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With over 2,000 banks in operation, a domain only they can access has clear potential to make life harder for fraudsters India’s Reserve Bank last week announced a plan to use adopt dedicated...
India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said it's introducing an exclusive "bank.in" internet domain for banks in the country to combat digital financial fraud. "This initiative...
The Indian government has published a draft version of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules for public consultation. "Data fiduciaries must provide clear and accessible information...
Who also worries misinformation on social media could threaten liquidity The governor of India's Reserve Bank, Shri Shaktikanta Das, yesterday warned that AI – and the platforms that provide it –...
Acknowledges bulk customer data leak weeks after Telegram channels dangled it online Leading Indian health insurance provider Star Health has admitted to being the victim of a cyber attack after...
Google has announced that it's piloting a new security initiative that automatically blocks sideloading of potentially unsafe Android apps in India, after similar tests in Singapore, Thailand, and...
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An advanced threat actor with an India nexus has been observed using multiple cloud service providers to facilitate credential harvesting, malware delivery, and command-and-control (C2). Web...
Minister reckons dedicated cops necessary to protect digital transactions India has announced a plan to train a specialized wing of 5000 "Cyber Commandos" in the next five years, as part of its...
A woman in the Indian city of Delhi last week found herself under "Digital arrest" - a form of scam in which victims make payments to criminals posing as law enforcement officers. Local media reported that the suspects had extorted others in a similar manner - posing as CBI officers and threatening to arrest family members of victims.