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 ...
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Meta pauses all work with AI recruiting startup Mercor after $10 billion company confirms hacking
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 ...
Read More »Multi-OS Cyberattacks: How SOCs Close a Critical Risk in 3 Steps
Multi-OS Cyberattacks: How SOCs Close a Critical Risk in 3 Steps https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cyberattacks.jpg Your attack surface no longer lives on one operating system, and neither do the campaigns targeting it. In enterprise environments, attackers move across Windows endpoints, executive MacBooks, Linux infrastructure, and mobile devices, taking advantage of the fact that many SOC workflows are still fragmented by platform. For security leaders, this creates a costly operational gap: ...
Read More »Microsoft to invest $10 billion in Japan for AI and cyber defence expansion
Microsoft to invest $10 billion in Japan for AI and cyber defence expansion https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-130008170,imgsize-34574,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/cybercrime-fraud/microsoft-to-invest-10-billion-in-japan-for-ai-and-cyber-defence-expansion.jpg Microsoft on Friday said it will invest 1.6 trillion yen ($10 billion) in Japan between 2026 and 2029 to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure and strengthen cybersecurity cooperation with the government. The investment includes the training of 1 million engineers and developers by 2030, Microsoft said, which ...
Read More »Accenture and Anthropic partner on AI-driven cybersecurity operations, ETCISO
Accenture and Anthropic partner on AI-driven cybersecurity operations, ETCISO Accenture has launched Cyber.AI, a cybersecurity solution powered by Anthropic’s Claude model, aimed at helping organizations use AI-driven capabilities across security operations. The solution combines Accenture’s proprietary agents with Claude to support activities across the cybersecurity lifecycle, including design, deployment, detection and response. It also includes Agent Shield, a capability intended ...
Read More »Hackers Exploit CVE-2025-55182 to Breach 766 Next.js Hosts, Steal Credentials
Hackers Exploit CVE-2025-55182 to Breach 766 Next.js Hosts, Steal Credentials https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/nextjs.jpg Ravie LakshmananApr 02, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence A large-scale credential harvesting operation has been observed exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability as an initial infection vector to steal database credentials, SSH private keys, Amazon Web Services (AWS) secrets, shell command history, Stripe API keys, and GitHub tokens at scale. Cisco Talos has attributed the operation to ...
Read More »Bits AI Security Analyst reduces threat investigation time by up to 98%
Bits AI Security Analyst reduces threat investigation time by up to 98% https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-129919771,imgsize-6898,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/ot-security/bits-ai-security-analyst-reduces-threat-investigation-time-by-up-to-98.jpg Datadog has made its Bits AI Security Analyst generally available as part of its Cloud SIEM offering. The launch comes as security operations center (SOC) teams face increasing pressure from growing alert volumes, investigation workloads and AI-powered attacks, making it harder for human analysts alone to investigate, ...
Read More »AI, cybersecurity, digital and data skills emerge as India’s most critical future capabilities, ETCISO
AI, cybersecurity, digital and data skills emerge as India’s most critical future capabilities, ETCISO NIIT Ltd. today launched the NIIT India Skills Gap Report 2026, a nationwide study conducted in partnership with YouGov. The survey, based on insights from 3,500 respondents spanning students, working professionals, recruiters, CXOs and academic leaders across key sectors, highlights how digital, data and cybersecurity skills ...
Read More »Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement
Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/android-dev.jpg Ravie LakshmananMar 31, 2026Mobile Security / Compliance Google on Monday said it’s officially rolling out Android developer verification to all developers to combat the problem of bad actors distributing harmful apps while “hiding behind anonymity.” The development comes ahead of a planned verification mandate that goes into effect in Brazil, ...
Read More »48% enterprises flag mule networks as top fraud threat, ETCISO
48% enterprises flag mule networks as top fraud threat, ETCISO Bureau’s India Fraud Report 2026 points to a major shift in how fraud is being executed across India’s digital economy. With fraud losses in the banking sector rising to ₹36,014 crore, the report says fraud operations are becoming faster, more organized and increasingly industrialized, using real-time payments, instant onboarding and ...
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