News “Foreign state actor” may be responsible for the ransomware attack on AIIMS-Delhi: Report Involvement of a foreign state actor suspected after Cert-In concluded its initial investigation into the attack MitakshDecember 3, 2022
News What India’s cybersecurity watchdog wants you to do if you’re hit by a ransomware CERT-In notes that ransomware is fast growing as a cyber threat across the world, while offering it as a service (RAAS) is also on... Sarvesh MathiOctober 26, 2022
News Indian cybersecurity watchdog warns citizens of festival-themed scams Fake messages are in circulation on various social media platforms (WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram) that falsely claim a festive offer luring users into gift links. Sarvesh MathiOctober 20, 2022
News Indian government considering another deadline extension for cybersecurity rules: Report A 90-day extension to the deadline for MSMEs for complying with the CERT-In cybersecurity directions has been proposed: Reports Sarvesh MathiOctober 12, 2022
News Why an Indian VPN provider is suing the government over the new cybersecurity rules Foreign-based VPNs like ExpressVPN, NordVPN, etc. have already announced exits from India, but where will domestic companies go? Sarvesh MathiOctober 4, 2022
News India’s CERT-In Flags Multiple Vulnerabilities in Zoom, Recommends Updating the App India's cybersecurity agency CERT-In has reported vulnerabilities and recommends updating the app after similar issues in August Akshit ChawlaSeptember 20, 2022
News Vodafone Idea Denies Claims of Massive Exposure of 301 Million Customers’ Data, Defends ‘Robust’ IT Security Vi has denied reports of users' data breach by CyberX9, but had acknowledged weakneseses in systems earlier on August 24th Aarathi GanesanAugust 29, 2022
News Akasa Air suffers data breach, airline says issue resolved and affected users notified Newly launched Akasa Air suffered a data breach in August that resulted in unauthorised access to customers' personal data Sarvesh MathiAugust 29, 2022
News Parliament Watch: Centre talks about data breaches, Aadhaar linkage, blocking of social media accounts, cyber fraud and more A roundup of important questions in Parliament this week on tech policy , including social media blocking, data breaches, and Aadhaar linkage, more Vallari SanzgiriAugust 6, 2022
News Policybazaar targeted in cyberattack, but company says no significant data exposed Policybazaar identified certain vulnerabilities in its IT systems, which resulted in illegal and unauthorised access of the systems Sarvesh MathiJuly 25, 2022