New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Experts on Monday highlighted AI asymmetry as one of the defining risks facing financial institutions, saying that activities that once required specialist teams, significant resources and weeks of effort can increasingly be performed at machine speed by comparatively low-resource threat actors.This is placing offensive capabilities on a faster development curve than many of the defensive and regulatory mechanisms designed to contain them, they said.IT Ministry, along w…
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Washington, June 26 (IANS) The Trump administration plans to rebuild the US government’s cyber defence agency and strengthen its ability to counter increasingly sophisticated cyber threats from China, Iran, Russia and North Korea, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told lawmakers.Testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Mullin said the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) would play a central role in protecting government networks…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday said that BRICS is far more than a grouping of nations, describing it as a collective home to nearly half of the world’s population with a “special role” in addressing global challenges at a time when the international order is facing growing instability, geopolitical tensions, and evolving security threats. Addressing the 16th BRICS National Security Advisors’ Meeting, NSA Doval welcomed his counterparts and reaffir…
Ahmedabad, June 22 (IANS) When the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch dismantled one of India’s largest alleged “digital arrest” fraud networks in 2024, arresting 17 accused, including four Taiwanese nationals, the investigation not only exposed the growing sophistication of transnational cybercrime but also laid the foundation for a book on modern cybercrime investigations.The case, which gained national attention and was later referenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat…
Washington, June 7 (IANS) Artificial intelligence is dramatically changing the cybersecurity landscape, creating powerful new tools for defence while also giving criminals and hostile states new ways to attack critical infrastructure, technology experts and lawmakers warned during a US Congressional hearing.The hearing came days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to develop a framework for evaluating advanced AI cyber capabilities and expanding acce…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) India’s cyber security agency CERT-In has warned that the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence is dramatically reshaping the global cybersecurity landscape, with cybercriminals increasingly using advanced AI tools to launch faster, more sophisticated attacks.In its latest cybersecurity blueprint, CERT-In said technologies such as generative AI, large language models (LLMs), autonomous agents and AI-powered automation platforms are now being actively exploited by a…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India’s rapid digital expansion outpaced its cybersecurity readiness, a report has said, citing a sharp rise in ransomware, phishing, data breaches and cyber espionage that pose risk to critical infrastructure, financial systems and ordinary citizens.The report from India Narrative identified a shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals and urged universities and technical institutes to integrate cybersecurity into mainstream curricula and expand specialised trainin…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) India’s nodal cybersecurity agency, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), has issued a high-severity alert warning that rapid advances in frontier artificial intelligence are fundamentally reshaping the cyber threat landscape, raising fresh concerns across the technology ecosystem.In an advisory titled “Defending Against Frontier AI Driven Cyber Risks”, CERT-In said the growing sophistication of next-generation AI systems is enabling attackers to…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday stressed the urgent need for a transition towards real-time enforcement mechanisms to effectively combat the rapidly evolving threat of cybercrime in the country.Delivering the 22nd D.P. Kohli Memorial Lecture at Bharat Mandapam, the CJI said that traditional enforcement approaches are proving increasingly inadequate in the face of cyber offences that are “transnational, fast-paced and anonymous” in nature.The lectu…
Raipur, April 14 (IANS) The Dantewada police in Chhattisgarh have dismantled a large interstate cyber fraud gang involved in the wholesale trading of mule bank accounts, officials said. Four key accused were arrested from Rajasthan and brought to Dantewada on transit remand.The arrests mark a significant success in the fight against rising cyber crimes that have affected victims across multiple states.The gang was primarily engaged in buying and selling hundreds of bank accounts used as mule acc…