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Government of the messenger's largest market demands a pause while Meta explains how it plans to stop impersonators
One critical vulnerability, among many discovered by a researcher, could have allowed anyone to walk in and take over a national government portal.
The China-aligned espionage group Mustang Panda is running two campaigns against the Indian government and hydropower targets, deploying new malware and turning a legitimate cloud service into its command channel
India's government has told the Delhi High Court that Telegram was warned about two weeks before it was blocked, and that the platform admitted it could not proactively detect the channels selling leaked exam papers. Telegram says it cooperated and the ban is unlawful. [...]
An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to findings from Access Now, Lookout, and SMEX
Access Now, Lookout and SMEX joined research forces to find a campaign involving suspected Indian government-connected group Bitter, ProSpy spyware and more. The post Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa appeared first on CyberScoop.
Police found cameras pointing at infrastructure Indian authorities have reportedly ordered an audit of the nation’s CCTV cameras, after police uncovered what they claim was a Pakistan-backed surveillance operation.…
Indian defense sector and government-aligned organizations have been targeted by multiple campaigns that are designed to compromise Windows and Linux environments with remote access trojans capable of stealing sensitive data and ensuring continued access to infected machines
Indian government entities have been targeted in two campaigns undertaken by a threat actor that operates in Pakistan using previously undocumented tradecraft
Government is fed up with bad actors using digi-cash to fund dodgy deeds India’s government has updated the regulations it imposes on cryptocurrency services providers, as part of its efforts to combat fraud, money laundering, and terrorism.…
Says ongoing talks about security are about understanding best practice, not strong-arming vendors India’s government has denied that it is working on rules that would require smartphone manufacturers to provide access to their source code.…
The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting Indian governmental, academic, and strategic entities with a remote access trojan (RAT) that grants them persistent control over compromised hosts
Extra infosec investments are taxiing towards the runway India’s Civil Aviation Minister has revealed that local authorities have detected GPS spoofing and jamming at eight major airports.…
'Sanchar Saathi' shares data to help fight fraud and protect carrier security India’s government has issued a directive that requires all smartphone manufacturers to install a government app on every handset in the country and has given them 90 days to get the job done – and to ensure users can’t remove the code.…
India's telecommunications ministry has reportedly asked major mobile device manufacturers to preload a government-backed cybersecurity app named Sanchar Saathi on all new phones within 90 days
PLUS: India wants to build big airliners; Half of South Koreans caught in data leak; Minimum wage for gig workers in Oz; And more! Asia in Brief Singapore’s government last week told Google and Apple to prevent fake government messages.…
A Pakistan-nexus threat actor has been observed targeting Indian government entities as part of spear-phishing attacks designed to deliver a Golang-based malware known as DeskRAT
A cyber-espionage campaign by Pakistan’s TransparentTribe has been identified, targeting Indian government systems using DeskRAT
PLUS: US court grounds China’s DJI; India requires 2FA for most payments; Great Firewall busters launch VPN; and more! Asia In Brief Over 600 e-government services operated by South Korea’s government are offline after a datacenter fire disrupted operations.…
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new shift in the Android malware landscape where dropper apps, which are typically used to deliver banking trojans, to also distribute simpler malware such as SMS stealers and basic spyware