NSE flags concern over cyber-attacks on financial market
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) today raised concern over the potential for large-scale cyber attacks on financial market infrastructure and called for setting up the standards to bring about the change through talent empowerment and investment in innovation.
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RBI working on measures to further beef up cyber security in FY19
In view of growing incidents of cyber frauds, the Reserve Bank is working towards further enhancing security mechanism as part of its agenda for this fiscal, especially when digital transactions are witnessing a significant rise.
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New Banking Trojan Poses As A Security Module
A newly discovered banking Trojan departs from the regular tactics observed by malware researchers by choosing visible installation and by adding social engineering components. CamuBot appeared last month in Brazil targeting companies and organizations from the public sector. The victim is the one installing the malware, at the instructions of a human operator that pretends to be a bank employee.
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HERMES Ransomware Spreading Through Password Protected Word Documents and XPS
A new Email campaign spotted by Trustwave spreading HERMES Ransomware through password protected word document to encrypt the system files and lock the victim’s computer. Hermes Ransomware distributed in wild nowadays with newly updated features and targets various countries. The attachment named “Invoice.doc” contains the password protected macro if the user has security setting is Low then the macro will be launched automatically.
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