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Companies push out warnings to PCs infected with Bamital.
Globally, targeted attacks were up 91 per cent in 2013 and lasted an average of three times longer compared to 2012.
The gang, which Symantec calls Morpho, is financially motivated.
Symantec said most of these fake accounts followed a specific pattern.
Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users account details could have been 'inadvertently' leaked to third parties, in particular advertisers, over the years, according to data security solutions provider Symantec.
Indian companies lose over Rs 6 crore (Rs 60 million) annually to data breaches resulting from system glitches, human errors and malicious attacks, security software maker Symantec said.
India was the most targeted country in Asia and second in the world.
Criminals from the Internet's underground economy aren't just content to steal hard-earned money from ordinary users, they are increasingly focusing their efforts on high-end crime.
Indian banks faced more than 1,000 unique phishing attacks between July 2007 and June 2008. The underground economy report prepared by Symantec Corporation for the specified period provides information about the growing underground economy globally.
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Everything you wanted to know about protecting your computers, mobiles and tablets from hackers.
Symantec report says India saw 6% of social media scams globally in 2014
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According to the survey by IT security solutions provider Symantec, corporate data in Indian companies is expected to grow 67 per cent in the next 12 months.
Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report XVI reveals that a majority of malware samples observed in India spread through removable drives.
By relating their mails with widely-celebrated holidays and current events of global interest, spammers and malware authors can make their messages seem interesting, thus increasing the chances of recipients falling for these, said the Symantec Intelligence Report, January 2012.
Smaller cities in India run the risk of a cyber attack when compared to the bigger ones. A report released by Symantec Corp reveals that smaller and emerging cities such as Bhubaneshwar, Surat, Cochin, Jaipur, Vishakhapatnam and Indoreare increasingly facing the risk of cyber attacks, with 25 per cent of bot- infections in India reported in such cities.
The season for holiday travel begins soon. As we create our checklists while planning our vacations, here's one more item to tick-off -- smartphone security.
"The growing prevalence and capabilities of the most visible cyber-events of 2010, Stuxnet and Hydraq, have turned the focus on protecting businesses and critical infrastructure." said Shantanu Ghosh, vice president, India Product Operations, Symantec.
Symantec Corp, a global data security provider, has said that cyber attacks against critical infrastructure providers in India were becoming more frequent and effective in the recent past.
Nasscom set up a task force last year, to position India as a global hub for providing cybersecurity solutions
Indian banks saw their losses nearly double to Rs 12.6 crore.
The threat landscape today was evolving rapidly. Until recently, attackers were looking for the fame associated with widepread attacks that brought down large parts of the internet infrastucture and grabbed headlines.
With the biggest event in the cricket set to kick start, cyber criminals are all prepared to catch the frenzied fan in the 'net'. Lucrative offers luring cricket lovers seem to be easily available on line. But many of them are traps to bowl over fans into parting with their money and personal information, a report from Symantec AntiVirus Research Centre states.
Osama Bin Laden's terror still looms large, even after his death. Now he seems to be creating a problem on the internet. According to Abhijit Limaye, Director, Development, Symantec, cyber criminals look to make a killing by leveraging the big news through spam, phishing and social engineering tactics.
According to a recent findings of Symantec, cybercriminals are employing persuasive online scare tactics to convince users to purchase rogue security software.
India is the world's third largest hotspot in terms of malicious activity.
Hackers are armed with new web threats to trap gullible Internet users.
A new survey has revealed that watching YouTube videos, looking up 'sex', socialising and searching for search engines are the popular activities children perform on the Internet.
'The constant evolution of the Internet is providing new avenues for malware authors and cybercriminals to exploit innocent users for financial gain.'
The latest virus detected on the country's Internet network is so notorious and lethal that it acquires as many as 20 aliases or masks to infect and attack a vulnerable computer system which is low on security features.
Cyber threats continue to haunt internet users across the world.
The report tries to present data from the annual reports of the Indian Computer Emergency Team, and Symantec in a way that suits its story.
According to security experts at Symantec, web users generally get lured by cyber criminals to download and install fake anti-virus software on to their machines, believing they're protecting their PCs from hackers.
The kind of spam mails visible around election times are those encouraging voters to view websites of various electoral candidates, sending party manifestos, requesting for votes and party propaganda mails.
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