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Mitigata raises $5.9 million to scale cyber resilience platform in India

Mitigata, a cyber resilience startup, has secured $5.9 million in Series A funding to expand its integrated platform that combines cybersecurity, compliance, and insurance for India's digital economy

Shadow AI: The rise of a cybersecurity threat from unauthorised AI use

Shadow AI, the unauthorised use of artificial intelligence tools, models, or platforms, is emerging as a new threat, according to IBM's annual 'Cost of Data Breach' report

SAFE Security bags $70 mn to build AI tools for autonomous cyber governance

Backed by Avataar Ventures and others, SAFE to invest in agentic AI for real-time, autonomous cyber risk assessment as demand for boardroom-level solutions grows

India bets on AI to build first $10 bn cybersecurity firm by 2030

Accel-backed Indian startups are using AI-first innovation to take on global rivals in cybersecurity as the country aims to create a $10 billion firm within five years

Platform security assumes criticality in the face of crypto hacks

Crypto platforms need to integrate automation and intelligence into a unified security stack, run well-compensated bug bounty programmes, and have stringent KYC protocols in place

Cert-In makes annual cybersecurity audit mandatory for companies

The guidelines by Cert-In allow sectoral regulators to mandate audits more frequently if needed, Cert-In said

Irdai fines Star Health Insurance ₹3.39 cr for cybersecurity lapses

Regulator Irdai on Friday said it has imposed a Rs 3.39 crore penalty on Star Health and Allied Insurance for various violations of Information & Cyber Security Guidelines. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irdai) has also issued a warning to the insurer. "Irdai...has imposed a penalty of Rs Three Crore Thirty-Nine Lakhs and a warning for various violations established under Irdai Information & Cyber Security Guidelines, 2023," the regulator said in its order on Star Health and Allied Insurance. Star Health Insurance has a strong multi-channel distribution network, with 913 offices, over 14,000 network hospitals, more than 7,75,000 licensed agents, and 17,000 employees. In 2024-25, Star Health's gross written premium stood at Rs 17,553 crore, with its net worth at Rs 8,668 crore.

Microsoft rushes to stop hackers exploiting SharePoint security flaw

Microsoft said that attackers are specifically targeting clients running SharePoint servers from their own on-premise networks, as opposed to being hosted and managed by the tech firm

Vulnerability exploited on MS SharePoint servers: All you need to know

Microsoft has issued an emergency fix to close off a vulnerability in Microsoft's widely-used SharePoint software that hackers have exploited to carry out widespread attacks on businesses and at least some US government agencies. The company issued an alert to customers Saturday saying it was aware of the zero-day exploit being used to conduct attacks and that it was working to patch the issue. Microsoft updated its guidance Sunday with instructions to fix the problem for SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Engineers were still working on a fix for the older SharePoint Server 2016 software. Anybody who's got a hosted SharePoint server has got a problem, said Adam Meyers, senior vice president with CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm. It's a significant vulnerability. Companies and government agencies around the world use SharePoint for internal document management, data organization and collaboration. What is a zero-day exploit? A zero-day exploit is

Microsoft warns govt, firms of cyberattacks on document-sharing software

Microsoft said on Sunday it issued a security update for SharePoint Subscription Edition, which it said customers should apply immediately

Standing Committee on Home Affairs to meet today, discuss cybercrime

The panel will meet on the subject of 'Cyber Crime - ramifications, protection and prevention' and hear the views of ministries and organisations. The Committee will again meet on Friday

You might be spied on through your bluetooth audio devices, CERT-In warns

CERT-In warns that Airoha-powered Bluetooth earbuds and speakers can be hacked to spy on users, steal call data, and hijack conversations

Max Financial reports cyber threat at unit; initiates security check

The company has initiated a security assessment and data log analysis, Max Financial said

Samsung to introduce unified security and privacy hub with One UI 8: Report

Samsung released One UI 7 back in April, and now it is reportedly strengthening platform security with unified interface for privacy and security features that will be available with One UI 8

DoT proposes new cybersecurity rules to combat mobile number fraud

The Department of Telecommunications has proposed new cybersecurity rules to curb fraud by verifying mobile numbers through a new validation platform and empowering government agencies

Pro-Russian hackers target municipalities linked to Nato summit: Dutch govt

Pro-Russian hackers launched a series of denial-of-service attacks Monday on several municipalities and organisations linked to a NATO summit this week in the Netherlands, the Dutch government announced. The National Cybersecurity Center said in a statement that many of the attacks were claimed by a pro-Russian hackers' group known as NoName057(16) and appear to have a pro-Russian ideological motive. It did not elaborate. The cybersecurity centre said it was investigating the attacks that flood a site with data in order to overwhelm it and knock it offline, and was in contact with national and international partners. Raoul Rozestraten, a spokesman for the municipality in The Hague, the Dutch city hosting the summit Tuesday and Wednesday, said the attacks hit municipalities around the country. We noticed more traffic on the website of some of our service providers, he told The Associated Press. As of now, everything in The Hague is working normally." The government had launched a m

Meity on alert to find Indian data in global breach; asks Cert-In to probe

Meity had issued guidelines on cyber incident timelines in 2022

Mastek share price up 3% on bagging contract from NHS England; details here

Mastek shares gained in trade today after the company announced it has secured a contract from NHS England to provide cybersecurity training for NHS Boards and Senior Information Risk Owners (SIROs).

Operation Chakra-V: CBI raids 10 sites in nationwide cyber fraud crackdown

CBI conducts nationwide raids in a major crackdown on cyber fraud under Operation Chakra-V, arresting two suspects and seizing cryptocurrency and digital evidence

India's energy transition, grid security hinge on strategic diversification

Regulatory frameworks must evolve to recognise both 'strategic premium' and 'cybersecurity premium' as legitimate components in tariff determination