New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Deepfake-enabled fraud, powered by artificial intelligence, is emerging as a new high‑impact attack vector that targets financial institutions, customers and transaction ecosystems, a report said on Monday.The report from Seqrite, the enterprise security arm of cybersecurity solutions provider Quick Heal Technologies Limited said AI‑driven impersonation attacks that use synthetic voice, video and identity manipulation are increasingly able to bypass traditional verif…
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New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) HDFC Asset Management Company on Monday said it experienced a cybersecurity incident after receiving a communication from an anonymous source claiming access to certain portions of its IT infrastructure, according to an exchange filing.The HDFC Bank-backed firm said the incident occurred on May 16, following which it immediately activated necessary containment and incident response protocols to mitigate potential risks.HDFC AMC said it has engaged a specialist cybersecur…
Ahmedabad, May 17 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has said India was positioning itself as a “founder nation” in emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing and semiconductors.He said this while addressing the launch of Million Minds Tech City, Gujarat’s first SEZ IT park, in Ahmedabad on Sunday.Speaking at the inauguration of the first phase of the project in Tragad, HM Shah said the country had moved from lagging behind in several se…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) India and the Netherlands have unveiled an ambitious roadmap to deepen cooperation in emerging technologies, innovation, science and higher education, with semiconductors emerging as the centerpiece of the strategic partnership between the two countries.The agreement seeks to strengthen trusted and resilient semiconductor supply chains by expanding collaboration between industries, research institutions and governments in both nations. Building on the Memorandum of Under…
The Hague, May 17 (IANS) At the invitation of the Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten, Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his official two-day visit to the Netherlands on Saturday. This marked Prime Minister Modi’s second visit to the Netherlands.In the morning of May 16, Prime Minister Modi was hosted by the Netherlands King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima at the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in the Hague for a bilateral meeting. They also hosted a luncheon for Prime Minister Modi.Prime Minister J…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Cisco, a global technology conglomerate, has announced plans to cut fewer than 4,000 jobs globally as part of a restructuring exercise aimed at sharpening its focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and other high-growth technology areas.The layoffs that will affect less than 5 per cent of the company’s global workforce were disclosed by CEO Chuck Robbins and the Executive Leadership Team in an internal memo issued alongside the company’s third-quarter FY26 earnings.”T…
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) State Bank of India is exploring new-age technology such as “Behavioural Biometrics” to strengthen cybersecurity systems and prevent hacking attempts, the bank’s Managing Director Ashwini Tewari said on Wednesday.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event here, Tewari said the country’s largest lender is closely evaluating advanced digital security tools as cyber threats continue to evolve rapidly in the banking sector.“State Bank of India is looking into …
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Black Box Limited (BSE: 500463 | NSE: BBOX), the technology arm of Essar and a leading global provider of digital infrastructure solutions, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of 2S Inovações Tecnológicas S.A., a leading Brazil-based provider of digital infrastructure, data center networking, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed technology solutions. The acquisition marks a significant milestone in Black Box’s global growth strategy and further ad…
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…
Seoul, May 12 (IANS) State-sponsored hackers from North Korea and China have demonstrated “significant interest” in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to detect previously unknown cybersecurity vulnerabilities, Alphabet’s Google said in a report on Tuesday.”We noted a particular interest from several clusters of threat activity associated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),” Google’s threat intelligence group said in the report, re…