{"id":269372,"date":"2023-11-15T19:22:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=269372"},"modified":"2023-11-15T19:27:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:57:40","slug":"state-of-application-security-report-digital-infra-gaps-drive-surge-in-cyberattacks-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/state-of-application-security-report-digital-infra-gaps-drive-surge-in-cyberattacks-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Application Security Report: Digital infra gaps drive surge in cyberattacks in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>State of Application Security Report: <\/b><b>Digital infra gaps drive surge in cyberattacks in India\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cBusiness Standard\u201d on 15th November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the State of Application Security Report, India has witnessed a 70% rise in cyberattacks in the third quarter (Q3) in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What is the State of Application Security Report?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Released by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indusface, an app security solutions firm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Key Findings of the report:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1)India has experienced <\/span><b>over 1.6 billion cyberattacks in the second quarter of 2023. This<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is an increase of 70% over the previous quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2)<\/span><b>Bot attack:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a type of cyberattack that uses automated scripts to disrupt a site, steal data, make fraudulent purchases, or perform other malicious actions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. India<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, US and UK emerged as top victims of bot attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>3)Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an attack where cybercriminals significantly increase traffic to the target website using an army of the compromised computers in order to deny service to the regular visitors to a site. This makes the website unavailable to the user, causing losses to the service provider. The top victims of DDoS attacks were India, the United States and Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Why is India vulnerable to cyberattacks?<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Specifications<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Details<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Accelerated digital adoption, over a short span of time<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widespread digital adoption has left little or no time for the proper development of a backend cyber security infrastructure, putting a large amount of data at risk.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Limited understanding about cyber security<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The understanding of cyber security and its prevention continues to be limited among the end users.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Lack of Cyber Laws<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a lack of strong cyber security laws and stringent legal framework for identifying and taking cyber criminals.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Lack of International Coordination<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International cooperation and consensus is missing in this field.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Adverse relations with China<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China is considered one of the world leaders in information technology. Therefore, it is expected to have capabilities to disable or partially interrupt the information technology services in another country.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>UPSC Syllabus: Science and Technology (Reports)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cState of Application Security Report: Digital infra gaps drive surge in cyberattacks in India\u201d published in \u201cBusiness Standard\u201d on 15th November 2023 Why in the News? 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