malware

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Report Alleges Letters Planted Against Activists In Bhima-Koregaon

According to the report published by Arsenal Consulting, an attacker planted ten incriminating files on the computer of Bhima Koregaon accused Rona Wilson. The Massachusetts-based digital forensic company that probed Wilson’s system on his lawyers request exhibited that the attacker infiltrated the computer by using malware, before accused's arrest. Reportedly, the results of 300-hour examination of laptop draw a grim line over the arrests of… read-more

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 - 08:32 PM / by Ronit John

Tags: Koregaon Bhima, Bhima Koregaon Case, Forensics, Malware, Rona Wilson, Arsenal Consulting

Courtesy: NDTV

Treasury department

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US Treasury Hit By Cyberattacks; Experts Suspect Russia-backed Hackers

The US' Treasury and Commerce departments, besides other government agencies, have lately suffered cyberattacks, for which experts suspect Russia-backed hackers as responsible. Reportedly, the hackers embedded malware in the servers, making all the data stored there completely visible. "We have asked CISA and the FBI to investigate," said a spokesperson of the Commerce department. Just a few days ago, cybersecurity firm FireEye had also… read-more

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 - 12:39 PM / by Richa Nigam

Tags: Malware, cybersecurity, FBI, Russia, Cyber Attack

Cyber Crime

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Delhi: Probe Begins into Cyber Attack on NIC and IT Ministry

Special cell of Delhi police has been appointed to investigate the cyber attack on the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and IT Ministry. According to an official, the origin of the bug was traced to an IT firm in Bangalore. However, it is suspected that the mail with a bug was sent from the US using a proxy server. Reportedly, the malware attack affected computers… read-more

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 - 02:08 PM / by Sneha Ramesh

Tags: Malware, Cyber Crime, Delhi, Delhi Police

Courtesy: Business World