Regulatory standards impacting business operations, ET CISO Venkat Jaganathan, Director: Managed Services, AHEAD Businesses today collect, store, and process a lot of sensitive data. In such a scenario, compliance with regulatory standards becomes very important. From personally identifiable information (PII) to financial details, health records, and intellectual property, there is a lot of data that must be safeguarded. However, managed ...

Beware: These Fake Antivirus Sites Spreading Android and Windows Malware https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/malware.png May 24, 2024NewsroomMalvertising / Endpoint Security Threat actors have been observed making use of fake websites masquerading as legitimate antivirus solutions from Avast, Bitdefender, and Malwarebytes to propagate malware capable of stealing sensitive information from Android and Windows devices. “Hosting malicious software through sites which look legitimate is predatory ...

90,000 scams in 4 months: How Southeast Asia is becoming the next Jamtara – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-110402142,imgsize-9224,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/cybercrime-fraud/90000-scams-in-4-months-how-southeast-asia-is-becoming-the-next-jamtara.jpg Cybercrimes such as investment, trading, digital arrest, and dating scams from SE asia. India is facing a significant surge in cyber fraud originating from Southeast Asian countries, according to recent data. With nearly half of the total defrauded money being traced back to ...

Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws, ET CISO Europe’s landmark rules on artificial intelligence will enter into force next month after EU countries endorsed on Tuesday a political deal reached in December, setting a potential global benchmark for a technology used in business and everyday life. The European Union’s AI Act is more comprehensive ...

Experts Find Flaw in Replicate AI Service Exposing Customers’ Models and Data https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wiz.png May 25, 2024NewsroomMachine Learning / Data Breach Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security flaw in an artificial intelligence (AI)-as-a-service provider Replicate that could have allowed threat actors to gain access to proprietary AI models and sensitive information. “Exploitation of this vulnerability would have allowed unauthorized access ...

Google tweaking AI overview after search result gaffes – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-110412740,imgsize-735364,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/corporate/google-tweaking-ai-overview-after-search-result-gaffes.jpg Google to take actions to improve AI summaries of search results. Google on Friday said it is taking “swift action” to improve AI summaries of search results, after users mocked blunders like Barack Obama being the first Muslim US president. Google users took to social media to lampoon ...

AI relies on mass surveillance, IT Security News, ET CISO AI technologies relies on mass surveillance for data. The AI tools that crunch numbers, generate text and videos and find patterns in data rely on mass surveillance and exercise concerning control over our lives, the boss of encrypted messaging app Signal told AFP on Thursday. Pushing back against the unquestioning ...

Hackers Created Rogue VMs to Evade Detection in Recent MITRE Cyber Attack https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/server.png May 24, 2024NewsroomEndpoint Security / Threat Intelligence The MITRE Corporation has revealed that the cyber attack targeting the not-for-profit company towards late December 2023 by exploiting zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) involved the actor creating rogue virtual machines (VMs) within its VMware environment. “The adversary ...

India to develop its own foundational model for AI: Report – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-110352011,imgsize-1898112,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/next-gen-tech/india-to-develop-its-own-foundational-model-for-ai-report.jpg The government is planning to develop its own version of a foundational model for artificial intelligence (AI). According to a report by Economic Times, the proposed AI foundational model will be customized for use by Indian companies, entrepreneurs, academics and researchers. Citing people aware of the ...

Over 7,000 daily complaints in 2024, key locations identified, ET CISO 4,599 digital fraud complaints between January and April. India is grappling with a significant surge in cybercrime, registering an average of more than 7,000 complaints per day up to May this year so far. The majority of cyber fraudsters targeting India are believed to be operating from key locations ...