What it really takes to build a SOC in India, ETCISO A recent study on Security Operations Center (SOC) planning shows that while many organizations are preparing to build SOCs, their budget expectations, timelines and operational challenges vary widely. The survey, conducted among senior IT security professionals and managers from organizations with 500 or more employees across 16 countries, focused ...

China supercomputer breach exposes massive defence data, sparks security concerns https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-130168248,imgsize-172930,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/china-supercomputer-breach-exposes-massive-defence-data-sparks-security-concerns.jpg A major cybersecurity breach has reportedly exposed highly sensitive data from a Chinese government supercomputer, raising serious concerns around national security and data protection. The story reported by CNN broke out recently. According to reports, a hacker managed to infiltrate a system linked to the National Supercomputing Centre in ...

$13.74M Hack Shuts Down Sanctioned Grinex Exchange After Intelligence Claims https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/grinex.jpg Ravie LakshmananApr 18, 2026Money Laundering / Regulatory Compliance Grinex, a Kyrgyzstan-incorporated cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.K. and the U.S. last year, said it’s suspending operations after it blamed Western intelligence agencies for a $13.74 million hack. The exchange said it fell victim to what it described as a ...

Kaspersky Connect 2026 presents active threat campaigns in India, spending gaps in cybersecurity https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-130327273,imgsize-12860,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/cybercrime-fraud/kaspersky-connect-2026-presents-active-threat-campaigns-in-india-spending-gaps-in-cybersecurity.jpg Senior enterprise security leaders from across India gathered in Delhi for Kaspersky Connect 2026, an exclusive annual intelligence-sharing forum hosted by Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company. The event focused on real threat data, with Kaspersky’s analysts and Frost & Sullivan researcher sharing findings ...

Moving from fragmented tools to integrated platforms, ETCISO For years, the standard playbook in enterprise security was straightforward – buy the best tool for every job. Security leaders assembled their defences like carefully chosen building blocks – one vendor for the firewall, another for endpoint detection, yet another for identity. It was logical. It was thorough. And over time, it ...

FBI shuts down ready-made kit that imitated login pages and stole millions from users worldwide https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-130226818,imgsize-8416,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/fbi-shuts-down-ready-made-kit-that-imitated-login-pages-and-stole-millions-from-users-worldwide.jpg The FBI Atlanta Field Office, working closely with Indonesian law enforcement, has dismantled a highly organized global phishing operation that gave cybercriminals easy access to a powerful tool for stealing account credentials and attempting large-scale fraud. At the centre of the operation was a ...

[Webinar] Eliminate Ghost Identities Before They Expose Your Enterprise Data https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ghost.jpg Mohit KumarApr 18, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Enterprise Security In 2024, compromised service accounts and forgotten API keys were behind 68% of cloud breaches. Not phishing. Not weak passwords. Unmanaged non-human identities that nobody was watching. For every employee in your org, there are 40 to 50 automated credentials: service accounts, API tokens, ...

Bank of England says it is testing AI risks to financial system https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-130328547,imgsize-38926,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/cybercrime-fraud/bank-of-england-says-it-is-testing-ai-risks-to-financial-system.jpg The Bank of England is testing the risks to the financial system caused by AI by conducting scenario analysis and simulations, the central bank said in a letter published by lawmakers on Thursday. The BoE said it disagreed with an assessment by parliament’s Treasury Committee that it ...

Kaspersky blocks 64M removable-device attacks in India, ETCISO Nearly one in three computer users in India faced on-device attacks in 2025, according to Kaspersky. The report said 29.8% of users in India encountered local, on-device threats last year. These threats were delivered through USB drives, removable media and other offline sources. In total, Kaspersky products detected 64,631,897 local incidents on ...

Meta pauses all work with AI recruiting startup Mercor after $10 billion company confirms hacking https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-130050239,imgsize-7718,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/meta-pauses-all-work-with-ai-recruiting-startup-mercor-after-10-billion-company-confirms-hacking.jpg Meta has indefinitely suspended all work with Mercor. This comes after the artificial intelligence (AI) data contracting startup valued at $10 billion confirmed a security breach that may have exposed proprietary training data belonging to some of the world’s most prominent AI laboratories. According ...