Tag: india
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Cambodian scam centers used ChatGPT to lure Indian nationals, conduct investment fraud
A tip from WhatsApp led OpenAI to ban multiple accounts associated with investment scams and human trafficking operations based in Cambodian scam centers. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/openai-chatgpt-cambodia-scam-centers-disruption
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Travelers Beware: Russian Intel Hacking Hotel Wi-Fi
Russian Intelligence Hackers Capture Captive Portals. Hackers are using hotel Wi-Fi networks across the United States, India and Saudi Arabia to steal credentials, exfiltrate data and spread malware onto personal devices, according to Microsoft and ReliaQuest. Microsoft’s threat intelligence arm began tracking the threat in early May. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/travelers-beware-russian-intel-hacking-hotel-wi-fi-a-32405
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New Crypter-as-a-Service Cruciferra Fuels Stealthy Malware Attacks Worldwide
Proofpoint uncovered Cruciferra, a crypter-as-a-service that helps hackers evade antivirus and deliver malware in multiple campaigns. Proofpoint’s research team traced a wave of income-tax-themed lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams back to a crypter service called Cruciferra, and the tool turns out to be shared infrastructure used across multiple unrelated criminal…
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Bank of Baroda Breach Tests Disclosure Readiness
Email Compromise Exposes Sensitive Data, Raising DPDP Act Compliance Questions. A Bank of Baroda employee email compromise exposed customer and internal data allegedly leaked by the Triple X ransomware group. The incident shows how India’s new DPDP Act breach notification rules test banks’ readiness to disclose cyber incidents quickly and transparently. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Cruciferra Crypter Uses BYOVD and Process Ghosting to Hide Windows Malware
The China-linked cybercrime group behind the use of income tax-related phishing lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams has been observed using a sophisticated crypter service called Cruciferra.According to a new analysis by Proofpoint, Cruciferra has been utilized by various unrelated cybercriminal threat clusters to deliver a wide array of remote First…
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AccuKnox Wins Best AI Startup Award for Enterprise Agentic AI Security at BSides Bangalore
Bangalore, India, July 22nd, 2026, CyberNewswire AccuKnox announced it has won the number one Startup Award at Security BSides Bangalore 2026, marking the second consecutive year the company has topped the category after also winning in 2025. The back-to-back recognition affirms AccuKnox’s standing among the region’s leading cybersecurity startups. AI Security Adoption For AccuKnox, this award…
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AccuKnox Wins Best AI Startup Award for Enterprise Agentic AI Security at BSides Bangalore
Bangalore, India, 22nd July 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/accuknox-wins-best-ai-startup-award-for-enterprise-agentic-ai-security-at-bsides-bangalore/
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India says allegedly leaked nuclear plant files pose no safety risk
Documents that the World Leaks cybercrime group claimed to leak from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant do not contain information pertaining to safety or security, Indian officials said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/india-nuclear-plant-kudankulam-world-leaks-documents
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Smashing Security podcast #476: Remote-control rickshaws and rogue book marketers
An app has appeared in India that lets anyone with a smartphone stop a passing e-rickshaw dead in its tracks – no login, no passwords, no permissions needed. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-476/
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Pakistani Police Systems Hit by Chinese and Indian Espionage
Chinese and Indian spies converged on the same Balochistan police force, SentinelLabs found First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinese-indian-espionage-pakistani/
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Indian Income Tax Department Phishing Lure Deploys Gh0st RAT and AsyncRAT Implants
A targeted phishing campaign impersonating the Indian Income Tax Department has been observed delivering a sophisticated, six-stage infection chain that culminates in two in-memory remote-access implants: a Gh0st RAT derivative and a Quasar/AsyncRAT-family .NET payload. Victims are funneled to fake government pages that mimic Ministry of Finance and Income Tax branding and are pressured with…
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Suspected China-Nexus Hackers Use Fake Indian Tax Filing Utility to Deploy DcRAT
A suspected China-nexus threat activity cluster has been observed targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams to deliver a remote access trojan designed to steal sensitive data from compromised hosts.The multi-stage campaign, codenamed Operation DragonReturn by Seqrite Labs, involves sending spear-phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department of India. First seen on thehackernews.com…
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India questions WhatsApp username feature over cyberattack fears
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/india-questions-whatsapp-username-feature-over-cyberattack-fears
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Security Roundup: Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email
Plus: Alleged Scattered Spider hacking member extradited, dozens of license plate reader errors, and Indian officials are concerned about WhatsApp’s username rollout. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/security-roundup-apples-hide-my-email-service-fails-to-hide-your-email/
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Breach Roundup: DeepSeek Sparks Browser Ransomware
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cisa, data, data-breach, fraud, india, iphone, oracle, penetration-testing, ransomwareAlso, False Negatives Causes Trust in AI Pentest to Drop. This week: a DeepSeek browser-only ransomware path, AI pen testing trust dropped, Mustang Panda targeted India, Tata breach exposed iPhone 18 data, CISA flagged BlueHammer in ransomware attacks, 950 Oracle EBS systems exposed, Amazon to pay U.S. Federal Trade Commission penalty over fraud records. First…
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Indian bank domain registrar allegedly leaks sensitive data
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/indian-bank-domain-registrar-allegedly-leaks-sensitive-data
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Fake tax notices used to deliver remote access malware in India
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/fake-tax-notices-used-to-deliver-remote-access-malware-in-india
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Boss Scam Uses DLL Sideloading to Hijack WhatsApp Web and Defraud Enterprises
The new “Boss Scam” is a sharp escalation in CEO fraud: attackers now combine impersonation, Windows DLL sideloading, and WhatsApp Web session theft to turn trusted executive channels into fraud infrastructure. The campaign was highlighted in advisories tied to India’s I4C and NCTAU, which warned that attackers pose as regulators or senior bosses, deliver malicious…
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Mustang Panda Targets India’s Government and Energy Sectors With ZOHOMURK and MINIRECON
Two concurrent espionage campaigns by Mustang Panda targeting Indian government and energy-sector organisations, deploying a novel malware suite that includes SHARDLOADER, MINIRECON and ZOHOMURK. The intrusions, observed in June 2026, focused on hydropower entities and government offices engaged in MOUs with Taiwanese institutions, using geopolitically themed lures and weaponised archives that sideload malicious DLLs via…
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Vulnerabilities Expose Private Data in Indian Government Systems
One critical vulnerability, among many discovered by a researcher, could have allowed anyone to walk in and take over a national government portal. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/vulnerabilities-private-data-indian-government-systems
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Mustang Panda Uses Zoho WorkDrive as Command Channel in Indian Government Attacks
The China-aligned espionage group Mustang Panda is running two campaigns against the Indian government and hydropower targets, deploying new malware and turning a legitimate cloud service into its command channel.Acronis Threat Research Unit found active compromises inside Indian government networks, including machines used by senior administrative staff, and worked with First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Indian auto giant Bajaj Auto hit by ransomware incident
The company said in a regulatory filing that it became aware of the incident on Tuesday morning and had taken precautionary measures to contain its impact. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/indian-auto-giant-bajaj-auto-hit-by-ransomware
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Tata Electronics confirms cyberattack after alleged Apple, Tesla documents appear online
Indian manufacturer Tata Electronics said a recent cybersecurity incident had “no impact” on operations. A cybercrime group had said it stolen confidential documents from the company. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/tata-electronics-confirms-cyberattack
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WhatsApp VBScript Campaign Uses Fake Documents to Install ManageEngine RMM Tool
Direct messages sent via WhatsApp are being used to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBScript) files that lead to the installation of legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software.Per findings from Kaspersky, the active campaign is targeting users of WhatsApp Desktop and WhatsApp Web across Malaysia, Brazil, India, Mexico, Singapore, the U.K., Spain, Taiwan, Australia,…
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Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance AI Roadmap Puts Jio CallAgent Inside the Network
Reliance’s AI roadmap puts Jio CallAgent inside the telecom network while tying India-scale AI ambitions to Jamnagar compute, local-language services, and enterprise compliance questions. The post Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance AI Roadmap Puts Jio CallAgent Inside the Network appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-reliance-jio-callagent-ai-apac-india/
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Telegram admits it couldn’t police exam-leak channels, India tells court
India’s government has told the Delhi High Court that Telegram was warned about two weeks before it was blocked, and that the platform admitted it could not proactively detect the channels selling leaked exam papers. Telegram says it cooperated and the ban is unlawful. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/telegram-admits-it-couldnt-police-exam-leak-channels-india-tells-court/
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India’s Telegram ban hit the UAE too. Here’s how to get around it
India has banned Telegram until June 22 after the app was used to circulate leaked exam papers. CEO Pavel Durov accuses telecom Reliance of BGP hijacking that disrupted the app as far away as the UAE. Here’s what happened, and how to get around the block with an MTProto proxy. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump…
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India’s Telegram ban draws criticism from Durov as company challenges order in court
To prevent cheating, Indian authorities ordered Telegram to restrict access nationwide ahead of a major medical entrance exam. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/india-telegram-ban-challenged-in-court