Canada bans TikTok from government devices citing cyber security concerns

Employees of the US federal government and European Commission have also been banned from using the application, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 28, 2023 · 01:55 pm

Has Twitter failed Cybersecurity 101? An expert examines a whistleblower’s claims

Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleged that the platform did not have a robust plan to protect user data or deploy internal controls to guard against insider threats.

Richard Forno, The Conversation

· Sep 07, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Akasa Air says some of its customer data was accessed by hackers

Names, gender, email addresses and phone numbers of the passengers were obtained, the airline said.

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· Aug 28, 2022 · 07:41 pm

These are the top five dangerous cybercriminal organisations that are holding the world to ransom

Understanding who these groups are and what they want is critical to taking them down.

Roberto Musotto, The Conversation

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Brianna O'Shea, The Conversation

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Paul Haskell-Dowland, The Conversation

· Jul 09, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Air India servers hacked, data of 45 lakh passengers leaked

The data that has been compromised include names, credit card details, date of birth, contact information and ticket details.

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· May 22, 2021 · 07:38 am

Cyber threat: Transport ministry tells highways authorities, auto makers to strengthen IT systems

The directive followed a Cert-In alert regarding ‘targeted intrusion activities directed towards Indian Transport sector with possible malicious intentions’.

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· Mar 22, 2021 · 09:51 am

India planning to strengthen country’s cybersecurity after alleged Chinese malware attack: Report

A US-based firm had suggested a Chinese cyber campaign hit India’s power grid, resulting in a power blackout that brought Mumbai to a standstill in October.

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· Mar 08, 2021 · 08:06 pm

Centre warns of massive phishing campaign mimicking government communication on Covid-19

The CERT-In said that the phishing attack is likely to begin on Sunday, and could use the email ncov2019@gov.

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· Jun 21, 2020 · 03:00 pm

Nine activists, most of them working to release Bhima Koregaon accused, targets of spyware: Amnesty

One of the targets was not directly linked to this case, but has been vocal in calling for the release of GN Saibaba.

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· Jun 16, 2020 · 11:38 am

Google sent 12,000 warnings to users about state-backed attackers during July-September

This included between 100 and 500 warnings to users in India during the period.

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· Nov 28, 2019 · 12:57 pm

What happened when the Kudankulam nuclear plant was hacked – and what real danger did it pose?

Despite what social media posts suggested, the attack wasn’t on life-threatening critical infrastructures. But it should be a wake-up call to plug all holes.

Kartik Palani

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Prashant Anantharaman

· Nov 20, 2019 · 06:30 am

WhatsApp confirms new threat for some Android and iOS users from malicious video files

An Indian government agency rated the severity level of the vulnerability as ‘high’.

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· Nov 17, 2019 · 07:24 pm