Traces of the Russian hacking group Fancy Bear, which US and UK government institutions link to Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, have been found within Serbia’s Ministry of Defence, the Military Academy and the Military Medical Academy. The internationally connected group of independent cybersecurity experts Ctrl Alt Intel announced that in mid-March, they managed...Read More
SUMMARY To improve detection and recovery, MoS Kumar said that the government’s CFCFRMS has helped save over ₹8,690 Cr in response to 24.65 Lakh complaints Meanwhile, RBI executive director P Vasudevan said that more than 6.1 Cr cyberattack attempts were made on the central bank’s website in Q3 FY26 The top RBI official also reportedly...Read More
Ravie LakshmananMar 24, 2026Malware / Endpoint Security An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting French-speaking corporate environments with fake resumes that lead to the deployment of cryptocurrency miners and information stealers. “The campaign uses highly obfuscated VBScript files disguised as resume/CV documents, delivered through phishing emails,” Securonix researchers Shikha Sangwan, Akshay Gaikwad, and Aaron Beardslee said...Read More
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Events , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Momentum Cyber CEO Eric McAlpine on the Funding Velocity of AI-Native Startups Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • March 24, 2026 Eric McAlpine, founder and CEO, Momentum Cyber Investors have recently poured more capital into fewer cybersecurity startups as artificial intelligence continues...Read More
Leaked iOS spyware has some cybersecurity professionals raising urgent alarms about potential mass iPhone compromises, a development that pairs ominously with the recent discovery of two sophisticated iOS exploit kits. At the same time, some other experts say Apple’s defensive features for iPhones remain elite. But several factors have created unprecedented circumstances: the public accessibility...Read More
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A Russian citizen was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for hacking into companies, including ones here in Indiana. Aleksei Volkov, 26, got 81 months in prison for assisting cybercrime groups. A news release issued Monday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana and the...Read More
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Summary: A new United Nations treaty establishes an international framework for investigating and prosecuting online crimes, such as ransomware attacks and financial fraud, which often involve multiple countries. While it explicitly defines cybercrime and spells out what law enforcement and companies are responsible for in such cases, concerns related...Read More
The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) to prevent and control the dissemination of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) content under the IT Rules, 2021. A spokesperson for Digital Technologies and Governance, Himachal Pradesh, said on Tuesday that the NCII content included any material that exposed the private parts...Read More
Artificial intelligence is speeding up timelines for cyber attacks, a new report has found, creating what the authors call a widening “cybersecurity speed gap” between bad actors and defense efforts. The report from Booz Allen Hamilton, published this month, shows that cyber criminals are now moving from initial access to broader system compromise in less...Read More
The Buzz ■ Two juries are simultaneously deliberating cases against Meta focused on child safety and platform addiction ■ New Mexico case accuses Meta of facilitating child predators on its platforms, which the company denies ■ Los Angeles jury weighing whether Meta and Google should be liable for creating addictive products that harmed a young...Read More
