New Delhi, Nov 26: Threat actors are hosting websites for malicious campaigns centred around the Black Friday theme and e-commerce, cryptocurrency and travel are the top targets, a new report has revealed.

Researchers found cybercrime forums across various languages are rife with chatter about Black Friday.

While some actors are promoting their malicious services/campaigns, others are looking to avail them, according to CloudSEK researchers who also discovered an Ethereum giveaway scam website.

“Compromised personal identifiable information (PII) and banking credentials can be used to perform unauthorised transactions and social engineering attacks,” they warned.

CloudSEK’s contextual AI digital risk platform ‘XVigil’ discovered hundreds of Black Friday-themed domains registered and operational.

Common forms of attacks included the impersonation of legitimate websites, services for Google/Facebook ads, and the spread of malicious applications.

“Various elements come into play here, right from hosting a website to gaining critical information of victims by using different techniques. Threat actors are constantly looking for opportunities to siphon crucial data or money,” said Rishika Desai, Cyber Threat Researcher, CloudSEK.

The finding showed that website cloning is a common technique used by hackers of all levels of sophistication to host fake instances of legitimate websites.

“The iconic Black Friday sale has become a global theme now where cybercriminals at every level and expertise try their best to launch malicious campaigns. Most of these campaigns misuse or impersonate popular brands and companies providing sales and services to cheat the public,” Desai added.The researchers advised to be aware of the freebies, attractive deals and seemingly suspicious third-party solutions.

JAMMU, Nov 26: Night temperatures dropped below freezing point in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region during the last 24 hours.
The MeT office on Saturday forecast dry weather during the next 24 hours.
“Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. Night temperatures again dropped below the freezing point in the Valley and Ladakh today”, an official of the MeT department said.
Srinagar recorded minus 1 degree Celsius minimum temperature, Pahalgam minus 3 and Gulmarg minus 0.4 on Saturday.
Drass town in Ladakh region recorded minus 9.8 degrees Celsius minimum temperature, Kargil minus 10.6 and Leh minus 8.2.
Jammu registered 9.6 degrees Celsius, Katra 9.4, Batote 6.3, Banihal 5.2 and Bhaderwah 3.8. (AGENCIES)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday delivered an address on the occasion of National Consitution day at Supreme Court in New Delhi. In 1949, it was on this very day when Independent India laid the great foundation for its future. This year’s Constitution day has special relevance as we are celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on the completion of 75 years of its independence journey. Notably, the day is celebrated to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.Prime Minister Modi said, “I would like to pay my respect to Babasaheb Ambedkar including all the members and makers of the Constituent Assembly who envisioned modern India. I would also like to mention numerous people from domains of Legislature, Executives, and Judiciary who have extended crucial contributions in India’s developmental journey over the past 7 decades”He further said that in today’s global situation, the eyes of the entire world are on India. Amid the rapid development of our country, its quickly growing economy, and its strengthening global image, the world is looking at us with great expectations. 

Sriharikota, (AP) Nov 26: A polar satellite launch vehicle carrying earth observation and eight co-passenger satellites lifted off from this spaceport on Saturday, the Indian Space Research Organisation said.
The mission is said to be the last one undertaken by ISRO this year.
PSLV-C54 carries an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-06) or Oceansat as its primary payload and eight co-passenger satellites are expected to be placed into sun synchronous orbits in over a two-hour time frame.
The entire separation of satellites is expected to take place in two hours after lift-off.
The Earth Observation Satellite-6 is the third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series. This is to provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas. (Agencies)

New Delhi, Nov 26: India saw a single-day rise of 389 coronavirus infections, taking the tally to 4,46,71,219 on Saturday, while active cases declined to 5,395, the Health Ministry said.
The toll climbed to 5,30,608 with three fatalities, including one reconciled by Kerala, according to the ministry data.
The active cases constitute 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, it said.
A decrease of 365 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in the past 24 hours.
The recoveries increased to 4,41,35,216, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry’s website, 219.90 crore doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the country so far under the vaccination drive. (AGENCIES)