Cybersecurity

Aviation industry sees 600% year on year increase in cyber attacks

Behind any physical turbulence in the skies, a silent cyber war is being waged on the aviation…

The Case of Exploding Pagers

Lessons to be learnt by security operators worldwide!This happened in Lebanon for an hour yesterday…

MeitY issues advisory on CCTV security, asks ministries to avoid suppliers with past breaches

The information technology (IT) ministry has advised government departments and ministries to avoid…

Survey finds data breaches are being purposely concealed

Data breaches can seriously threaten businesses, resulting in significant financial losses, legal ramifications, and reputational…

Moscow considers legalising hacking

The Russian government is working on changes to its criminal code that would legalise hacking in the Federation, but only if its…

EU draft legislation will ban AI for mass biometric surveillance and predictive policing

The EU has taken a step closer to enforcing strong regulation of AI, drafting new safeguards that would prohibit a wide range of…

Swiss tech giant ABB confirms IT security incident

Swiss technology conglomerate ABB confirmed that it is dealing with anIT security incident that is affecting some of its officers…

Samsung orders ChatGPT ban to employees due to security concerns

Samsung doesnt want its staff to completely trust generative AI like ChatGPT when it comes to the companys sensitive information…

City of Dallas hit by Royal ransomware attack impacting IT services

The City of Dallas, Texas, has suffered a Royal ransomware attack, causing it to shut down some of its IT systems to prevent the…

India blocks 14 mobile messenger apps used by terrorists to receive texts from Pakistan

The Central Government has blocked 14 mobile messenger apps over security concerns. As reported by news agency ANI, it is…

No evidence of data leak, says ICICI Bank ED

Private sector lender ICICI Bank on April 22 denied any customer data leaks amid speculations. The bank hasn't seen any evidence…

French lawmakers challenge Olympics surveillance before top court

French left-leaning lawmakers from the Greens and France Unbowed have officially challenged the AI-powered surveillance system…

Homeland Security to explore using AI to detect fentanyl shipments

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has announced the creation of a task force that will assess the ways artificial…

Switzerland to spend $27M on new multimodal biometric matching system

The Swiss government is earmarking 24.61 million Swiss francs (roughly US$27.18 million) for the renewal and upgrade of the…

40% of IT security pros say they've been told not to report a data leak

More than 40 percent of surveyed IT security professionals say they've been told to keep network breaches under wraps despite…