crime Portal Since Its Inception in 2019, MoS Home Ajay Mishra Says

Six lakh complaints of cybercrime have been registered at the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System since its inception in 2019, Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra said on Tuesday. Mishra said the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System, under the Indian Cyber…

Meta Takes Down Indian Firm CyberRoot Risk Advisory’s Accounts Along With 900 Chinese Fake Accounts

Meta Takes Down Indian Firm CyberRoot Risk Advisory’s Accounts Along With 900 Chinese Fake Accounts

Social media giant Meta has taken down over 40 accounts operated by an Indian firm CyberRoot Risk Advisory, allegedly involved in hacking-for-hire services, the online giant said in a report. Meta also took down a network of about 900 fake accounts on Instagram and Facebook operated from China by an…

AIIMS Delhi Cyberattack Originated From China; Data From Five Servers Successfully Retrieved, MoHFW Says

AIIMS Delhi Cyberattack Originated From China; Data From Five Servers Successfully Retrieved, MoHFW Says

The AIIMS Delhi cyberattack, which crippled the online services of Delhi’s largest medical institute, originated from China, according to the FIR. Hackers breached five out of 40 physical servers, and the data from all five servers has now been successfully retrieved, senior officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,…

Tata Power Said to Have Been Hit by Cyberattack, IT Systems Affected

Tata Power Said to Have Been Hit by Cyberattack, IT Systems Affected

Tata Power on Friday said that a cyberattack has hit its Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and affected its systems. Tata Power Company Limited had a cyberattack on its IT infrastructure impacting some of its IT systems, a BSE filing from the Mumbai-headquartered company said. The company has taken steps to…

Lithuania Faces Cyberattack, Russia’s Killnet Claims Hack of Sites in Retaliation for Transit Ban

Lithuania Faces Cyberattack, Russia’s Killnet Claims Hack of Sites in Retaliation for Transit Ban

Lithuanian state and private institutions were hit by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Monday, the Baltic country’s National Cyber Security Centre said in a statement released by the defence ministry. “It is very likely that attacks of similar or greater intensity will continue in the coming days, especially in the transportation,…

Microsoft Alleges Russian Spies of Targeting Ukraine’s Allies in 42 Countries Including US

Microsoft Alleges Russian Spies of Targeting Ukraine’s Allies in 42 Countries Including US

Coinciding with unrelenting cyberattacks against Ukraine, state-backed Russian hackers have engaged in “strategic espionage” against governments, think tanks, businesses and aid groups in 42 countries supporting Kyiv, Microsoft said in a report on Wednesday. “Since the start of the war, the Russian targeting (of Ukraine’s allies) has been successful 29…

SpiceJet Says Q4 2021 Earnings Delayed Due to Ransomware Attack on IT Systems

SpiceJet Says Q4 2021 Earnings Delayed Due to Ransomware Attack on IT Systems

No-frills airline SpiceJet on Friday said the announcement of its audited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter and financial year ended March 31, will get delayed due to a ransomware attack on its IT systems. In a regulatory filing, SpiceJet said it has postponed its board meeting on…