Deepfakes: Abide by these IT rules or face action, govt tells social media firms Amid growing concerns over deepfakes, the government has directed all platforms to comply with IT rules. The missive underlines hardening of government stance on the issue, amid growing concerns around misinformation powered by AI – Deepfakes. The advisory mandates that intermediaries — such as WhatsApp, Facebook, ...
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Banks see a four-fold jump in internet frauds: RBI data
Banks see a four-fold jump in internet frauds: RBI data Banks saw an exponential surge in card and internet-related frauds, reaching 12,069 cases in April-September 2023-24 from about 2,500 in 2020-21, underscoring the urgency for financial institutions to fortify cybersecurity measures and implement robust fraud detection mechanisms. Card and internet-related frauds surged from 2,545 (Rs 119 crore) in 2020-21 to ...
Read More »India asked Apple to soften impact of hack warnings, says report
India asked Apple to soften impact of hack warnings, says report Apple’s warnings in October to Indian opposition politicians that government hackers may have hacked their phones prompted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration to quickly demand the U.S. firm soften its message, the Washington Post reported. Apple’s India representatives were called by administration officials who demanded that company help weaken ...
Read More »AI risks need to be better understood and managed, research warns
AI risks need to be better understood and managed, research warns Joe Burton, a professor at Lancaster University, UK, contends that AI and algorithms are more than mere tools used by national security agencies to thwart malicious online activities. While artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of transforming societies in positive ways, it also presents risks that need to be better ...
Read More »Australia’s Eagers Automotive faces operational hurdles after cyber security incident
Australia’s Eagers Automotive faces operational hurdles after cyber security incident Australia’s Eagers Automotive said on Friday a cyber incident impacting some of its IT systems is affecting the company’s ability to finalise transactions for certain new vehicles, which have been sold and ready for delivery. Corporate firms in Australia have seen an alarming rise in cyber security breaches since last ...
Read More »Minister says report on Apple hack warnings has ‘half facts, fully embellished’
Minister says report on Apple hack warnings has ‘half facts, fully embellished’ Union Minister of State for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has rebutted “The Washington Post” report on the Indian government allegedly targeting Apple after the company warned independent Indian journalists and opposition party politicians that government hackers may have tried to break into their iPhones and called it “half ...
Read More »Anushray Gupta, CTPO, Cuemath
Anushray Gupta, CTPO, Cuemath Early Life Anushray Gupta was born and brought up in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his schooling at Kanpur, where he is from. Gupta comes from a lower-middle-class family and the only driving force for his parents was Gupta and his two sibling’s education. They have a small business family set up by his father and ...
Read More »Russian hackers targeting Western critical infrastructure, UK says
Russian hackers targeting Western critical infrastructure, UK says By James Pearson BELFAST – The UK government’s cyber defence agency warned on Wednesday of an emerging threat to Western critical national infrastructure posed by hackers sympathetic to Russia and its war on Ukraine. Russia-aligned “hacktivists” have carried out largely harmless online campaigns that have defaced prominent public websites or knocked them ...
Read More »Saket Modi-founded cyber-risk mitigation firm Safe Security raises $50 million
Saket Modi-founded cyber-risk mitigation firm Safe Security raises $50 million Safe Security, earlier called Lucideus, on Tuesday said it has raised $50 million in a funding round dubbed Series B and led by Sorenson Capital, a Utah-based venture capital fund. Returning investors in this round include Fidelity Investments’ venture capital arm Eight Roads, Telstra Ventures and WTI, said a statement ...
Read More »Here’s how different governments are working to regulate AI tools
Here’s how different governments are working to regulate AI tools Italy’s data protection watchdog is ready to reactivate ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) technology on April 30 if its maker OpenAI takes “useful steps” to address concerns over privacy and data protection, the agency’s chief said on Tuesday. Rapid advances in AI such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating governments’ efforts ...
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