According to study, artificial intelligence may now be sufficiently developed to steal passwords simply listening to the sound of typing over Zoom and other recording devices. Researchers from the universities of Durham, Surrey, and Royal Holloway have demonstrated that microphones can detect typing patterns, which means that anyone using a laptop in public might have their typing captured and decoded.

British researchers train AI model to steal passwords

The California-based healthcare system was hit by a sever cyberattack this week. This prompted serious disruption in some services at affiliated locations with some even switching back to paper records.

US: Cyberattacks on hospitals, a growing threat! | World News | WION

A network of hospitals across the United States came under a cyberattack on Friday (Aug 5), forcing them to close down emergency rooms and divert ambulances. Many primary care services were also shut down as the hospital administration was working to determine the extent of the damage.

Hospital networks in several US states under cyberattack, essential services suspended

Indian Army has issued a warning regarding the cybersecurity threat to school-going children, which is apparently coming from Pakistan. This comes after media reported that Pakistani intelligence operatives (PIOs) were seeking information from army school students.

Pakistani intel operatives target Indian students in cyber snooping, seek information

A recent report released by Check Point, an American-Israeli software company, has revealed a sharp increase in cyberattacks targeting organisations worldwide, with Indian institutions suffering a disproportionately high number of attacks.

More than 2,000 cyberattacks target single Indian firm a week on average: Report

We often hear of cyber attacks but not only can they be extremely traumatising, they can also turn horrendous at times. Cyber criminals have been targeting schools in the United States and have been dumping the data online.

Cyberattacks on rise in US schools, private files leaked after school hack | World DNA

Data of more than 1,00,000 users of ChatGPT were leaked online, with India and Pakistan topping the list. A new report by Group-IB, a cybersecurity leader based in Singapore, has found that as many as 1,01,134 stealer-infected devices with saved ChatGPT credentials are being sold in the dark web between June 2022 and May 2023.

Over 100,000 hacked ChatGPT accounts sold on dark web, India, Pak top the list

A Google-backed firm has claimed that hackers supported by China are behind a vast cyber espionage campaign targeting government agencies across the world that are of particular interest to the government in Beijing.

Google-backed firm says Chinese spies launched major cyberattack targeting 16 countries

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday said that several federal government agencies in the United States were hit by a global cyberattack affecting widely used software.

US federal government agencies hit by global cyberattack

In an interview conducted outside of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Canada's defence minister issued a warning against persistent cyberattacks. She also mentioned that Canada is a frequent target of these attacks, which poses a serious threat to the financial stability of the world's fourth-largest crude oil producer. According to Anita Anand, cyberattacks are becoming more common in North America.

The threat of cyberattacks to Canada's oil industry

In recent days, there's been a surge in cyberattacks raising concerns about the vulnerability of digital infrastructure worldwide. This time Greece's Education Ministry has reported a major cyberattack and it is being described as the most extensive in the country's history.

Cyberattack in Greece: Education Ministry hit by major cyberattack, disrupts high school exams |WION

Consumer finance provider Latitude Financial has said that cyber-criminals have leaked the personal data of around 14 million customers, in what is being described as the biggest data breach reported in Australia.

Australian lending firm Latitude Financial says data of 14 million customers stolen in cyberattack

Cyber security has become a huge issue in the past few years with several companies and countries falling victim to cyber attacks. Everyone who has been affected or is at risk of being affected by cyber attacks has been trying to deal with the problem.

An 'apocalypse': Report warns of a 'catastrophic cyber event' in next two years

Sources familiar with Taiwan's national security affairs said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been behind a scheme of using an "internet water army" to attack President Tsai Ing-wen's and former Premier Su Tseng-chang's Facebook accounts.

Taiwan: China using internet water army

On Wednesday, thousands of flights in the United States were grounded due to what was earlier believed to be a 'technical snag' but further investigation "traced the outage to a damaged database file".

Explained: How a corrupted file brought US aviation to its knees

The U.S. struggled with an hours-long ground stop, as the FAA scrambled to fix a system outage. America has ruled out a cyberattack, but president Joe Biden has still ordered an investigation into the matter. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: U.S. Aviation came to a standstill

There has been a 'ransomware' attack on AIIMS server. European Parliament's website has been attacked too. Is the world prepared to fight a cyber war? Listen in to Molly Gambhir.

Gravitas | 'Ransomware' attack on AIIMS server: Is the world prepared to fight a cyber war?

The small archipelago of the South Pacific Ocean, Vanuata, was attacked by ransomware on 4 November, Friday and stranded the country for over a week. According to civil servants in the government, they noticed that their official emails started bouncing back from government addresses, this was the first sign when they found that something was wrong.

Vanuatu island hit by ransom attack, cripples government

In the case of suspected cyberattack, the tire-maker Continental, it is investigating theft of company data. However, company declined to comment so far on reports that hackers had put up any information for sale

World Business Watch: Continental investigates cyberattack; data up for sale for $50 mn, say reports

In the latest string of cyber attacks, Medibank says normal operations resume. There is no evidence that customer data were removed during the ransomware attack.

Medibank says normal operations resume after a ransomware attack on the Australian firm

Number of major airports in the US briefly took their websites offline on Monday (October 10) after a cyberattack suspected to have been promoted by pro-Russian hacker groups.

US: Websites of major airports hit by suspected pro-Russian cyberattacks

The websites of more than a dozen US airports were inaccessible after they were targeted by Russian-speaking hackers. Around 14 public websites of various airports were targeted.

US airport websites targeted by pro-kremlin attackers

On Monday, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd indicated that its Dialog has faced another cyber attack potentially affecting 1,000 current and former employees. However, less than 20 clients have been affected, this attack comes weeks after another Australia unit – Optus – faced a massive data breach.

Report: Another Singtel unit ‘Dialog’ faces cyberattack weeks after Optus data breach

The Australian government has proposed changes to its telecommunications law in order to protect customers after personal details were stolen in a major data breach on the nation's second-largest wireless carrier.

Australia unveils privacy rule changes after Optus data breach

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