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Legacy systems such as mainframes may be considered outdated by today’s standards but they continue to play major roles in many sectors, primarily finance, government, retail, healthcare and insurance. In these industries, they are crucial parts of day-to-day operations,...
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Quick Heal Labs have been tracking this Cyber-espionage operation since 2016. We have identified this attack as operation m_project. From the past year, we have seen a surge in these APT activities. Modus operandi of the attackers have remained...
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If there is one type of organization which is a favorite of cyber criminals worldwide, it is government institutions. The reasons for that are obvious: most governments, whether at the state or the federal level, are massive behemoths with...
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The latest form that war between two countries has taken is cyber attacks. Simply put, a cyber attack is a deliberate exploitation of computer systems, technology-dependent enterprises and networks. While, no clear definition of cyber attack has yet been...
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In 2014, the office of personnel management of US government was breached and records of about 18 million people were hacked. In India, four government websites were hacked and Aadhaar data (India’s social security scheme), of 130 million people...
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Malware/ransomware attacks continue to affect the cyberspace with several critical sectors impacted in the worst possible manner. Cyber threats and instances of hacking are also succeeding at a rapid rate. That said, it is the Government data that’s actually...
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Use of technology provides improvements in productivity, cost savings and more accurate process execution in almost all industries. This applies to both private and public sector (Government bodies). Use of technology reduces back logs, increases the speed of processes and improves overall...
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No one is safe in the world of cybernetics, not even the Government organizations. Across the world, the Government organizations are a favorite target for hackers and cyber criminals. Be it for the value of the data held by the Government or...