The Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, addressed the National Conference on Cyber Safety and National Security (Azadi from Cybe Crime - Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav) in New Delhi on 20 June 2022. Home Minister stressed the need for public awareness, mentioning that it is essential for cyber security. "In this digital era, it is not possible to do development without ensuring Cyber secure India,"
The Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, addressed the National Conference on Cyber Safety and National Security (Azadi from Cybe Crime - Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav) in New Delhi on 20 June 2022. Home Minister stressed the need for public awareness, mentioning that it is essential for cyber security. "In this digital era, it is not possible to do development without ensuring Cyber secure India,"
In today's Internet of Things (IoT) world, devices are being connected to the network to increase functionality and enable remote access to become smart devices. In recent years hospitals have faced various cyber attacks.
Oil India Limited's registered headquarter at Duliajan in Assam's Dibrugarh district is purportedly under a cyber attack, leading to the company shutting down all its computers and IT systems at the office company”, expressed a spokesperson at the company. Located in the upper northeast of India, Duliajan is the ideal setting for the field headquarters of Oil. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas oversees the operations, with its headquarters in Duilajan, Assam.
The country's health care system was said to be compromised by a widespread ransomware attack reported by an Irish news outlet that said that the government would have to spend more than $48 million to recover from the attack.
In recent months, a threat intelligence firm has claimed that China-backed state hackers have been attacking the Indian power grid system near Ladakh.
Newfound critical cybersecurity risk has turned the IT (Information Technology) world on its head. The vulnerability found in Log4j is considered one of the most dangerous security loopholes found in recent years. Log4j is an extensively integrated Java-based logging library developed and maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.
"If a product is for sale, it's safe and secure" is probably one of the biggest myths of the modern world. It has been a prevalent belief amongst consumers that if something is available for sale, it is safe to use, the government ensures that it is secure.
Lockbit hacker group claimed that they had attacked Accenture last Tuesday in an apparent ransomware attack.
The pandemic’s work-from-home reality has caused cyber-attacks to rise exponentially over the last year. We saw more cyber-attacks of every kind, but Ransomware, in particular, leads the charge with a 150% increased attack compared to the previous year, and the ransom paid by victims also increased by 300% in the year 2020.