iNews Vol-132

?In this Edition of iNews you will see the 71% rise in ransomware in UP along with how MHA saved 930Cr. IT ministry has blocked more than 100 websites along with why RBI stores your financial data with them and many more. Click to read more

71% of ransomware attack cases reported from UP last year: NCRB: Overall 958 such incidents were reported across India of which 681 were from UP, making it nearly 71% of such total attacks in UP.

?930 crore saved from being siphoned off in financial frauds: MHA: The Indian Cyber Coordination Committee has launched a citizen financial cyber fraud reporting and management system to report financial frauds and prevent funds from being siphoned off.

IT Ministry Blocks Over 100 Websites For Connection With Illegal Investments, Job Fraud: The latest action by MeitY followed identification of these websites by the National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU), a vertical of I4C dedicated to curbing cybercrime and protecting people from cyber threats as part of the government's efforts to create a 'Cyber-Safe India'.?

Police register FIR after obscene images displayed during VC proceedings in Karnataka High Court: The CEN Police (cyber, economic & narcotic offences) registered the FIR under sections 67 & 67(A) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 on a complaint from the High Court administration.?

RBI to store your financial data on cloud to boost security, privacy: The Reserve Bank is working on establishing a cloud facility for the financial sector in India.

Europe enacts laws governing AI: The accord requires foundation models such as ChatGPT and general purpose AI systems (GPAI) to comply with transparency obligations before they are put on the market.

Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Draws Scrutiny From U.K. Regulator: Britain's competition watchdog announced on Friday that it was looking into whether a partnership between US tech giant Microsoft and artificial intelligence developer OpenAI resembles a merger. It wants to know if the partnership "including recent developments" has "resulted?

N. Korea's Kimsuky Targeting South Korean Research Institutes with Backdoor Attacks: The North Korean threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed targeting research institutes in South Korea as part of a spear-phishing campaign with the ultimate goal of distributing backdoors on compromised systems.

New Bluetooth Flaw Let Hackers Take Over Android, Linux, macOS, and iOS Devices: A critical Bluetooth security flaw could be exploited by threat actors to take control of Android, Linux, macOS and iOS devices.

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