Ransomware cyberattack on AIIMS server NEW DELHI: India’s premiere healthcare institute —All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi reported a massive cyberattack on its server on Wednesday. All patient care services from appointments to registration and admission to discharge, billing, and report generation, were badly hit since 7 AM. The ransomware comes close on the heels of AIIMS announcing ...

Fake Reliance Jio Tower malicious app capable of stealing financial data, PII Researchers at cybersecurity firm Technisanct have discovered a banking Trojan named JioTower.apk that is capable of stealing financial and personal data from infected devices. The fake app is doing the rounds via a phishing website: https://rewardapps[.]xyz. The website masquerades as a reward app. After a user clicks on ...

IBA CEO Amidst the speed of digitisation, there is a need to maintain the credibility of institutions, said Sunil Mehta, CEO of the Indian Banks’ Association. “Banking is a business of trust where credibility needs to be maintained. Bankers have to maintain the credibility of the institution and the privacy of customer data. Users are needed to be given confidence ...

Key patient data at risk of leak, sale on dark web   With the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, still struggling to get its servers up and running after a massive ransomware attack earlier this week, cyber-security researchers on Saturday said the most reported attacks in the healthcare industry, which rose during the pandemic, involve the ...

Kaspersky predicts shifts in threat landscape to industrial control systems in 2023   Kaspersky’s ICS CERT researchers shared their predictions for the next years’ industrial control system-focused developments and risks that organizations should prepare for in 2023. These predictions include increased attack surface due to digitization, activities of volunteer and cybercriminal insiders, ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure as well as ...

WhatsApp phone numbers of over 6M Indian users leaked WhatsApp phone numbers of over 487 million users have been stolen and put on sale on a “well-known” hacking community forum, the media reported. According to Cybernews, the dataset allegedly contains WhatsApp user data from 84 countries and phone numbers of over 32 million users from the US, 11 million from ...

Hackers selling fake permit documents, digital coins for FIFA World Cup As the FIFA World Cup is currently underway in Qatar, cybersecurity researchers on Monday warned that threat actors are selling fake Hayya cards, which is essentially a permit document, to fans who are willing to pay any amount to get one. To attend the FIFA World Cup, one needs ...

Kaseya Ransomware Attack Affected Up to 1,500 Businesses, CEO Says Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola said in an interview that it was hard to estimate the precise impact of the recent attack. The hackers who claimed responsibility for the breach have demanded $70 million (roughly Rs. 520 crores) Between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a ...

Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm has been forced to shut down parts of its global network after falling victim to a suspected ransomware attack. The company, which is best known for its digital imaging products but also produces high-tech medical kit, including devices for rapid processing of COVID-19 tests, confirmed that its Tokyo headquarters was hit by a cyberattack on Tuesday ...

REvil Ransomware Targets Acer’s Microsoft Exchange Server: Source The notorious REvil ransomware gang recently targeted a Microsoft Exchange server on Taiwanese PC giant Acer’s domain, according to Advanced Intelligence CEO Vitali Kremez. Computer giant Acer hit by $50 million Ransomware Attack Computer giant Acer has been hit by a REvil ransomware attack where the threat actors are demanding the largest ...