State Bank of India has setting up a new cyber centre CyRIS, and the plan is ambitious. It will cover threat intelligence, cyber defenses, digital forensics, malware analysis, ethical hacking, fraud analytics, the bank also knows it can’t fight this alone, since cyber threats rarely stop at one organization’s doorstep. CyRIS will work with government and regulatory bodies, financial institutions, fin techs, universities and technology partners. SBI Chairman Mr. Challa Sreenivasulu Setty put it in terms of trust. “Cybersecurity is fundamental to customer trust and the resilience of our digital financial ecosystem,” he said. “CyRIS will strengthen our ability to anticipate emerging threats and stay ahead of the evolving cyber landscape.” Sanjay Lohiya, Secretary at the Department of Financial Services, said the timing is right. “As India’s financial ecosystem becomes increasingly digital, cyber resilience must grow alongside innovation,” he said. “CyRIS is a timely initiative to stre...
A major flaw found in the PHP coding language that powers an untold number of websites across the internet has seen scores of sites taken offline as they attempt to patch out the severe vulnerability. If you've found your favorite website has been unavailable over the last few days, there's a chance it's related to this security incident. Here, I have put together a list of as many affected websites as we can find, along with reasoning given by the sites where possible. India The India-specific exposure figure makes the issue more than a routine software update. The report identifies over 50,000 facing assets running PHP in the country, with 159 belonging to government entities. These figures indicate the scale of the digital footprint that may need to be examined. These are potential exposure figures, not confirmed hacks. For security reasons, I cannot disclose the names of the affected websites, as they are currently undergoing security patching. CERT-In, Indi...