NEW DELHI: As more organisations switched to remote working due to lockdowns, there has been an increase in cyberattacks ranging from phishing scams to ransomware attacks.
Leading IT services provider Cognizant was recently targeted by a ransomware attack. The company confirmed a security incident involving their internal systems, leading to disruption of services for some clients due to Maze ransomware attack.
Also known as ChaCha ransomware, Maze was discovered in May 2019 by Jerome Segura, a malware intelligence analyst. Though Maze ransomware organization has denied its involvement in the attack, security experts don't seem convinced. “The ransomware has still been categorized as Maze because the listed IOCs included IP addresses of