A breach at a leading Indian health insurer affecting millions of customers took in an unexpected turn this week after the hacker posted samples of customer information on a leak website and accused the company's CISO of selling access to the data - and then trying to double-crossing the hacker.
Ransom payments are typically tightly held secrets between cybercriminals and their victims, but the Australian government has introduced a cybersecurity bill in Parliament that would require larger businesses to report ransom payments to the government.
Cybercrime syndicates across Southeast Asia have teamed up with human traffickers, money launderers and cryptocurrency services to build an increasingly effective cybercrime ecosystem that can survive law enforcement crackdowns, according to a new United Nations report.
North Korean cyberespionage group APT37 used local language phishing emails to trick Internet users in Cambodia and neighboring countries into downloading malicious files to introduce a highly versatile PowerShell-based backdoor called VeilShell, according to cybersecurity firm Securonix.
Two airport contractors in India used multiple airline ticketing systems to fraudulently access the account details of about 800 Qantas airline customers to steal loyalty reward points. Qantas said it has put tighter controls on its frequent flyer program.
Cybercriminals impersonated government investigators and the chief justice of India's Supreme Court in a fake Skype call to defraud wealthy industrialist and Vardhman Group Chairman S.P. Oswal out of about $835,000 after threatening to arrest him on money laundering charges.
A cyberattack shut down government web portals, servers and a regional data center in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, forcing agencies to scramble to restore affected services. The attack disrupted work at all government locations and crippled services to citizens.
India's leading private health insurer Star Health Insurance suffered a major data breach in August, but the company's prolonged silence over the incident exposes businesses' placing a priority on protecting their reputation over their customers' concerns for data security and privacy.
India has launched a dedicated cybersecurity incident response team for the critical energy sector. Officials said existing computer emergency response teams currently lack the resources and skilled professionals needed to defend against growing cyberattacks on power utilities and infrastructure.
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China's Ministry of State Security has accused a Taiwanese government agency of waging cyberattacks on the mainland's digital assets across multiple organizations and running disinformation campaigns on social media to disrupt the political system and sow social discord.
A North Korean cyberespionage group is posing as job recruiters and targeting aerospace and energy sector employees with lucrative job offers, according to Mandiant. The hackers use email and WhatsApp messages to lure victims into clicking a link that deploys backdoor malware onto their devices.
China's cyberespionage campaigns, viewed as an extension of the communist regime's wider geopolitical moves, rely on civilian hackers from domestic security firms for much of their success. Researchers say these groups face off in intense rivalries for lucrative government contracts.
The Australian government has proposed new regulations to place mandatory guardrails on the use of AI in high-risk settings, but private sector industry groups fear that too many laws and regulations around AI could deter businesses from investing in or deploying the AI technology.
Singapore police arrested five Chinese nationals and seized cryptocurrency assets. It said the group led an international crime organization that used hacking tools and credentials for internet servers to carry out cyberattacks. A Singapore national faces charges related to helping the group.
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