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Coinbase, Kraken Join New Industry Group to Combat Cyber Threats Over Web3
Coinbase and Kraken have joined a newly formed industry group that intends to figure out ways to combat the cyber threats looming over the sector. The group is called Crypto ISAC (Information-Sharing and Analysis Centres), which has been created by cybersecurity veteran Justine Bone.
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Apple Prevents $1.8 Billion Worth Fraudulent Transactions on the App Store in 2023
Apple revealed its efforts to prevent fraudulent transactions via the App Store between 2020 and 2023 on Tuesday. The Cupertino-based tech giant highlighted the rise of digital threats and the measures it has taken to protect users from falling for scams and phishing attacks. The company said it has prevented transaction frauds in the App Store tot...
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China Poses Genuine, Increasing Cyber Risk To UK, Says Spy Agency Chief
China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the United Kingdom, the head of British spy agency GCHQ said on Tuesday, adding that while Russia and Iran represented an immediate threat, Beijing was an epoch-defining challenge.
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Women Journalists Bear The Brunt Of Cyberbullying, Says Expert
Women journalists face greater threats online in the course of their work, and the trend is increasing, one expert told an international conference in Italy this weekend.
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"Won't Come Out Of Thin Air": S Jaishankar Warns Of AI, Deepfake Threat
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday warned against risks that new technologies like artificial intelligence and deepfakes pose for national security and said attempts of foreign interference through the cyber domain are growing.
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How To Protect Yourself From An Account Takeover As A Content Creator
Imagine you're painting a beautiful canvas online, but then, out of the blue, someone sneaks in and splashes black paint all over it.
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Australia Flags Threat From State-Backed Hackers, Singles Out 2 Countries
Australia faces a "persistent threat" from state-backed hackers, the country's signals intelligence agency said Wednesday, highlighting the particular danger of Russian and Chinese cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.
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Boeing Says Business Hit By "Cyber Incident" After Ransomware Threat
Boeing, one of the world's largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating a cyber incident that impacted elements of its parts and distribution business and cooperating with a law enforcement probe into it.
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Last Date To Apply For E-Masters In Cyber Security At IIT Kanpur To End Soon
The programme aims to create next generation of Cyber Security professionals who will be trained by industry experts for combating the evolving threat of cyber crime.
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"Zero Trust" Model To Prevent Cyberattacks During G20, Alert Level Raised
India has raised the level of alert around its critical infrastructure ahead of the G20 Summit to be held in Delhi this weekend, amid cyber threats originating from foreign shores.
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Maya OS to Replace Microsoft Windows on Defence Ministry Computers Amid Rising Cyber Threats: Details
Maya OS is reportedly set to replace Microsoft Windows on Ministry of Defence computers, according to a report. The secure operating system is based on Ubuntu, a free and open-source Linux distribution. Here's everything you need to know about Maya OS.
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US Government Launches Cyber Contest on AI to Find and Fix Security Flaws
The White House on Wednesday said it had launched a multimillion-dollar cyber contest to spur use of artificial intelligence (AI) to find and fix security flaws in US government infrastructure, in the face of growing use of the technology by hackers for malicious purposes.
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India Saw Massive Surge in Ransomware, IoT Cyber Attacks in H1 2023: Report
While major economies like the US and the UK witnessed a decline in ransomware attacks, India (up 133 percent) and Germany (52 percent) are among the countries that saw a huge surge in such attacks, the 2023 SonicWall Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report for the January-June period stated. At the global level, a variety of other attacks have trended up, in...
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Crypto, Metaverse Threats as Serious as Those Around Dynamite: Home Minister Amit Shah
India's Home Minister Amit Shah has said that a common strategy is needed at a global level to deal with the threat shift that now extensively includes vulnerabilities on widely used and relied-on cyber networks.
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Threat Actors Do Not Have Access to CoWIN Portal and Backend Database, Claims Cybersecurity Firm
After the Union health ministry dismissed reports of a data breach on the CoWIN platform, cyber security firm CloudSEK has said that threat actors do not have access to the entire portal nor the backend database. "Based on matching fields from Telegram data and previously reported incidents affecting health workers of a region, we assume the inform...
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Coinbase, Kraken Join New Industry Group to Combat Cyber Threats Over Web3
Coinbase and Kraken have joined a newly formed industry group that intends to figure out ways to combat the cyber threats looming over the sector. The group is called Crypto ISAC (Information-Sharing and Analysis Centres), which has been created by cybersecurity veteran Justine Bone.
-
Apple Prevents $1.8 Billion Worth Fraudulent Transactions on the App Store in 2023
Apple revealed its efforts to prevent fraudulent transactions via the App Store between 2020 and 2023 on Tuesday. The Cupertino-based tech giant highlighted the rise of digital threats and the measures it has taken to protect users from falling for scams and phishing attacks. The company said it has prevented transaction frauds in the App Store tot...
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China Poses Genuine, Increasing Cyber Risk To UK, Says Spy Agency Chief
China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the United Kingdom, the head of British spy agency GCHQ said on Tuesday, adding that while Russia and Iran represented an immediate threat, Beijing was an epoch-defining challenge.
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Women Journalists Bear The Brunt Of Cyberbullying, Says Expert
Women journalists face greater threats online in the course of their work, and the trend is increasing, one expert told an international conference in Italy this weekend.
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"Won't Come Out Of Thin Air": S Jaishankar Warns Of AI, Deepfake Threat
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday warned against risks that new technologies like artificial intelligence and deepfakes pose for national security and said attempts of foreign interference through the cyber domain are growing.
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How To Protect Yourself From An Account Takeover As A Content Creator
Imagine you're painting a beautiful canvas online, but then, out of the blue, someone sneaks in and splashes black paint all over it.
-
Australia Flags Threat From State-Backed Hackers, Singles Out 2 Countries
Australia faces a "persistent threat" from state-backed hackers, the country's signals intelligence agency said Wednesday, highlighting the particular danger of Russian and Chinese cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.
-
Boeing Says Business Hit By "Cyber Incident" After Ransomware Threat
Boeing, one of the world's largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating a cyber incident that impacted elements of its parts and distribution business and cooperating with a law enforcement probe into it.
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Last Date To Apply For E-Masters In Cyber Security At IIT Kanpur To End Soon
The programme aims to create next generation of Cyber Security professionals who will be trained by industry experts for combating the evolving threat of cyber crime.
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"Zero Trust" Model To Prevent Cyberattacks During G20, Alert Level Raised
India has raised the level of alert around its critical infrastructure ahead of the G20 Summit to be held in Delhi this weekend, amid cyber threats originating from foreign shores.
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Maya OS to Replace Microsoft Windows on Defence Ministry Computers Amid Rising Cyber Threats: Details
Maya OS is reportedly set to replace Microsoft Windows on Ministry of Defence computers, according to a report. The secure operating system is based on Ubuntu, a free and open-source Linux distribution. Here's everything you need to know about Maya OS.
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US Government Launches Cyber Contest on AI to Find and Fix Security Flaws
The White House on Wednesday said it had launched a multimillion-dollar cyber contest to spur use of artificial intelligence (AI) to find and fix security flaws in US government infrastructure, in the face of growing use of the technology by hackers for malicious purposes.
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India Saw Massive Surge in Ransomware, IoT Cyber Attacks in H1 2023: Report
While major economies like the US and the UK witnessed a decline in ransomware attacks, India (up 133 percent) and Germany (52 percent) are among the countries that saw a huge surge in such attacks, the 2023 SonicWall Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report for the January-June period stated. At the global level, a variety of other attacks have trended up, in...
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Crypto, Metaverse Threats as Serious as Those Around Dynamite: Home Minister Amit Shah
India's Home Minister Amit Shah has said that a common strategy is needed at a global level to deal with the threat shift that now extensively includes vulnerabilities on widely used and relied-on cyber networks.
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Threat Actors Do Not Have Access to CoWIN Portal and Backend Database, Claims Cybersecurity Firm
After the Union health ministry dismissed reports of a data breach on the CoWIN platform, cyber security firm CloudSEK has said that threat actors do not have access to the entire portal nor the backend database. "Based on matching fields from Telegram data and previously reported incidents affecting health workers of a region, we assume the inform...
