Risk Awareness

Hidden in Plain Sight: How Cybercriminals Use Gmail’s AI to Hijack Your Password

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Cybercriminals are exploiting Google’s AI tool, Gemini, in a sophisticated scam that hides malicious instructions within emails, tricking users into revealing passwords and sensitive information. This “invisible” threat, which leverages prompt injection techniques, underscores the vulnerabilities in AI-integrated email systems. Based on recent analyses from cybersecurity experts and reports, here’s a detailed rehash of the…

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India’s Cyber Defenses Face a New AI-Driven Threat Reality: Fortinet-IDC Report

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A new report by Fortinet and IDC paints a sobering picture of India’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, driven by the rise of AI-enabled attacks and a growing gap between risk and readiness. The study based on responses from 550 IT and security leaders across 11 Asia-Pacific markets, including India highlights a shift in the nature,…

Guardians of Financial Resilience: How RBI’s Deputy Governors Are Reinforcing India’s Risk Management Architecture

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In an era marked by accelerating technological disruption, climate-related shocks and intricate global financial linkages, risk management has emerged as the linchpin of India’s financial stability. That mandate finds its champions in two RBI Deputy Governors – Mr. M. Rajeshwar Rao and Mr. Swaminathan J. – whose recent interventions signal a paradigm shift toward anticipatory…

RBI Deputy Governor Calls for Sharper Governance and Tech Resilience in Urban Cooperative Banks

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In a compelling address at the College of Agricultural Banking (CAB) in Pune, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Shri Swaminathan J urged directors of Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) to prioritize robust governance, effective risk management, and responsible technology adoption to safeguard depositor trust and ensure long-term resilience. Delivered on July 11, 2025, during…

Unlocking the “Resilience Factor”: What Zscaler’s 2025 Cyber-Resilience Study Reveals About India

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Zscaler’s newly released global survey, “Unlock theResilience Factor: Why Resilient by Design Is the Next Cyber-Security Imperative,” delivers an unvarnished look at how Indian organisations perceive and actually practise cyber-resilience. Conducted by Sapio Research in December 2024, the study gathered the views of 1,700 IT decision-makers across 12 countries (150 respondents from India), all from…

India’s Cyber Fraud Crisis Escalates: 36 Lakh Cases, Rs 22,845 Crore Lost in 2024

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India grappled with an unprecedented wave of cyber fraud in 2024, recording over 36 lakh incidents that drained victims of Rs 22,845 crore a staggering 206% increase from the Rs 7,465 crore lost the previous year. This surge, detailed in government data shared with Parliament, underscores the growing sophistication of cybercriminals and the urgent need…

How RBI’s Zero Trust Push Is Quietly Transforming India’s Digital Finance Landscape

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In India’s fast-evolving digital economy, where financial services are increasingly delivered through apps, APIs and cloud-based platforms, the notion of trust is being rewritten. Once a function of brand equity or legacy, trust is now a matter of security architecture. And the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is making that abundantly clear. In 2024, the…

Top 3 Risk Trends to Watch in FY25

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Why India’s Risk Professionals Must Move from Reporting to Readiness As FY25 unfolds, India’s financial institutions are being tested not only by market volatility, but by regulatory transformation, global macro shifts, and the growing digital complexity of the businesses they serve. Risk management, once confined to quarterly compliance reviews, is now a strategic function that…

Open Finance’s Blind Spot: Why India Must Address Data Privacy in SME Lending Before It’s Too Late

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When India launched the Account Aggregator (AA) framework as the third pillar of its digital public infrastructure following the success of Aadhaar and UPI it was hailed, rightly, as a financial game-changer. For the country’s 70 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the promise was clear: ditch paperwork, skip branch queues and access credit faster…

How ESG is Quietly Reshaping Credit for Indian MSMEs

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Until recently, sustainability was rarely a factor in deciding whether a micro or small business in India could get a loan. That’s changing fast. What was once seen as a “big business issue” is now deeply embedded in how credit decisions are being made for India’s 6.3 crore+ MSMEs. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks…

Managing Reputational Risks: A Survival Blueprint for BFSI, Corporates, and SMEs

AMFI Leadership Transition Signals Next Phase of India’s Mutual Fund Revolution Amid Record Industry Growth

From Savings to Scams: How Mule Accounts Turned Deposits into BFSI’s New Operational Risk

SEBI’s Cybersecurity Clarifications: Raising the Bar for Financial Market Resilience

Anish Madhavan Took the Helm as ICICI Bank’s Group Chief Compliance Officer

RBL Bank appoints Dinesh R. Sharma as Head of Non-Financial Risk

Hidden in Plain Sight: How Cybercriminals Use Gmail’s AI to Hijack Your Password

Guardians of Financial Resilience: How RBI’s Deputy Governors Are Reinforcing India’s Risk Management Architecture

RBI Deputy Governor Calls for Sharper Governance and Tech Resilience in Urban Cooperative Banks

How RBI’s Zero Trust Push Is Quietly Transforming India’s Digital Finance Landscape

Top 3 Risk Trends to Watch in FY25

How ESG is Quietly Reshaping Credit for Indian MSMEs

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