An advanced persistent threat group called Earth Baku has gained a center stage for launching cyber espionage campaign on public and private entities located in the Indo-Pacific region. It’s not the first time when a Chinese cyber campaign has gained attention for carrying out cyberattacks against India. The Earth Baku group has a history of launching cyber attacks and campaigns
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In the wake of growing cyber warfare activities, cyber domain has become one of the most conflicting sectors in today’s society. Every country is preparing for large-scale, nation-backed attacks to win the defense and security game. India has also bolstered its cyber game. In doing so, the country has laid down protocols for prevention and audit to secure the critical
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India’s fake news war against Pakistan has been in operation for a long time now. Much of the data propagated in information war resonates with the views of pro-government ideology and has largely been negative. The ongoing anti-Pakistan protests in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul appears to be a clear example of how misinformation could create havoc in a chaos-driven nation. The
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Once again, India is back at looking ideas for increasing cooperation with Russia. The partnership between the two capitals is initially set to promote mutual growth and cooperation in the cyber, economic and trade sector, as stated by India’s Russian Ambassador D.B. Venkatesh Varma. Following the constant strides of growing cyberwarfare activities against India, its engagements with Russia would bring
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The year 2021 appears to have broken all records when it comes to data breaches, cyberattacks and increased usage of sophisticated cyber tools. With nearly eight months gone, India as a developing nation is actively cooperating with other nations in the fields cyber partnership and developing offensive and defensive cyber building. The sophistication of threats has increased with the steady
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In the wake of Pegasus project revelations, India is into criticism from several nations aiming to strengthen their cyber front. The country has been accused of using Israel’s Pegasus spyware against opposition, union ministers, and journalists etc. Many of these targets claimed that the government wanted to “turn India into a surveillance state where democracy is in danger”. Over time,
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In the wake of growing cybercrime-related incidents, India, Sri Lanka and Maldives agreed to cooperate on “four pillars” of security cooperation, one of which included cybersecurity. The virtual discussion took place nearly 9 months after Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval visited Colombo to expand the scope of intelligence sharing of Indian firms. When looking back at the history, one
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Part of the blame for the instability and full disarray in Afghanistan has been placed on Pakistani malware. Some experts claimed that if it hadn’t been for Pakistan’s assistance, the Taliban would have failed miserably in their attempt to take control of Afghanistan. Evidences suggested that Pakistan was constantly targeting Afghanistan in the cyberspace, amid the growing threat from Taliban.
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As the investigation and security sector is rapidly evolving, the threats of data breaches have increased two-folds. Today, protection against cybercrime has become an urgent necessity for developing countries like India. The government is now keeping a check on Indian offensive cyber capabilities. In the wake of the 2020 Mumbai Grid Attack and the 2019 malware attack on the country’s
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The cyber threats and vulnerabilities in the Indian ecosystem have only grown over time. Following the severity of cyberattacks, India’s top cyber security agency CERT-In has issued alerts and advisories to protect computers and networks on a regular basis. As a part of formulating draft National Cyber Security Strategy 2021 (NCSS2021), the government had empanelled 58 security auditing organisations to
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