Cyber Attacks

30 Minutes: Is cyber warfare a threat to India?

In August, 2012 a series of bulk SMSes, MMSes started spreading like a virus across mobile phones in India targeting people from a North-Eastern states who stayed and worked away from their homes across India. As these text messages spread, the enemy achieved its objective creating panic. In just three days, 30,000 people fled from several cities clinging to crowded trains, returning to their home state. A mass exodus triggered ...

Some Chinese cyber attacks 'state sponsored': Obama

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday acknowledged that some of the cyber-attacks emanating from China are state sponsored. "Absolutely," Obama told the ABC news channel in an interview when asked "Some (cyber-attacks coming from China) are sponsored". ...  

Cyber attacks top threat to America: US official

A senior US official has told lawmakers that they now consider cyber attacks as among the top threats to the national security, even though their is remote chance of any such major attack against the critical infrastructure systems during the next two years. ...  

Search engines, social media more prone to cyber attacks: Report

Users are more likely to fall prey to cyber crime through search engines, online ads and social networking websites than pornographic or gambling sites, according to a report by technology giant Cisco. ...  

India under grip of cyber attacks, says report

India is under the grip of cyber attacks and there is an obvious peak in the growth of malware and their modifications on mobile devices, especially on the Android platform, according to a report. ...  

Google alerts users of suspected state-sponsored cyber attacks

New Delhi: Search giant Google has warned users that their accounts may be "targetted" by state-sponsored cyber attacks and asked them to take immediate steps to protect their data. In the official company blog, Google Vice President Security (Engineering) Eric Grosse said, "We are constantly on the lookout for malicious activity on our systems, in particular attempts by third parties to log into users' accounts unauthorised...Today, we are taking that...  

Venezuela will close consulate in Miami: Chavez

Caracas: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday his government will close its consulate in Miami after the US government expelled a diplomat. Chavez said his government has decided the consulate will shut its doors in what he called an "administrative closing" in response to the consul's expulsion by the US State Department. Livia Acosta Noguera, Venezuela's consul general in Miami, was ordered out of the US last weekend followed...  

US report blasts China, Russia for cybercrime

Washington: US intelligence officials accused China and Russia on Thursday of systematically stealing American high-tech data for their own national economic gain. It was the most forceful and detailed public airing of US allegations after years of private complaints. US officials and cybersecurity experts said the US must openly confront China and Russia in a broad diplomatic push to combat cyberattacks that are on the rise and represent a "persistent...  

India calls for global coordination on cyber security

London: India has called for global coordination to ensure that Internet continues to thrive without the fear of its misuse. Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Information and Communications, told the London International Cyber Conference that "given the nature of the task and the fact that IT networks can be attacked from anywhere in the world and that digital footprints are easy to hide, global coordination is essential to ensure...  

New cyber attack targets chemical firms: Symantec

Washington: At least 48 chemical and defense companies were victims of a coordinated cyber attack that has been traced to a man in China, according to a new report from security firm Symantec Corp. Computers belonging to these companies were infected with malicious software known as "PoisonIvy," which was used to steal information such as design documents, formulas and details on manufacturing processes, Symantec said on Monday. It did not...  

'Japan eyes private firms help on cyber attacks'

Tokyo: Japan plans to work more closely with private companies by sharing information on cyber attacks after defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was hacked, Nikkei business daily reported. The government also aims to ratify an international treaty on online crimes, the Nikkei said without citing a source. The United States has recently pressured Japan to take more action against cyber attacks after Mitsubishi Heavy, which works closely with Boeing, said...  

Japan tells arms supplier to probe cyber attack

Tokyo: Japan told its biggest weapons supplier, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to investigate a cyber attack on its computers on Tuesday, warning it may have breached contracts to supply billions of dollars of equipment by keeping quiet about the online assault. Under the terms of an agreement the government imposes on all contractors, companies are obliged to inform it promptly of any breach of sensitive or classified information, a defence official...  

Now, GoDaddy plans to stop service in China

The company joins Google in protesting cyber attacks and censorship in China. ...