Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical ASP.NET Core Flaw
Microsoft has released an emergency, out‑of‑band security update to fix a critical vulnerability in the widely used web framework ASP.NET Core, urging organisations to patch immediately. The flaw, tracked as CVE‑2026‑40372, affects the ASP.NET Core Data Protection cryptographic component and could allow unauthenticated attackers...
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Shaping Secure Futures: Insights from Kavitha Ayappan
With AI rapidly transforming the cybersecurity landscape, the need for responsible governance, privacy-first frameworks, and adaptive leadership is more critical than ever—especially in highly regulated sectors like banking and finance. In an exclusive interview with CXO XPERTS, cybersecurity veteran Kavitha Ayappan, shares her perspective on the practical challenges of AI implementation, evolving security blind spots, embedding governance into business culture, and how inclusive mentorship...
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Direct-to-consumer brands are deploying artificial intelligence to conquer persistent last-mile delivery challenges in India's Tier-II and smaller cities, achieving an 11% uplift in completion rates...
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Infosys and OpenAI Partner to Scale Enterprise AI Adoption
Infosys has announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to help enterprises deploy artificial intelligence tools at scale, with a focus on software development and modernisation. The partnership brings together OpenAI’s frontier AI models and its coding‑centric product Codex with Infosys Topaz, the company’s AI‑services and workflow‑automation suite, to support large‑scale AI‑led engineering and operations.
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Artificial intelligence stands poised to unlock 15-20% annual revenue growth for companies operating in India's fragmented general trade sales channels, according to a comprehensive new...
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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical ASP.NET Core Flaw
Microsoft has released an emergency, out‑of‑band security update to fix a critical vulnerability in the widely used web framework ASP.NET Core, urging organisations to patch immediately. The flaw, tracked as CVE‑2026‑40372, affects the ASP.NET Core Data Protection cryptographic component and could allow unauthenticated attackers to forge authentication cookies and escalate privileges to the SYSTEM level. The vulnerability is rated 9.1 on the CVSS scale, reflecting...
