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India is to make 5,000 cyber commandos over the next five years to deal with cybercrimes in India, said Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday. He urged that cybercrime has no boundary, and hence all stakeholders must come together to deal with its menace. The unit will consist of 5,000 …

Microsoft patched September 2024 Tuesday addressing 79 vulnerabilities, including four actively exploited zero-days which covers critical flaws in Windows Installer, MoTW, Publisher, and Windows Update. Those flaw are mentioned in September 2024 patch Tuesday are rated as critical, most of which were either remote code execution (RCE) or elevation of …

Malaysia is quickly becoming a leading choice for investing in data centers. It aims to generate RM3.6 billion (US$781 million) in revenue by 2025, compared to RM2.09 billion (US$462 million) in 2022. The growth is driven by investments and expansions by major technology companies, showcasing Malaysia’s increasing importance in the …

CISA has moved its cyber incident reporting form to the new CISA Services Portal to improve cyber incident reporting. The Portal is a secure platform for reporting cyber incidents. It has extra features like saving and updating reports, sharing with others, and searching and filtering. Users can now have informal …

Microsoft warned Entra global admins to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for their tenants by October 15 to prevent users from losing access to admin portals. This is part of Redmond’s Secure Future Initiative. It aims to protect Azure accounts from phishing and hijacking attempts by requiring mandatory MFA for all …

A bank employee accesses the personal information of several dozen customers. The person did that for the time being before being noticed. TD Bank reimbursed its clients after finding out that one of its employees accessed the personal information of some customers. The bank, based in New Jersey, stated that …

India’s telecom regulator has ordered service providers to block all unwanted calls from unregistered senders in a major move “to curb the increasing number of spam calls.” In case of a violation, the service providers will face disconnection of their networks for up to two years, India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority …

Researchers found a way to get around a security measure in Microsoft 365, making it more likely for users to open harmful emails. Outlook has a hidden anti-phishing measure called the ‘First Contact Safety Tip.’ It warns recipients when they receive an email from an unfamiliar address. Outlook displays an …

The European Union’s artificial intelligence law, the first of its kind in the world, officially came into effect on Thursday. This is a significant step in the EU’s efforts to regulate this technology. The Artificial Intelligence Act aims to protect the “fundamental rights” of citizens in the 27-nation bloc and …

CISA released nine advisories about Industrial Control Systems (ICS) on August 1, 2024. They give important information about security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits related to ICS. ICSA-24-214-01 Johnson Controls exacqVision Client and exacqVision Server ICSA-24-214-02 Johnson Controls exacqVision Web Service ICSA-24-214-03 Johnson Controls exacqVision Web Service ICSA-24-214-04 Johnson Controls exacqVision …