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The recent spate of cyber-attacks on banks in India has left everyone worried. For those who haven’t kept count, Pune-based Cosmos Bank recently saw a massive security breach where Rs 94 crore was siphoned off. In a similar incident,...
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Cyber-attacks through phishing emails are increasing and generally, attackers use DOC embedded macros to infiltrate victim’s machine. Recently Quick Heal Security Labs came across a Phishing e-mail sample which uses Microsoft’s equation editor exploit to spread Hawkeye keylogger. Cybercriminals...
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Anyone who browses the Internet is probably aware of the term SSL. It’s often bandied around as a term which people vaguely understand to be something connected to keeping your browsing data safe. For a lot of people, SSL...
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Data breaches are bad news. Whether it’s the CEO, the CISO or a network administrator, data breaches represent a significant threat which can have potentially catastrophic consequence. The threat of data breaches has only increased in recent years leading...
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The digital world has opened up a plethora of opportunities for workplaces across the globe. Digital transformation means, among other things, seamless connectivity, the erasure of physical barriers and enterprises that can leverage the freedom of knowledge sharing without...
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As companies like Equifax, Target and Home Depot discovered to their chagrin, data breaches can be a long-drawn, costly, embarrassing affair. The consequences can be disastrous – detailed, mostly negative media coverage, a loss of face in the eyes...
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The rise of mobile telephones has impacted the way corporations do business in all spheres and all over the world. The world of banking has not been an exception. A survey of US adults in 2018 found that mobile...
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Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) or non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) have been an integral part of the Indian financial system. These are financial institutions that do not have a banking license or regulated by an agency but can still carry...
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While the current focus in the cyberspace is on Ransomware and Cryptominers there are other prevalent threat actors silently making their way into victim’s machine in order to comprise it for malicious purpose. During the daily threat hunting task,Quick...
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In an earlier era, schools and educational institutions mostly frowned upon the mobile/cell phone. These items of portability were banned from campuses with students facing repercussions for possessing and using them within the institution. This was a time when...