"Companies in India are fast-moving and agile. They are seeking platform-based device and identity management solutions that scale to match their growth ambitions while also helping to meet emerging compliance and security challenges," said Greg Keller, chief technology officer, JumpCloud.
The profitability and the ease with which social engineering-related cyber attacks are launched will drive an even higher volume of these incidents in 2024, a new report showed on Thursday.
Services companies in the country, including IT and BPO, saw the highest share of attacks between March 2021 and September 2023, according to Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Cyfirma.
Forty countries in a US-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism, a senior White House official said on Tuesday. The International Counter Ransomware Initiative comes as the number of ransomware attacks grows worldwide. The United States is by far the worst hit, with 46% of such attacks, Anne Neuberger, US deputy national security adviser in the Biden administration for cyber and emerging technologies, told reporters on a virtual briefing.
A recent study by Cloudflare has revealed that 83% of Indian organizations experienced at least one cybersecurity incident in the past year, resulting in million-dollar losses. Out of these organizations, 48% reported experiencing 10 or more cyberattacks. The primary goal of these incidents was financial gain, followed by planting spyware and data exfiltration.
A recent study by Cloudflare has revealed that 83% of Indian organizations experienced at least one cybersecurity incident in the past year, resulting in million-dollar losses. Out of these organizations, 48% reported experiencing 10 or more cyberattacks. The primary goal of these incidents was financial gain, followed by planting spyware and data exfiltration.
A recent study by Cloudflare has revealed that 83% of Indian organizations experienced at least one cybersecurity incident in the past year, resulting in million-dollar losses. Out of these organizations, 48% reported experiencing 10 or more cyberattacks. The primary goal of these incidents was financial gain, followed by planting spyware and data exfiltration.
US-based biotech company 23andMe, known for its DNA testing kits, has confirmed that its user data is circulating on hacker forums, attributing the leak to a credential-stuffing attack.
The report surveyed nearly 1,000 CEOs from large organizations globally. Over half (54 per cent) of CEOs believe that the cost of implementing cybersecurity is higher than the cost of suffering a cyberattack despite history showing otherwise, the report said.
Saloni Vijay, Vice President Information Security, VOIS, Vodafone, talks about hiring and nurturing women in cybersecurity space, and also mitigating high-risk vulnerabilities.
The hacktivist groups have been plotting cyberattacks on both public and private Indian organizations in the past, with tactics ranging from DDoS attacks to compromised account takeovers and data breaches. These hacktivists consistently exploit significant political events like the G20 Summit to gain visibility, making the government's digital infrastructure a prime objective.
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