How Deepfakes Are Being Used Against Students and Staff Deepfakes are driving a rise in “sextortion.” “Kids are sending out a picture to somebody, and that picture gets converted into something it wasn’t. Now they’re saying, ‘Hey, pay this or I’m going to tell all your friends and family,’” says Jennifer Duer, executive vice...Read More
WhatsApp’s rollout of a custom username feature designed to protect phone number privacy has been officially halted by the Indian government. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a strict notice demanding an immediate pause over rising cyber fraud risks. Officials argue that hiding mobile numbers strips away a crucial layer of accountability. Indian...Read More
Court documents from the arrest of an alleged Scattered Spider hacker reveal Microsoft assigns every Windows installation a persistent Global Device ID (GDID) that can link a PC to its online activity, even when the user is hiding behind a VPN. The FBI used Microsoft’s GDID records, obtained via court order, to connect a 19-year-old...Read More
The signals we rely on to establish trust online are changing. We’ve reached a point in security where seeing is no longer believing. AI-generated content, from deepfakes to synthetic identities, is advancing faster than most organizations can keep up with. According to recent data, less than a quarter of consumers are confident in their ability...Read More
By Byron Kaye for Reuters Australia’s online platforms are stumbling at the very first step in implementing age checks for users, rendering a world-first teen social media ban ineffective, a study by a team that advised the government’s rollout of the curbs found. Since December, Australia’s new social media law has mandated that platforms including...Read More
Srinagar, Jul 6: Students are more likely to report losing Rs 500 in an online fraud than report being victims of cyberbullying, with fear of social judgment emerging as the biggest barrier to reporting cybercrime, a study has found. The study, conducted by students of the Department of Public Administration, Amar Singh College, Srinagar, under the...Read More
Cloud security firm Sysdig has documented what it describes as the first known case of ransomware executed by an AI agent — an extortion operation, dubbed JadePuffer, in which an AI agent handled the technical execution of a live cyberattack from initial access to ransom note. But as TechCrunch reports, the framing of a fully...Read More
You’re waiting for a package. Your phone buzzes with a text saying there’s a delivery problem and you need to confirm your address. It looks legitimate, uses the right logo, and you are expecting something. You quickly reply before realizing you should have double-checked. Now you’re wondering if you made a huge mistake. You’re not...Read More
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has issued a clarification stating that its databases have not been compromised and that the viral posts circulating on social media are fake. The institute has rejected claims of a breach involving students’ records, members’ data, and examination information, calling them “false, baseless, and malicious.” ICAI said...Read More
Global Capability Centres (GCCs) have undergone a remarkable transformation over the past decade. Initially, created to increase operational effectiveness and reduce costs, these centres have gradually turned into strategic units that deliver such services as product engineering, cloud transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), and enterprise innovations. In order to move further along the digital transformation path,...Read More
