Proofpoint Strengthens Operations in India with AI Security Focus, ETCISO Proofpoint announced an expansion of its operations in India as organisations increase their adoption of AI and face evolving privacy, data protection and security requirements, including those arising from the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA). According to Proofpoint’s 2026 AI and Human Risk Landscape report, 87% of organisations globally ...
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US House Democrats press Anthropic, OpenAI about rogue AI agents
US House Democrats press Anthropic, OpenAI about rogue AI agents https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-133140626,imgsize-40282,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/us-house-democrats-press-anthropic-openai-about-rogue-ai-agents.jpg A coalition of U.S. House Democrats is calling on Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to explain how their AI systems escaped containment during a security test, adding that Congress should hold hearings about the incidents, according to letters the lawmakers sent to the companies on ...
Read More »TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit
TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/tiktok.jpg Ravie LakshmananAug 22, 2026Privacy / Regulation The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Friday that ByteDance-owned TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a 2024 lawsuit accusing the company of violating child privacy laws in the country. As part of the settlement, the social media platform will ...
Read More »OPSWAT opens first Office and critical infrastructure protection lab in India
OPSWAT opens first Office and critical infrastructure protection lab in India https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-133397348,imgsize-1226854,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/corporate/opswat-opens-first-office-and-critical-infrastructure-protection-lab-in-india.jpg OPSWAT has opened its first India-based office and critical infrastructure protection (CIP) lab in Bengaluru. The office will provide engineering and sales support to customers and partners in the region. The CIP lab will enable visitors to test cybersecurity defences against simulated attack scenarios across IT and operational ...
Read More »Why Security Must Be a Priority, ETCISO
Why Security Must Be a Priority, ETCISO No cybersecurity without AI is a business risk waiting to happen. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gone from technology of the future to a requirement for business. From financial services and healthcare to manufacturing and retail, AI is being used to boost productivity, enrich customer journeys, automate processes and to make quicker decisions. AI ...
Read More »Ex-Google engineer’s conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturned
Ex-Google engineer’s conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturned https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-133390905,imgsize-1553937,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/ex-google-engineers-conviction-for-stealing-ai-secrets-partially-overturned.jpg A federal judge on Thursday tossed part of the conviction of former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, who was found guilty earlier this year of stealing AI trade secrets from the U.S. tech giant to benefit two Chinese companies. U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled there ...
Read More »GitLab CVE-2026-19478 Comes Under Active Exploitation Within Days of Disclosure
GitLab CVE-2026-19478 Comes Under Active Exploitation Within Days of Disclosure https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/gitlab-cve.jpg Ravie LakshmananAug 21, 2026Vulnerability / Enterprise Security A newly disclosed security flaw in GitLab has come under active exploitation within days of public disclosure, according to watchTowr. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-19478 (CVSS score: 9.4), a case of code injection that allows an unauthenticated attacker to modify or ...
Read More »OpenAI pauses development of advanced AI model Astra amid safety concerns and cyberattack revelations
OpenAI pauses development of advanced AI model Astra amid safety concerns and cyberattack revelations https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-133335847,imgsize-1207820,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/cybercrime-fraud/openai-pauses-development-of-advanced-ai-model-astra-amid-safety-concerns-and-cyberattack-revelations.jpg ChatGPT creator OpenAI said Tuesday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal controls, a month after revealing a cyberattack carried out by one of its rogue models. OpenAI is a key player in the rapid ...
Read More »The Necessity of Complete Telemetry, ETCISO
The Necessity of Complete Telemetry, ETCISO For twenty years we’ve accepted that security systems must discard most telemetry because storage and compute were too expensive. That architectural compromise became accepted wisdom. Today, that assumption is no longer true. In the AI era, complete, high-fidelity telemetry is becoming a competitive advantage – not because humans need more dashboards, but because machines ...
Read More »No evidence of systems breach as hacker group claims employee data exposure
No evidence of systems breach as hacker group claims employee data exposure https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-133147559,imgsize-6566,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/no-evidence-of-systems-breach-as-hacker-group-claims-employee-data-exposure.jpg IT services provider HCLTech has said its initial investigation found no evidence of a breach of the company’s systems or any impact on client engagements following claims by a hacker group regarding the potential exposure of employee-related data. In a stock exchange filing, HCLTech said it was ...
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