European Commission plans to ban Chinese companies that America calls ‘national security threat’ across Europe and why it may not go well https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-125239306,imgsize-82099,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/ot-security/european-commission-plans-to-ban-chinese-companies-that-america-calls-national-security-threat-across-europe-and-why-it-may-not-go-well.jpg The European Commission is reportedly considering steps to compel countries in Europe to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from their telecommunications networks. According to a report by Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, European Commission is ...

Risks of Data Theft and Hijacking, ETCISO Tenable, the exposure management company, discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques during testing of OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o, several of which were later found to persist in ChatGPT-5. Collectively known as HackedGPT, these flaws expose users to privacy risks by bypassing built-in safety mechanisms. While OpenAI has remediated some of the issues identified, others had ...

Gen-AI, data growth and insider risk fuel new data security threats https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-125149351,imgsize-9434,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/gen-ai-data-growth-and-insider-risk-fuel-new-data-security-threats.jpg Proofpoint, Inc. released its second annual Data Security Landscape report, finding that organizations continue to face widespread data loss as they struggle to protect sensitive information amid rapid data growth, AI adoption, and the rise of AI agents in the workplace. The report, based on insights from 1,000 ...

ASD Warns of Ongoing BADCANDY Attacks Exploiting Cisco IOS XE Vulnerability https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cisco.jpg Nov 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Vulnerability The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has issued a bulletin about ongoing cyber attacks targeting unpatched Cisco IOS XE devices in the country with a previously undocumented implant known as BADCANDY. The activity, per the intelligence agency, involves the exploitation of CVE-2023-20198 ...

Google revenue crosses $100 billion first time ever: Google business that grew fastest https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-124976436,imgsize-167883,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/corporate/google-revenue-crosses-100-billion-first-time-ever-google-business-that-grew-fastest.jpg Google’s parent company Alphabet, shattered records Wednesday, October 29, by reporting its first-ever $100 billion in quarterly revenue. The tech giant’s revenues climbed 16% year-over-year to $102.3 billion in the third quarter. Net income soared 33% to $35 billion, underscoring Alphabet’s knack for riding the artificial ...

Why mobile app security is the next big test of digital trust, ETCISO As digital payments and fintech apps proliferate, mobile applications have become the primary gateway for financial transactions. However, with convenience comes risk. Recent incidents across fintech sectors demonstrate that even minor security gaps such as a vulnerable API, a cloned application, or an unverified third-party SDK can ...

These OnePlus smartphones may be leaking your SMS messages to hackers https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-124176116,imgsize-24140,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/these-oneplus-smartphones-may-be-leaking-your-sms-messages-to-hackers.jpg OnePlus smartphones running OxygenOS versions 12 through 15 contain a critical security vulnerability that allows malicious apps to read and send SMS messages without user permission, cybersecurity firm Rapid7 revealed this week. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-10184 with a severity score of 8.2 out of 10, potentially affects ...

Smishing Triad Linked to 194,000 Malicious Domains in Global Phishing Operation https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/phishing.jpg Oct 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Cybercrime The threat actors behind a large-scale, ongoing smishing campaign have been attributed to more than 194,000 malicious domains since January 1, 2024, targeting a broad range of services across the world, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. ...

Rubrik launches solution to drive secure enterprise AI agent deployments https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-124798872,imgsize-121132,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/ot-security/rubrik-launches-solution-to-drive-secure-enterprise-ai-agent-deployments.jpg AI-generated image depicting AI agents. Global cybersecurity company Rubrik on Thursday launched a new solution to drive the adoption of AI agents among enterprises, while helping manage the risk related to such deployments. The “Rubrik Agent Cloud” can auto-discover infrastructure-as-a-service agents, including Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), ...

Cybersecurity compliance becomes business critical for India’s MSMEs, ETCISO The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, implemented a landmark directive mandating annual cybersecurity audits for all Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). This directive requires MSMEs to undergo annual audits conducted by CERT-In empanelled firms, and implement 15 essential cybersecurity controls. This ...