Ransomware Attack

Hundreds of SpiceJet airlines passengers were stranded at various airports due to a ransomware attack that impacted the morning flight departures on Wednesday.

There has been an alarming rise in ransomware breaches globally, including India, which increased by 13 per cent in the past one year, a new report said

According to the report by cybersecurity company Trellix, over half of adversarial advanced persistent threat actor activity originated from Russian and Chinese backed groups

A case was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, 2000

India witnessed a 218 per cent rise in ransomware attacks in 2021

Server access attacks (20 per cent) and ransomware (11 per cent) were the top two attack types on Asian organisations in 2021, followed closely by data theft (10 per cent)

The report also shows that during the second half of 2021, only 20% of companies globally reported not having been attacked, as opposed to 32% last year

US President Joe Biden has warned Russia of consequences for the ransomware attacks emanating from the country, underscoring the need for Moscow to take action against groups engaged in the crime

Between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a ransomware attack centred on US information technology firm Kaseya, its chief executive said

An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers

If your business falls victim to ransomware and you want simple advice on whether to pay the criminals, don't expect much help from the US government. The answer is apt to be: It depends

The criminal industry's business model has shifted towards providing ransomware as a service. This means operators provide the malicious software, manage the extortion and payment systems and manage t

67% Indian organisations whose data was encrypted paid to get their data back

The ransomware attacks on high-profile targets such as corporations, government agencies and municipal organisations globally increased by a whopping 767% from last year

Targeted ransomware attacks on the healthcare and pharma sector are likely to surge in India in 2021: Report

While overall malware volume declined for the third quarter, ransomware attacks globally surged 40 per cent to reach 199.7 million hits in the third quarter of this year, according to SonicWall

A 27-year-old Russian had been arrested for allegedly offering an insider $1 million to assist in a ransomware extortion attack

AP Moller-Maersk, operates the Gateway Terminals India (GTI) at JNPT

Major ransomware attack hits computers at Russia's biggest oil company, country's banks

The Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded immediate removal of Sam Pitroda as technical advisor to the state government. The party questioned his absence at a crucial time when some institutions in the state have come under attack of the WannaCry ransomware virus."When the cyber attacks are taking place in Odisha and the whereabouts of the IT advisor Sam Pitroda is not known then what is the need of having him in the post", Sajjan Sharma, spokesperson of BJP state unit told media persons.State government should refrain from appointing NRIs s advisors. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik must remove him now, he added.In January 2016, Pitroda was appointed technology adivisor and was given the rank of a Cabinet minister. This is not for the first time there is clamour for removal of Pitroda. Earlier BJP had alleged that Chief minister had given Pitroda a Cabinet minister rank because of a secret understanding between the BJD and the Congres and claimed his involvement ..