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• Explained: What is IP spoofing and how cyber experts deal with it

  In this article, we are going to look into ‘IP spoofing’, one of the methods employed by these bad actors and how it can be countered.

  

• Cyber attacks on crypto users' devices quadrupled: Report

  With the rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies, the attacks on crypto users quadrupled in the first quarter this year, as cybercriminals installed malicious programs called Miners to steal cryptocurrency from infected devices, a new report has showed.

  

• Cybercriminals using online gaming to target kids

  The increased use of online gaming has brought with it a slew of challenges and risks that include exposure of children to inappropriate content, cyberbullying, sexual exploitation, addiction, gambling and toxic peers, warned a new report on Thursday.

  

• Hackers can get access to your SMSes for just Rs 1,160: Report

  In what could put smartphone users at a new privacy and security risk, text-messaging management services are now being misused for as little as Rs 1,160 (nearly $16) to covertly redirect text messages from users to hackers, giving cybercriminals access to two-factor codes/login SMSes.

  

• SBI, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank, PNB and the Indian IT department targeted in phishing scam

  Cyber criminals are trying to lure Indian users into revealing important personal information with a new report on Monday warning that suspicious messages asking users to submit an application for the disbursement of income tax refund have been doing the rounds, with a link that directs users to a webpage looking like the income tax e-filing web page.

  

• Hackers lure Indians with Microsoft letter promising Rs 3.3 crore

  Just when cybercriminals are busy duping people through sophisticated hacking techniques in the pandemic, some users in India have reported receiving a letter in their emails, promising $450,000 (nearly Rs 3.3 crore) from "Microsoft" for being winner of the "Microsoft Relief Grant and Support Initiative".

  

• Fortnite game hackers earning over Rs 8.7 crore a year

  The popular mobile game Fortnite, currently in a legal battle between its developer Epic Games and Apple, is a gold mine for hackers as cyber criminals are selling stolen accounts and in-game 'skins for roughly $1.2 million (about Rs 8.7 crore) per year.

  

• Disconnect between business & security leaders leads to poor cyber risk strategy: Tenable

  'We know that cybercriminals will attack any organization that's an easy target, and see both midsize and large organizations being attacked equally.'

  

• India sees 2nd highest drive-by download attack volume in APAC in 2019: Microsoft

  'Drive-by download' attacks involve downloading malicious code onto an unsuspecting user's computer when they visit a website or fill up a form. The malicious code that is downloaded is then used by the attacker to steal passwords or financial information.

  

• Over 1 lakh national IDs of Indians put on dark net for sale: Cyber intelligence firm

  Over 1 lakh scanned copies of Indians' national IDs, including Aadhaar, PAN card and passport, have been put on dark web for sale, cyber intelligence firm Cyble said on Wednesday.

  

• Cybercriminals leak personal data of 2.9 crore Indians on dark web for free

  29.1 million Indian jobseekers' personal details leaked in deepweb for free. We usually see this sort of leaks all the time, but this time, the message header got our attention as it included a lot of personal details - where most of the things are generally static such as education, address etc," according to online intelligence firm Cyble.