New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Pakistan recorded more than 5 million cyberattacks during the first three quarters of 2025 as the country’s rapidly expanding digital economy and growing reliance on online banking, mobile payments and e-commerce outpaced cybersecurity awareness and digital safety practices, according to a report.A report by Maldives Insight highlighted that with smartphones increasingly serving as banking platforms, payment tools and repositories of personal information, Pakistan has w…
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Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has cautioned investors that regulatory changes, technology failures, cybersecurity threats and emerging risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) could materially impact its business operations and financial performance, as the stock exchange moves ahead with its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO).In its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), NSE highlighted its s…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly making cyberattacks more autonomous, enabling threat actors to carry out more advanced operations and challenging traditional cybersecurity frameworks, a report has said.According to an analysis by Anthropic, over 800 accounts were banned for malicious cyber activity between March 2025 and March 2026, and evidence was found that attackers are increasingly using AI deeper into the cyberattack lifecycle rather than only for init…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Delhi Police launched an extensive security operation on Thursday after receiving information about a threatening email sent to the official account of the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The email reportedly contained references to possible blasts at certain locations in the capital and adjoining areas, prompting immediate action from law enforcement agencies.Acting swiftly, police teams accompanied by the Bomb Disposal Squad and Dog Squad carried out a tho…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) IT services major Wipro has identified the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) as a key business risk, warning that flawed algorithms, bias, regulatory uncertainties and unintended outcomes from AI systems could expose the company to legal, financial and reputational challenges.In its FY26 annual report, the Bengaluru-based company said that while it is increasingly deploying generative and autonomous AI technologies across client solutions and internal operat…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) With 265.52 million detections across over 8 million endpoints, credential theft and identity compromise has emerged as a primary entry point for large‑scale cyberattacks against Indian IT firms, a report said on Monday. The report from Seqrite said the enterprise security arm of Quick Heal Technologies Limited said the threat ecosystem is characterised by continuous, automated attack activity, as India’s IT sector has become a high-value target for credential theft a…
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…
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Calling for integrity-driven growth in India’s capital markets, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the country’s financial future depends on building stronger, more transparent markets rather than simply scaling them up.Speaking at SEBI’s 38th foundational day event here, FM Sitharaman stressed quality over sheer expansion.“Above all, we want better markets, not merely bigger markets. Size without integrity is fragility. Volume without investor protecti…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Around 82 per cent of Indian enterprises expect AI agents to outpace their organisation’s security guardrails within the next year, and only 26 per cent report full visibility into agents operating in their environments, a report said on Tuesday.The report from security and AI operations company Rubrik said the lack of visibility leaves organisations unable to secure identities that are already making decisions, taking actions, and interacting with critical data.Non-…
Taipei, April 9 (IANS) Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Tsai Ming-yen has described China’s attempts to infiltrate Taiwan as ‘systematic, planned and targeted’, with strategy shifting from recruiting mid-level military officers to rank-and-file enlisted personnel, local media reported on Thursday. In his remarks at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defence Committee on Wednesday, Tsai said that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using nationa…