Hackers use Social Media to plan major attacks


Posted on 9th Mar 2015 12:32 pm by mohit kumar

Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The rapid expansion of social media has enabled hackers to closely cooperate and group with each other to launch measured attacks, an industry expert said here on Saturday.

"The cyber crime scenario is turning murkier day by day... and social media is providing a fantastic platform for these people (cyber criminals)."

"Cyber criminals may not know each other but when they see money, they share their capabilities," R. Vittal Raj, international vice president of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) told IANS on the sidelines of a company event here.

He said despite organisations and chief information officers putting in their best efforts to combat hackers, the cyber criminals are coming up with new strategies to find loopholes in the IT system.

"A new type of threat called Advance Persistent Threat (APT) has emerged where the hacker is patient and takes his own time to understand the system, waits for the right opportunity and finally attacks in a major way," he said.

Raj said there has been a phenomenal jump in cyber attacks since 2013, compared to 2012.

"We are seeing size and complexity of attacks never seen before... this is a new trend in organised crime...," he said.

Anti-virus major McAfee has estimated the cost of malicious cyber activity in 2013 to be in the range of $300 billion to $1 trillion.

Did you know?Explore Trending and Topic pages for more stories like this.
0 Like 0 Dislike
Previous news Next news
Other news

Bharat Bandh ALERT! 'Bharat Bandh' of farmers across the country on September 27, know what will remain open - what will remain closed

Bharat Bandh ALERT! Farmers' India is going to be closed once again across the country. On Septem

Lal Kuan is the new epicentre of migrant exodus from Delhi

आधिकारिक तौर पर कहा गया है कि दिल्ली

Pune's Poonawala bets 3300 crore rupees on Oxford's Corona vaccine, Indian company Serum has vaccinated half of the world's children

Geoffrey Gitelman. Indian businessman Adar Poonawala has made big bets on the creation of the Cor

India summoned the diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission, said – till now the victims of the Mumbai attack have not got justice

On the 13th anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, India has summoned the diplomat of the Pakistan Hi

Corona virus to end by 26 July from India and 9 December from world - claims in research

new Delhi. Coronavirus infection is spreading rapidly in countries around the world. The situatio

Indonesia: Terrible explosion in Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano, shadow smoke all around

Mount Semeru, the highest volcano in Indonesia, suddenly erupted on 4 December 2022. Due to the e

Covid-19 Cases in India: 9355 new cases of corona in the country, read how the cases are increasing in last five days

Fluctuations are being seen in the cases of corona in the country. The Ministry of Health said th

Engineering: Engineering students will study in 12 Indian languages, and a team of 291 people prepared books

In the upcoming academic session 2022-23, BTech second-year students of engineering colleges in 1

Nepal stuck in the clutches of China, but India showed big heart by giving 1 million vaccines in crisis

Nepal, which had disturbed relations with its best neighbor by being caught in the sweet words of

Jammu and Kashmir: Rohingyas fall, preparations begin to send more than 150 people to their homeland

Action has begun against Rohingyas in some parts of India. First, the process of sending more tha

Sign up to write
Sign up now if you have flare of writing..
Login   |   Register
Follow Us
Indyaspeak @ Facebook Indyaspeak @ Twitter Indyaspeak @ Pinterest RSS



Play Free Quiz and Win Cash