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Chinese hackers shut down a "large swathe of India's power sector" after deadly border skirmishes in the Himalayas, according to a U.S. cybersecurity company.

China targeted Indian power sector after Galwan Valley clash, report says Updated: Updated: March 01, 2021 15:41 IST The firm’s report raises suspicion over whether power blackout in Mumbai last year was a result of intrusion by any Chinese group. Share Article China targeted Indian power sector after Galwan Valley clash.   | Photo Credit: Reuters The firm’s report raises suspicion over whether power blackout in Mumbai last year was a result of intrusion by any Chinese group. (Subscribe ...

Mumbai power outage likely fallout of online intrusion during border skirmish, says US firm; Beijing rejects allegations

Updated Mar 01, 2021 | 11:40 IST The Peoples Republic of Chinas ambition to modernise its military is no secret and key to this has been the development of its cyberwarfare capabilities. Representational image.&nbsp Key Highlights The report noted that RedEcho was targeting, at least, 10 distinct Indian organisations specifically operating within the power generation and transmission sectors, along with two others in the maritime sector This, of course, is far from the fi...

The drop in ransomware attacks this year may be partly attributed to the aggressive actions of the Department of Justice. (NurPhoto/Contributor via Getty Images) Some good news, for once: Health care and government organizations started 2021 with ransomware incidents at their lowest point in more than a year. Recorded Future reports that there were just two ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations in January, a fourfold decrease from the monthly average in ...

Chinese Hackers Using Firefox Extension to Spy On Tibetan Organizations Cybersecurity researchers today unwrapped a new campaign aimed at spying on vulnerable Tibetan communities globally by deploying a malicious Firefox extension on target systems. "Threat actors aligned with the Chinese Communist Partys state interests delivered a customized malicious Mozilla Firefox browser extension that facilitated access and control of users Gmail accounts," Proofpoint said in an analysis. The Sunnyvale-b...

Feds won’t say if anyone has been arrested for Ohio unemployment fraud Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com COLUMBUS, Ohio—As Ohio is being deluged with an unprecedented number of fraudulent unemployment claims, have any scammers been arrested or faced any consequences whatsoever? The federal government, which oversees such matters, won’t say. It’s also unclear whether Ohioans victimized by unemployment fraud should bother filing a police report (in addition to notifying the Ohi...

Egregor ransomware group explained: And how to defend against it Newly emerged Egregor group employs "double ransom" techniques to threaten reputational damage and increase pressure to pay Credit: Dreamstime Egregor is one of the most rapidly growing ransomware families. Its name comes from the occult world and is defined as “the collective energy of a group of people, especially when aligned with a common goal,” according to Recorded Future’s Insikt Group. Although descript...

Texas Airlifts Water With Ice Covering Roads: Energy Update Bloomberg 2/20/2021 Joe Carroll, David Wethe and Josh Saul © Bloomberg A snow covered road near the Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (Bloomberg) -- The Texas power grid has returned to normal operations as a historic cold blast eases, but the impact of the deep freeze is still leaving towns without water, homes yet to be reconnected to electricity supplies and highwa...

The #ShareTheMicinCyber Campaign Brings Awareness to Black Women Influencing Cybersecurity and Privacy Share Article Cybersecurity Experts Camille Stewart & Lauren Zabierek launch a quarterly initiative to center the voices of cybersecurity experts and their vital role in the industry OAKLAND, Calif. (PRWEB) February 18, 2021 The #ShareTheMicInCyber campaign will highlight Black women in the Security & Privacy sector throughout Ma...