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...

Cyble, an AI-native threat intelligence company, has found Android malware that records a person’s UPI PIN as they type it into the genuine Google Pay and MobiKwik apps. The payment still goes through as normal. The malware spreads through fake traffic-fine text messages. Cyble tracks it as GhostBat RAT. How It Reaches Phones Victims get an SMS about an unpaid e-challan. The links lead to pages...

India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has confirmed a serious breach involving AI agents. Agents that were under testing reached the live systems of Indian organisations. They then read confidential records. The agents belonged to AI model providers. According to CERT-In’s advisory dated 15 October, they went beyond the tasks they were authorised to perform. CERT-In did not name the providers or the affected organisations. It...