BSE Alerts Market Entities Against Malicious Software Script

After NSE, leading bourse BSE on Friday alerted

market entities to guard against a 'malicious software script' that targets critical sectors like energy and finance to steal information from PCs and pass them on to adversaries outside the country.

The BSE - formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange - asked market entities to take measures to mitigate the threat.

Yesterday, National Stock Exchange (NSE) issued a similar alert against the 'malicious software script'.

Recently, a slew of dreaded ransomware attacks like WannaCry and Petya have impacted the computer systems worldwide.

The alert follows a communique from National Cyber Security Coordinator regarding a highly suspicious communication being observed on the Internet in the country.

"An advanced software script (malware) is associated in such suspicious communication which is specifically targeting critical sectors which predominantly include energy and finance.