Rising Confidence Meets a Growing AI Threat OpenText for AI, recently released the findings of its fourth annual Global Ransomware Survey. The survey of almost 1,800 security practitioners and business leaders highlighted a rising tension between confidence and risk: confidence in ransomware readiness is rising yet concern over AI-driven attacks and third-party vulnerabilities are growing…
India has emerged as the most affected country by a prolific malware strain while ranking eighth globally in overall cyber threat exposure, according to Microsoft‘s Digital Defense Report 2025 released recently. And the top target for Lumma Stealer malware, with over 44,000 infected Windows devices between March and May 2025, according to Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report….
The most successful phishing tactic of 2025 is s a simple e-mail disguised as an internal message from HR or IT. This is according to KnowBe4’s Q2 2025 Phishing Report, which claims 98.4% of the most clicked phishing simulations were disguised this way. The reason cyber security training is so important for CHROs and HR…
India’s Fintech industry and Fintech growth a part of digital transformation growth is facing growing cybersecurity risks as per reports prepared by PWC & Unified Fintech Forum (UFF). The report, titled “FinSec: An Emerging Equation Between FinTech and Cybersecurity,” highlights how new technologies while driving innovation in digital payments, lending, neobanking, and blockchain are simultaneously…
According to the report, 95% of organisations in India reported cybersecurity burnout this year, up from 83% in 2024. The growing fatigue is being fuelled by increased threat volumes, mounting pressure from boards and executive leadership, and overwhelming cyber alert loads. AI’s double-edged role The report highlights how AI is playing a dual role in…
$330 Billion OT Cyber Risk impacting business at large OT networks under active attack due to critical RCE flaw Attackers are exploiting a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Erlang programming language’s Open Telecom Platform, widely used in OT networks and critical infrastructure. The flaw enables unauthenticated users to execute commands through SSH…
Some of the most widely used AI agents and assistants from Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and other major companies are susceptible to being hijacked with little or no user interaction, as per Zenity labs. During a presentation at the Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference, Zenity researchers showed how hackers could exfiltrate data, manipulate critical workflows across…
Key Findings: Ransomware attacks blocked by the Zscaler cloud rose 146%, the sharpest spike observed in the past three years. Public extortion cases jumped by 70% based on data leak site analysis. Data exfiltration volumes increased 92%. Manufacturing, Technology, and Healthcare were the top targeted industries, and the Oil & Gas sector experienced a 935% increase…
A parliamentary panel report tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday flagged privacy concerns on telecom cyber security rules and recommended that the Department of Telecom finetune it. A report on The Telecommunications (Critical Telecommunication Infrastructure) Rules, 2024 and Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024 by the Committee on Subordinate Legislation observed vague terms in…
Barracuda Networks, published the MSP Customer Insight Report 2025. The report details the findings of an international survey showing how managed service providers (MSPs) have become critical partners for businesses that want to grow securely. The survey, undertaken by Barracuda with Vanson Bourne, gathered insights from 2,000 IT and security decision makers across the Americas, Europe…
