{"id":11462,"date":"2020-06-24T10:11:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T10:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/?p=11462"},"modified":"2020-07-08T09:39:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T09:39:36","slug":"stay-alert-risk-of-chinese-cyber-attack-looming-for-government-departments-and-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/stay-alert-risk-of-chinese-cyber-attack-looming-for-government-departments-and-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Alert! Risk of Cyber Attack Looming for Government Departments and Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the COVID-19 pandemic on the rise, it&#8217;s time to remain alert in both ways- physical health-wise as well as cyber health-wise. The Indian Security Agencies have warned of a possible severe cyber-attack on <strong>2 million Indian Email holders! <\/strong>The warning further states that this malicious group of cyber attackers has already initiated the campaign from June 21. A senior government official in the security department has sounded alert for a possible phishing campaign that primarily aims government agencies, departments, along with trading bodies that are assigned to overlook Government&#8217;s fiscal aid. <\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/stay-alert-risk-of-chinese-cyber-attack-looming-for-government-departments-and-agencies\/#How_ESDS_Can_Help_You\" >How ESDS Can Help You<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/stay-alert-risk-of-chinese-cyber-attack-looming-for-government-departments-and-agencies\/#ESDS_VTMScan\" >ESDS VTMScan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/stay-alert-risk-of-chinese-cyber-attack-looming-for-government-departments-and-agencies\/#ESDS_Secure_Edge\" >ESDS Secure Edge<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/stay-alert-risk-of-chinese-cyber-attack-looming-for-government-departments-and-agencies\/#ESDS_Secure_Edge_Advanced_Threat_Protection_ATP\" >ESDS Secure Edge Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/stay-alert-risk-of-chinese-cyber-attack-looming-for-government-departments-and-agencies\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chinese-Cyber-Attack-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chinese-Cyber-Attack-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chinese-Cyber-Attack-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chinese-Cyber-Attack-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chinese-Cyber-Attack-660x345.png 660w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chinese-Cyber-Attack.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This warning comes ahead of the advisory issued by the <strong>Computer Emergency Response Team- India (CERT-In). <\/strong>The security agencies have warned that the Chinese cybercriminals are planning to carry out a massive phishing attack under cover of a free COVID-19 Test. The security agencies in the country have asked the Government agencies and associated bodies to stay alert against such cyberattacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several cues have also been provided by these security agencies like an email id- <a href=\"mailto:ncov2019@gov.in\"><strong>ncov2019@gov.in<\/strong><\/a> and email subject lines like- <strong>&#8220;free Covid-19 testing for all residents of Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Ahmedabad&#8221;<\/strong>. The security agencies have also strongly emphasized to be alert for any sorts of malicious phishing emails, SMSs, and messages on social media channels that instigates the user to disclose any financial and personal information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_ESDS_Can_Help_You\"><\/span><strong>How ESDS Can Help You<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Caring and providing the best-in-class security solutions to the customers has always has been the top-priority of ESDS. Besides being a Cloud and Advanced Technologies provider, ESDS also offers security-based solutions like a Vulnerability Scanner <strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/esds.co.in\/security\/vtmscan\">ESDS VTMScan<\/a>)<\/strong> and an Email Security Provider <strong>(ESDS Secure Edge &amp; ESDS Secure Edge ATP)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ESDS_VTMScan\"><\/span><strong>ESDS VTMScan<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With <strong>ESDS VTMScan<\/strong> defend your website now and get regular alerts in case of any security compromise. It detects all the Vulnerabilities, Malware, and Threats on your website and notifies you in case of any suspicious activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"ESDS VTMScan\" class=\"wp-image-11463\" width=\"580\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-2.png 513w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-2-150x81.png 150w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-2-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With&nbsp;<strong>ESDS VTMScan<\/strong>, you get timely audits regarding your website security and protecting your web assets.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esds.co.in\/security\/vtmscan\">ESDS VTMScan<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;offers you quick response, a proactive and dedicated team, deep scanning, superior user experience, next-generation security, and enhanced application protection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ESDS_Secure_Edge\"><\/span><strong>ESDS Secure Edge<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ESDS Secure Edge helps in scanning and filtering out emails containing Spam, Viruses, Malware, and Spoof Mails with unmatched high accuracy. Secure Edge helps in filtering emails through Anti-Spam &amp; Anti-virus. It also checks for potential dangerous attachment blocking. It supports MS Office 365, Google Apps, on-premise, or hosted MS Exchange and other mail services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Secure-Blog-1.jpg\" alt=\"Secure Edge advanced threat protection\" class=\"wp-image-11474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Secure-Blog-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Secure-Blog-1-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Secure-Blog-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Secure-Blog-1-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Secure-Blog-1-660x345.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ESDS_Secure_Edge_Advanced_Threat_Protection_ATP\"><\/span><strong>ESDS Secure Edge Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ESDS Secure Edge ATP helps in filtering in unsolicited bulk email messages by protecting your mailboxes from all kinds of targeted attacks. Any URL that is rewritten by ESDS&#8217; Secure Edge ATP URL Protection is checked every time the end-user clicks on it to ensure the URL destination is not hosting malware, phishing, or spam threats. Malicious URL gets quarantined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>On a concluding note, we must be alert all times and take proper security mechanisms against any cybercrime that might be played by the malicious actors. Having robust security tools like- vulnerability scanner and email security tools can prove to be extremely helpful to counter such digital crises.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;re looking for advanced security solutions, feel free to reach out to our team <strong>today<\/strong> through <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:getintouch@esds.co.in\"><strong>getintouch@esds.co.in<\/strong><\/a><strong> | Toll-Free: 1800 209 3006 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the COVID-19 pandemic on the rise, it&#8217;s time to remain alert in both ways- physical health-wise as well as cyber health-wise. The Indian Security Agencies have warned of a possible severe cyber-attack on 2 million Indian Email holders! The warning further states that this malicious group of cyber attackers has already initiated the campaign&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/stay-alert-risk-of-chinese-cyber-attack-looming-for-government-departments-and-agencies\/\" class=\"gdlr-button small excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":11465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1271,2335],"tags":[2400,907,1832,2401,1914,1915,1916,511],"class_list":["post-11462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-2","category-vtmscan","tag-chinese-cyber-attack","tag-cyber-attack","tag-cybersecurity","tag-esds-secure-edge","tag-esds-vtmscan","tag-esds-vtmscan-detection-technique","tag-esds-vtmscan-virus-scanner","tag-security"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11462"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11489,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11462\/revisions\/11489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}