NEW DELHI: Telecom companies<\/a> have increased their vigilance of networks and systems following the government's recent warning on large-scale phishing attacks<\/a> in coming days against individuals and businesses, where attackers may use COVID-19 as bait. In a security advisory to its business-to-business customers, Airtel<\/a> said it is monitoring the situation on a real-time basis and has upgraded the security operations centre to a higher threat-level status for the next 5-7 days and promised to send daily dashboards to customers. 电信公司网络和系统提高了警惕政府对大规模网络钓鱼攻击的最近的警告后,对个人和企业在未来几天,攻击者可能利用COVID-19作为诱饵。 新德里消息:电信公司增加了警惕网络和系统的大规模的政府最近的警告吗网络钓鱼攻击在未来几天对个人和企业,攻击者可能利用COVID-19作为诱饵。在b2b客户安全咨询,附近的旅馆说这是监测情况实时基础上和升级了威胁等级地位更高的安全运营中心未来5 - 7天,并承诺给客户日常仪表板。
Airtel said that due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, most employees are continuing working from home, and this further increases their vulnerability, particularly to phishing attacks.
\"These attacks threaten to not only disrupt critical business operations but also impact your brand's reputation... To defend against this looming combination of threats, organisations need to take the necessary steps to fortify their cyber resilience framework,\" it said while urging customers to initiate proactive steps to safeguard themselves against possible attacks.
Citing various reports, Airtel warned that cyberattacks can be initiated by exploiting various vectors such as e-mail\/ phishing attack, suspicious webpages, internet links, unpatched\/ un-updated systems connected on network, identity theft (poor ID management).
It asked enterprises to follow proactive measures, including continuous monitoring of network traffic for all channels, which include e-mail, internet and others, enabling geo-location monitoring for traffic coming from neighbouring countries.
\"If there is no business reason to receive such traffic, it needs to be blocked,\" it said also recommending that updated patches be installed on all assets and webpages, which are accessible via the internet.
It has suggested that all employees working from home be advised to update the anti-virus and other software patches, and awareness communication be carried out at regular intervals.
When contacted, Vodafone Idea spokesperson said, \"VIL's robust and secure network and IT systems are periodically audited and further strengthened to keep our networks protected and customer data secure. Intelligence received from the Government of India is appropriately used to increase vigilance and enhance security.\"
A Jio source said that the company has raised its vigilance levels and is keeping a close watch on traffic.
Last week, India's cybersecurity nodal agency, CERT-In<\/a> issued an advisory warning of the potential phishing attacks that could impersonate government agencies, departments and trade bodies which have been tasked to oversee disbursement of government fiscal aid. The attackers are expected to send malicious e-mails under the pretext of local authorities that are in charge of dispensing government-funded COVID-19 support initiatives.
\"Such e-mails are designed to drive recipients towards fake websites where they are deceived into downloading malicious files or entering personal and financial information,\" Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) had said in its advisory dated June 19.
The advisory noted that the \"malicious actors\" are claiming to have two million individual\/citizen e-mail IDs and are planning to send e-mail with the subject line 'Free COVID-19 testing for all residents of Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad' in a bid to coax users to disclose personal information.
\"It has been reported that these malicious actors are planning to spoof or create fake e-mail IDs impersonating various authorities,\" it had cautioned.
CERT-In, in its advisory, outlined a list of steps for users to protect themselves, including not opening attachments in unsolicited e-mails even if it comes from people in the contact list.
It has asked users to encrypt and protect their sensitive document to avoid potential leakage. It also urged people to use anti-virus tools, firewalls and filtering services and asked them to report any unusual activity or attack immediately to CERT-In.<\/p><\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":76532801,"title":"Realme to start manufacturing of IoT products in India; plans to set up SMT lines for TV motherboards","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/realme-to-start-manufacturing-of-iot-products-in-india-plans-to-set-up-smt-lines-for-tv-motherboards\/76532801","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[{"msid":"76531501","title":"Untitled-6","entity_type":"IMAGES","seopath":"industry\/telecom\/telecom-news\/telcos-raise-watch-over-systems-amid-govt-warning-of-phishing-attacks-using-covid-19-as-bait\/untitled-6","category_name":"Telcos raise watch over systems amid govt warning of phishing attacks using COVID-19 as bait","synopsis":"The attackers are expected to send malicious e-mails under the pretext of local authorities that are in charge of dispensing government-funded COVID-19 support initiatives. ","thumb":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/thumb\/img-size-138381\/76531501.cms?width=150&height=112","link":"\/image\/industry\/telecom\/telecom-news\/telcos-raise-watch-over-systems-amid-govt-warning-of-phishing-attacks-using-covid-19-as-bait\/untitled-6\/76531501"}],"msid":76533191,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Telcos raise watch over systems amid govt warning of phishing attacks using COVID-19 as bait","synopsis":"Telecom companies have increased their vigilance of networks and systems following the government's recent warning on large-scale phishing attacks in coming days against individuals and businesses, where attackers may use COVID-19 as bait.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/telcos-raise-watch-over-systems-amid-govt-warning-of-phishing-attacks-using-covid-19-as-bait","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":732,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":3321000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2020-06-23 19:09:37","lastupd":"2020-06-23 19:10:37","breadcrumbTags":["Phishing attacks","telcos","telecom news","CERT-In","telecom companies","Airtel","Telecom","covid 19","Industry","vodafone india"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/telcos-raise-watch-over-systems-amid-govt-warning-of-phishing-attacks-using-covid-19-as-bait"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2020-06-23" data-index="article_1">
电信公司提高监视系统在政府的警告使用COVID-19作为诱饵钓鱼攻击
Airtel说,由于COVID-19流行情况,大多数员工在家工作还在继续,这进一步增加他们的脆弱性,尤其是钓鱼攻击。
Airtel援引各种报告警告说,网络攻击向量可以由利用各种如电子邮件/钓鱼攻击,可疑网页,互联网链接,修改/ un-updated系统连接上网络,身份盗窃(可怜的ID管理)。
它要求企业遵循积极的措施,包括持续的监控网络流量的渠道,包括电子邮件、互联网和其他支持地理定位监测流量来自邻国。
“如果没有商业原因收到这样的交通,它需要被阻塞,“还说建议更新补丁安装在所有资产和网页,这是通过互联网访问。
建议所有员工在家工作是建议更新反病毒和其他软件补丁,和意识定期进行沟通。
联系时,沃达丰(Vodafone)发言人说,“维尔健壮、安全的网络和IT系统的定期审计,进一步加强保护我们的网络和客户数据安全。情报来自印度政府适当的用于提高警惕,加强安全。”
Jio来源说,公司已经提高了警戒级别,密切关注流量。
上周,印度的网络节点,、发出了咨询的警告潜在的钓鱼攻击,可以冒充政府机构、部门和贸易机构,负责监督政府财政援助的支出。预计攻击者发送的恶意电子邮件的借口下地方政府负责分配政府资助的COVID-19支持计划。
”这样的电子邮件是用来驱动接受者对虚假网站欺骗的地方下载恶意文件或输入的个人和财务信息,”印度计算机紧急响应小组(、)在其咨询日期为6月19日表示。
顾问指出,“恶意演员”声称有二百万个人/公民电子邮件id和计划发送电子邮件的主题行“免费COVID-19测试所有的居民德里、孟买、海得拉巴,钦奈和艾哈迈达巴德的为了哄骗用户透露个人信息。
“据报道,这些恶意参与者计划恶搞或创建假电子邮件id冒充各种机关,“警告。
、,咨询,提出了一系列措施为用户保护自己,包括在不请自来的电子邮件附件不能打开即使它来自人们在联系人列表。
它要求用户加密和保护他们的敏感文件,以避免潜在的泄漏。它还敦促人们使用杀毒工具,防火墙和过滤服务,要求他们立即报告任何不寻常的活动或攻击、。
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NEW DELHI: Telecom companies<\/a> have increased their vigilance of networks and systems following the government's recent warning on large-scale phishing attacks<\/a> in coming days against individuals and businesses, where attackers may use COVID-19 as bait. In a security advisory to its business-to-business customers, Airtel<\/a> said it is monitoring the situation on a real-time basis and has upgraded the security operations centre to a higher threat-level status for the next 5-7 days and promised to send daily dashboards to customers.
Airtel said that due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, most employees are continuing working from home, and this further increases their vulnerability, particularly to phishing attacks.
\"These attacks threaten to not only disrupt critical business operations but also impact your brand's reputation... To defend against this looming combination of threats, organisations need to take the necessary steps to fortify their cyber resilience framework,\" it said while urging customers to initiate proactive steps to safeguard themselves against possible attacks.
Citing various reports, Airtel warned that cyberattacks can be initiated by exploiting various vectors such as e-mail\/ phishing attack, suspicious webpages, internet links, unpatched\/ un-updated systems connected on network, identity theft (poor ID management).
It asked enterprises to follow proactive measures, including continuous monitoring of network traffic for all channels, which include e-mail, internet and others, enabling geo-location monitoring for traffic coming from neighbouring countries.
\"If there is no business reason to receive such traffic, it needs to be blocked,\" it said also recommending that updated patches be installed on all assets and webpages, which are accessible via the internet.
It has suggested that all employees working from home be advised to update the anti-virus and other software patches, and awareness communication be carried out at regular intervals.
When contacted, Vodafone Idea spokesperson said, \"VIL's robust and secure network and IT systems are periodically audited and further strengthened to keep our networks protected and customer data secure. Intelligence received from the Government of India is appropriately used to increase vigilance and enhance security.\"
A Jio source said that the company has raised its vigilance levels and is keeping a close watch on traffic.
Last week, India's cybersecurity nodal agency, CERT-In<\/a> issued an advisory warning of the potential phishing attacks that could impersonate government agencies, departments and trade bodies which have been tasked to oversee disbursement of government fiscal aid. The attackers are expected to send malicious e-mails under the pretext of local authorities that are in charge of dispensing government-funded COVID-19 support initiatives.
\"Such e-mails are designed to drive recipients towards fake websites where they are deceived into downloading malicious files or entering personal and financial information,\" Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) had said in its advisory dated June 19.
The advisory noted that the \"malicious actors\" are claiming to have two million individual\/citizen e-mail IDs and are planning to send e-mail with the subject line 'Free COVID-19 testing for all residents of Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad' in a bid to coax users to disclose personal information.
\"It has been reported that these malicious actors are planning to spoof or create fake e-mail IDs impersonating various authorities,\" it had cautioned.
CERT-In, in its advisory, outlined a list of steps for users to protect themselves, including not opening attachments in unsolicited e-mails even if it comes from people in the contact list.
It has asked users to encrypt and protect their sensitive document to avoid potential leakage. It also urged people to use anti-virus tools, firewalls and filtering services and asked them to report any unusual activity or attack immediately to CERT-In.<\/p><\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":76532801,"title":"Realme to start manufacturing of IoT products in India; plans to set up SMT lines for TV motherboards","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/realme-to-start-manufacturing-of-iot-products-in-india-plans-to-set-up-smt-lines-for-tv-motherboards\/76532801","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[{"msid":"76531501","title":"Untitled-6","entity_type":"IMAGES","seopath":"industry\/telecom\/telecom-news\/telcos-raise-watch-over-systems-amid-govt-warning-of-phishing-attacks-using-covid-19-as-bait\/untitled-6","category_name":"Telcos raise watch over systems amid govt warning of phishing attacks using COVID-19 as bait","synopsis":"The attackers are expected to send malicious e-mails under the pretext of local authorities that are in charge of dispensing government-funded COVID-19 support initiatives. ","thumb":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/thumb\/img-size-138381\/76531501.cms?width=150&height=112","link":"\/image\/industry\/telecom\/telecom-news\/telcos-raise-watch-over-systems-amid-govt-warning-of-phishing-attacks-using-covid-19-as-bait\/untitled-6\/76531501"}],"msid":76533191,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Telcos raise watch over systems amid govt warning of phishing attacks using COVID-19 as bait","synopsis":"Telecom companies have increased their vigilance of networks and systems following the government's recent warning on large-scale phishing attacks in coming days against individuals and businesses, where attackers may use COVID-19 as bait.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/telcos-raise-watch-over-systems-amid-govt-warning-of-phishing-attacks-using-covid-19-as-bait","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":732,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":3321000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2020-06-23 19:09:37","lastupd":"2020-06-23 19:10:37","breadcrumbTags":["Phishing attacks","telcos","telecom news","CERT-In","telecom companies","Airtel","Telecom","covid 19","Industry","vodafone india"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/telcos-raise-watch-over-systems-amid-govt-warning-of-phishing-attacks-using-covid-19-as-bait"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/telcos-raise-watch-over-systems-amid-govt-warning-of-phishing-attacks-using-covid-19-as-bait/76533191">
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