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Cyber Review - January 2025

National

MeitY organised consultation meeting on Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025.

On 14 January, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) organised a consultation meeting ....

March 24, 2025 India , US , Cybercrime , UK , Spain , Bharat , Cyber , VIF Cyber Review , Deepfake , Digital Arrest , DeepSeek

Cyber Review - November 2024

National

The Government notified telecoms to report security incidents within specified timelines

The Government of Bharat has notified the telecom through various measures, including specified timelines for telecoms to report....

December 13, 2024 India , North Korea , China , Australia , UNESCO , USA , PLA , Cybercrime , IAF , Misinformation , Bharat , Cyber , VIF Cyber Review , Meta , Telecom , ChatBIT , Uber

Cyber Review - October 2024

National

“Bharat require stronger cyber security measures to counter breaches”: PRAHAR

In a report titled The Invisible hand by PRAHAR, an NGO, projected that by 2033, Bharat will face approximately one trill....

November 26, 2024 India , Russia , artificial intelligence , Ukraine , Cybercrime , Malware , Korea , Bharat , Cyber , VIF Cyber Review , ITU , I4C

The Growing Problem of Digital Arrest Scams in Bharat

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“‘Stop’, then ‘Think’, and then take ‘Action’; these three steps will become the protector of your digital security.” ^[1] - Narendra Modi, Prime Mi....

November 26, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , AP internal security , Cyber Security , cyber crime , Bharat , Cyber , Digital Security , Digital Arrest , Digital Scam

Cyber Review - September 2024

National

Star Health sues Telegram after a hacker used app’s chatbot to leak data

Bharat’s insurance company— Star Health has sued Telegram application and an unknown hacker who was using chatbots on the messaging app to....

October 28, 2024 India , China , Iran , Singapore , Scotland , U.S. , cybersecurity , Bharat , Cyber , VIF Cyber Review , Lenovo , Airtel , Deepfake , IRGC.

Cyber Review - July 2024

National

China-backed Phishing attack targeted Bharat’s “India Post” system users.

Smishing Triad— a China-based hacking group waged text message-borne phishing attacks against individuals in Bharat, using the “India....

August 14, 2024 India , China , Australia , Asia , AI , Ransomware , Cyberattacks , Colombo , cybersecurity , Bharat , Cyber , VIF Cyber Review , Artifical Intelligence

Deepfakes: A Threat to National Security in the Digital Era

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

मिथ्याज्ञानं तमोगुणः संशयात्मा यदा जायते। तदा जगदिदं सर्वं भ्रान्तं व्यामोहमोहितम्॥ (Engli....

July 11, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , economy , technology , Terrorism , Japan , AI , Political , Bharat , Cyber , ML , Deepfake , Unreal , GAN , Neural , Defence Security