Tag: india
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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
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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
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India temporarily blocks Telegram over exam fraud concerns
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/india-temporarily-blocks-telegram-over-exam-fraud-concerns
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India temporarily blocks Telegram over medical exam cheating fears
Authorities said scammers previously exploited the feature by posting fake exam questions before the test and later replacing them with the real questions, making it look like they had leaked the exam in advance. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/india-blocks-telegram-over-cheating-fears
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India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns
The restrictions include a nationwide ban on Telegram until June 22 and a requirement to disable the app’s message editing feature. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/india-temporarily-blocks-access-to-telegram-over-exam-fraud-concerns/
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Hackers Use UAE-India Diplomatic Lure to Deliver SHEETCREEP RAT via Google Sheets
An active espionage campaign tracked as SHEETCREEP that leverages a UAE”‘India diplomatic-themed ISO lure to deliver a compact C# remote access trojan (RAT) and uses Google Sheets as its command-and-control (C2) channel. The ISO, named UAE-India_Strategic_Partnership_Week.iso, contains a deceptively iconized LNK file that launches a C# dropper. The dropper extracts a decoy PDF to temp,…
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Why voice is becoming India’s next payment frontier
India’s Unified Payments Interface has made mobile payments ubiquitous in the subcontinent. As the country gears up for voice-activated transactions, experts warn of new risks involving AI and audio deepfakes First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366643927/Why-voice-is-becoming-Indias-next-payment-frontier
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Why voice is becoming India’s next payment frontier
India’s Unified Payments Interface has made mobile payments ubiquitous in the subcontinent. As the country gears up for voice-activated transactions, experts warn of new risks involving AI and audio deepfakes First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366643927/Why-voice-is-becoming-Indias-next-payment-frontier
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TCS and Mistral AI Sign Strategic Partnership
TCS to Build and Deploy Custom AI Models Using Mistral Forge. Tata Consultancy Services struck a strategic partnership with Mistral AI, making it the first global systems integrator to deliver Mistral Forge to enterprise clients, the Indian and French companies announced this week. The deal hands TCS access to Paris-based Mistral’s frontier models. First seen…
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TCS and Mistral AI Sign Strategic Partnership
TCS to Build and Deploy Custom AI Models Using Mistral Forge. Tata Consultancy Services struck a strategic partnership with Mistral AI, making it the first global systems integrator to deliver Mistral Forge to enterprise clients, the Indian and French companies announced this week. The deal hands TCS access to Paris-based Mistral’s frontier models. First seen…
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CERT-In Mandates 12-Hour Patch Deadline for Internet-Facing Vulnerabilities
India’s national cyber security agency CERT-In has issued a new blueprint that tells organizations to fix critical vulnerabilities in internet”‘facing and “crown”‘jewel” systems within 12 hours of discovery, as AI”‘driven attackers slash exploitation timelines. The guidance marks one of India’s most aggressive expectations yet on patching speed for exposed infrastructure. CERT-In’s 38″‘page document, titled “Blueprint…
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CERT-In Recommends 12-Hour Patching for Internet-Facing Flaws Amid AI-Assisted Attacks
Tags: ai, attack, computer, data-breach, flaw, india, intelligence, Internet, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued new guidelines requiring organizations to patch critical security vulnerabilities in internet-exposed systems within 12 hours of being flagged where “feasible” to safeguard against potential threats stemming from threat actors’ abuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and large language models (LLMs) to automate vulnerability First seen on…
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CERT-In Mandates 12-Hour Patching for Internet-Facing Flaws Amid AI-Assisted Attacks
Tags: ai, attack, computer, data-breach, flaw, india, intelligence, Internet, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued new guidelines requiring organizations to patch critical security vulnerabilities in internet-exposed systems within 12 hours of being flagged where “feasible” to safeguard against potential threats stemming from threat actors’ abuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and large language models (LLMs) to automate vulnerability First seen on…
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India’s CERT-In Sets 12-Hour Patch Deadline for Exposed Flaws
CERT-In urges 12-hour patching of exposed flaws as AI compresses exploitation timelines First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cert-in-12-hour-patch-deadline-ai/
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Two Americans plead guilty to assisting India-based tech support scam centers
Adam Young, 42, and Harrison Gevirtz, 33, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony after they were accused of offering phone numbers, call routing services, call tracking tools and call forwarding services to India-based telemarketing fraudsters. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/two-americans-plead-guilty-india-call-center-scams