The new ESET MDR service provides threat monitoring

ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced the launch of two Managed Detection and Response (MDR) subscription tiers: ESET PROTECT MDR for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and ESET PROTECT MDR Ultimate for enterprises in India.

Trivandrum — In the wake of recent escalations between India and Pakistan, India’s critical digital infrastructure faced a coordinated and massive cyber onslaught last week — and emerged unscathed.

In a swift and seamless defense operation, Prophaze Technologies — a leading AI-based cybersecurity platform proudly Made in India — successfully neutralized a series of large-scale Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting high-value national entities.

At its core, ESET’s MDR service takes a prevention-first approach and is backed by world-renowned cybersecurity experts to deliver one of the fastest detection and response times in the industry - within 6 minutes on average, compared to 200+ days for organisations without MDR or SOC teams. The result is fast, precise threat detection and incident response that stops emerging attacks before they can disrupt business operations.

ESET launches new 24/7 SMB-focused MDR service.

The new ESET MDR service provides threat monitoring, detection and hunting, incident response, and robust detection and response capabilities.

Available in select countries as an add-on to ESET PROTECT Enterprise and ESET PROTECT Elite.

What is Extended Detection and Response (XDR)?

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is a cybersecurity solution that unifies threat detection and response across endpoints, networks, email, cloud, and more. Unlike siloed tools, XDR collects and correlates data from multiple sources into a single platform. This integration provides better visibility, faster threat detection, and more efficient response to multi-vector attacks. XDR often includes automation and AI to reduce manual work and improve accuracy.

Accelerating Innovation

Innovation has always been a hallmark of the IT industry. Pushing the envelope on the performance and capabilities of IT products: software, PCs, hardware, networks and more, is what it’s all about. And it’s what fuels new opportunities for the channel.

Industry innovation has reached a new high in the last several years with the advent of AI technology, leading to a surge in development of new AI-based applications and agentic AI software and the addition of AI capabilities to existing IT products and systems including PCs, ERP and CRM applications, data management software and cybersecurity tools.

Security vendor ESET has introduced two new Managed Detection and Response (MDR) subscription tiers aimed at helping Australian businesses combat growing cyber threats amid a significant industry talent gap.

The global cybersecurity company unveiled its ESET PROTECT MDR for small and medium businesses.

Meanwhile, the ESET PROTECT MDR Ultimate tier for enterprise customers offers 24/7 protection powered by artificial intelligence and human expertise.

By - Aaradhay Sharma

PC components maker DeepCool has taken the wraps off some of the treats it has in store for Computex 2025

DeepCool Introduces the AK G2 DIGITAL NYX: AI-Powered Cooling Meets Digital Clarity Since its debut in 2021, the AK series has earned worldwide acclaim for its iconic aesthetics and exceptional performance. Building on this legacy, the second-generation AK G2 DIGITAL NYX air coolers elevate cooling innovation with models featuring 4, 5, and 6 heat pipes, offering optimized thermal control across various performance tiers.

Next Generation Performance

Thanks to DeepCool's latest Core Touch Technology (CTT 2.0) and an optimized tower design, the AK G2 DIGITAL NYX combines improved performance with a slightly smaller size compared to its predecessor.

Next Generation Performance

Thanks to DeepCool’s latest Core Touch Technology (CTT 2.0) and an optimized tower design, the AK G2 combines improved performance with a slightly smaller size compared to its predecessor.

Proven AK Design

The AK G2 series advances the legacy of the AK lineup with precision-engineered copper bases and optimized heat pipe configurations across 4-, 5-, and 6-pipe models for exceptional heat transfer. Each cooler features DeepCools signature matrix fin design, delivering efficient, high-performance cooling for a wide range of system builds.

PC components maker DeepCool has taken the wraps off some of the treats it has in store for Computex 2025, which kicks off next week. It headlines a pre-show announcement with its Assassin VC Elite WH vapor chamber-enhanced CPU air cooler. However, perhaps more interesting and on-trend is the confirmation that it has added wood panel options to its AK G2 CPU air coolers. There’s a couple of new AiO liquid coolers and PC cases too.

Respecting Deepcool’s announcement order, let’s look at the Assassin VC Elite WH vapor chamber-enhanced CPU air cooler first. Heralded as an air-cooler “for hardcore gamers and premium builds,” DeepCool says that this new design is a good choice for high-TDP CPUs from both AMD and Intel. It will handle them with “whisper-quiet performance” too, it asserts.

Vapor Chamber-Enhanced Air Cooler

The ASSASSIN series adds to its impeccable cooling line with the ASSASSIN VC ELITE WH. As a vapor chamber-enhanced air cooler, ASSASSIN VC ELITE WH is built for hardcore gamers and premium builds. With the new sleek white aesthetic, this cooler supports high-TDP Intel and AMD CPUs with whisper-quiet performance.

The Second Gen of AK Series Air Cooler

Since its launch in 2021, the AK series has won global acclaim for its distinctive aesthetics and powerful performance. After years of refinement, now the second-generation AK G2 air coolers take this legacy further with upgraded thermal control alongside 0-RPM Startup with Activate Clearing Tech (ACT), AI Smart Mode for noise-performance balance, a refined design, and an offset mounting solution supporting Intel LGA1851 and AM5.

DeepCool AK series gets a new version

DeepCool also showed the second generation of its popular AK series air coolers. These new models are called AK G2. They now come with smart features like:

A special AI mode that keeps things cool and quiet

Fans that stay off when the system is cool (0-RPM startup)

A new mounting system that fits the latest Intel and AMD CPUs

Better design and cooling power

SPARTACUS, a new range of AIOs.

Spartacus is the new flagship all-in-one watercooling range, featuring a 3.4-inch IPS screen and new high-performance fans. The range is expected to be limited to 360mm or 420mm radiator sizes. The range below will be addressed by the LQ ULTRA, featuring real-time system monitoring and addressable, customisable RGB LED lighting. This range will be available with 240 mm or 360 mm radiators.

PC components maker DeepCool has taken the wraps off some of the treats it has in store for Computex 2025, which kicks off next week. It headlines a pre-show announcement with its Assassin VC Elite WH vapor chamber-enhanced CPU air cooler. However, perhaps more interesting and on-trend is the confirmation that it has added wood panel options to its AK G2 CPU air coolers. There’s a couple of new AiO liquid coolers and PC cases too.

By  - Aaradhay Sharma 

A new security tool to prevent fraud during digital payments

PhonePe has introduced ‘PhonePe Protect’, a new security feature to help users avoid fraudulent transactions. This tool warns users if they are about to send money to a suspicious number and shows a ‘PhonePe Protect’ alert during such transactions. If a transaction is blocked for security reasons, the app will also explain why.

Fintech platform PhonePe has rolled out a security framework designed to safeguard users from fraudulent transactions.

This feature, 'PhonePe Protect', according to the fintech firm, notifies users to avoid making payments to potentially suspicious numbers and displays a 'PhonePe Protect' alert, to users attempting such transactions.

The feature also offers insights into the risks involved when transactions are declined for security reasons.

Bengaluru, 3rd November, 2025 : PhonePe has rolled-out ‘PhonePe Protect’ a security framework designed to safeguard users from fraudulent transactions. This feature notifies users to avoid making payments to potentially suspicious numbers and displays a ‘PhonePe Protect’ alert, to users attempting such transactions. The feature also offers insights into the risks involved when transactions are declined for security reasons. With this initiative, PhonePe ensures its commitment to secure digital transactions for millions of Indian citizens.

PhonePe has rolled-out ‘PhonePe Protect’– a security framework designed to safeguard users from fraudulent transactions. This feature notifies users to avoid making payments to potentially suspicious numbers and displays a ‘PhonePe Protect’ alert, to users attempting such transactions. The feature also offers insights into the risks involved when transactions are declined for security reasons. With this initiative, PhonePe ensures its commitment to secure digital transactions for millions of Indian citizens.

As an early adopter of DoT's FRI, PhonePe claimed it has made use of the feature to decline transactions linked to 'Very High FRI' mobile numbers and display an on-screen alert as part of the 'PhonePe Protect' feature. For 'Medium FRI' numbers, the app displays a proactive user warning before allowing the user to make the transaction.

Device Guard

Device Guard is PhonePe’s proprietary security feature on the device that, with user permission, leverages device data, including information about the device’s hardware, operating software and settings, to protect users from common types of fraud as well as bots, viruses, and other types of malware that could infect a device to steal sensitive information.

Device Guard has anti-malware, anti-abuse and compliance modules that continuously protect and safeguard users. Its anti-abuse models protect users against social engineering scams, where scammers impersonating legitimate organizations target users to steal their information. In such a scenario, Device Guard can recognise if a PhonePe user may be on a phone call and deciphers if the user is showing a different behaviour signature and generates prompts that convey the risk of proceeding with the transaction. The user is then asked to either clarify that they still want to proceed with the transaction or stop the transaction.

“At Meta, we understand the growing prevalence of online scams and recognise the need for collaborative and concrete efforts across the ecosystem to promote safer digital practices by continuously investing in technology and resources. Our safety campaign, ‘Scam se Bacho’, featuring Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana, creatively depicted some of the most common scams people face in their daily lives, encouraging them to stay alert and exercise caution before they take any action,” explains a Meta Spokesperson.

As of 2025, 50% of world's digital transaction volume are conducted by India's UPI platform with over 250 billion annual transactions worth US$3.4 trillion.[8] In 2021, UPI in India had over 500 million active users.[9][10] In the month of August 2025, 20 billion UPI transactions worth ₹ 25 trillion (about 293 billion USD) were processed by the UPI system, equivalent to nearly 7,500 transactions on average every second. The widespread adoption and usage of UPI has positioned India as the global leader in instant payments, accounting for nearly half of all global instant payment transactions.[11][12] UPI is the largest real-time payment system in the world, it handles more than 640 million transactions every day, compared to Visa’s 639 million.[13] Furthermore, the successful execution of an instant payment system at such an enormous scale has made it a soft power tool for India[14] and is often cited as the most transformative and successful financial technology innovations India has developed.[15][16] UPI accounts for 84% of digital payments in India.[17]

 

BY - Aaradhay Sharma

Hacking ANY AI System With JUST One Prompt

The challenge: an analyst’s nightmare

XLoader has been evolving since 2020 as a successor to the FormBook malware family. It specializes in stealing information, hiding its code behind multiple encryption layers, and constantly morphing to evade antivirus tools and sandboxes.

Traditional malware analysis is slow and manual—requiring experts to unpack binaries, trace functions, and build decryption scripts by hand. Even sandboxing (running malware in a controlled environment) doesn’t help much, because XLoader decrypts itself only while running and detects when it’s being monitored, keeping its real code hidden.

This study explores the application of generative AI (GenAI) within manual exploitation and privilege escalation tasks in Linux-based penetration testing environments, two areas critical to comprehensive cybersecurity assessments. Building on previous research into GenAI’s role in the ethical hacking lifecycle, this paper presents a hands-on experimental analysis conducted in a controlled virtual setup to evaluate GenAI’s utility in supporting these crucial, often manual, tasks. Our findings demonstrate that GenAI can streamline processes, such as identifying potential attack vectors and parsing complex outputs for sensitive data during privilege escalation.

 The study also identifies key benefits and challenges associated with GenAI, including enhanced efficiency and scalability, alongside ethical concerns related to data privacy, unintended discovery of vulnerabilities, and potential for misuse. This work contributes to the growing field of AI-assisted cybersecurity by emphasising the importance of human-AI collaboration, especially in contexts requiring careful decision-making, rather than the complete replacement of human input.

Trend Research uncovered a campaign that uses fake GitHub repositories to distribute SmartLoader, which is then used to deliver Lumma Stealer and other malicious payloads. These repositories disguise malware as gaming cheats, cracked software, and system tools to deceive users.

The campaign leverages GitHub’s trusted reputation to evade detection, using AI-generated content to make fake repositories appear legitimate. Malicious ZIP files contain obfuscated Lua scripts that execute harmful payloads upon extraction.

If the attack succeeds, threat actors can steal sensitive information like cryptocurrency wallets, two-factor authentication (2FA) extensions, login credentials, and other personally identifiable information (PII) that can potentially lead to identity theft and financial fraud.

Cybercriminals are adapting from using GitHub file attachments to creating entire repositories, incorporating social engineering tactics and AI-assisted deception.

Organizations and individuals should adopt proactive best practices, such as downloading software only from official sources, verifying repository authenticity, enabling security tools, and educating users on social engineering risks to mitigate such threats.

Depending on the knowledge of the adversary’s model, white-box and black-box attacks can be performed.

In the simplest white-box case (when the adversary has full knowledge of the model, e.g., a sigmoid function), one can create a system of linear equations that can be easily solved

In the generic case, where there is insufficient knowledge of the model, the substitute model is used. This model is trained with the requests made to the original model in order to imitate the same functionality as the original one.

A number of reasons are contributing to the increase in these attacks. Our increasing use of browsers for work, the proliferation of zero-day exploits, and the sophistication of attackers all fuel the issue. Gen-AI is a critical component, allowing attackers to build sophisticated phishing sites, impersonate AI services, and perform targeted social engineering. Phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms are also being used by criminals, enabling even less skilled hackers to deliver sophisticated phishing campaigns at scale. On mobile platforms, restricted URL visibility and auto-login capabilities further boost the efficacy of such threats, rendering it even more difficult for users to identify phishing sites.

 By - Aaradhay Sharma

Today's AI systems face unprecedented security challenges.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, today announced it is working with NVIDIA to deliver an integrated security solution built for AI factories. AI Cloud Protect is now available for on-premises enterprise deployments to secure AI model development, agentic AI applications, and inference workloads with zero impact on performance. The solution has been validated on NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers, enabling enterprises to deploy AI securely—from data center to cloud—built on NVIDIA BlueField technology.

“As enterprises race to build AI-driven innovation, they can’t afford blind spots,” said Nataly Kremer, Chief Product Officer at Check Point. “With NVIDIA, we’re making AI factories secure by design—protecting models, data, and infrastructure without slowing innovation.”

Today's AI systems face unprecedented security challenges. More than half of enterprise networks now use AI tools, making them prime targets for cyber attacks. Check Point data shows that 1 in every 80 GenAI prompts exposes sensitive data. Meanwhile, a recent Gartner report found that 32% of organizations experienced an AI attack involving prompt manipulation, and 29% faced attacks on their GenAI infrastructure in the past year. As businesses race to deploy AI, protecting the entire AI pipeline—from development to production—has become an urgent imperative.

AI Cloud Protect secures AI factories – protecting the cloud infrastructure that powers AI model development, training and commercial deployment. Running on NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs, AI Cloud Protect delivers full-stack security without consuming CPU or GPU resources — eliminating the performance trade-offs of traditional security solutions. Using network-level protection, AI Cloud Protect secures AI infrastructure from unauthorized access to reduce risk for data poisoning and model exfiltration. At the host level, AI Cloud Protect leverages the unique direct memory access of NVIDIA DOCA Argus to provide visibility into all running processes on the AI node. This enables Check Point to detect and prevent host-level malicious processes and workloads including those in publicly downloaded Large Language Models (LLMs).

“Security is essential for the next generation of AI infrastructure,” said David Reber, chief security officer at NVIDIA. “NVIDIA is working with Check Point to integrate BlueField acceleration and the NVIDIA DOCA Argus runtime security framework into the AI Cloud Protect platform to help enterprises deploy AI confidently.”

AI Cloud Protect will also run on the forthcoming NVIDIA BlueField-4 DPU, which will offer up to 6x compute power and 2x network throughput for AI inference and storage processing, enabling scalable and secure AI operations at unprecedented speed.

By - Aaradhay Sharma

Galaxy AI made its debut with the Galaxy S24 series.

Two new languages: Galaxy AI adds Gujarati and Filipino, supporting 22 languages

 Smarter communication and productivity: Features such as Live Translate, Interpreter, Chat Assist and Note Assist help users communicate and stay productive wherever they are.

Reaching more users: Galaxy AI continues to grow rapidly and is on track to surpass 400 million devices by the end of 2025.

SEOUL, Korea – October 30, 2025 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the expansion of two new languages for Galaxy AI: Filipino and Gujarati. Filipino is used daily by an estimated 87 million people, while Gujarati is spoken by an estimated 62.5 million people[1].

With this new update, Galaxy AI will support a total of 22[2] languages, now accounting for languages spoken by nearly 74%[3] of the global population/5.9 billion people across the globe. This strengthens Samsung’s ongoing commitment to lowering language barriers and bringing meaningful mobile AI experiences to more people.

What is Samsung Galaxy AI

Samsung Galaxy AI is a suite of artificial intelligence features integrated into Samsung Galaxy devices. According to the South Korean electronics maker, these features are designed to make everyday tasks more intuitive, efficient, and personalised. For example, its tools like live translation and chat assistance improve communications; note summarisation and web browsing improve productivity; and capabilities like AI-powered photo and audio editing adds a new dimension to multimedia editing boosting creativity. The features use a combination of on-device and cloud-based processing.

Samsung Galaxy AI: What’s new

Samsung said the Gujarati and Filipino languages were developed in close collaboration with Samsung Research centres in India and Indonesia. The focus was to make translations sound more natural and reflect local usage. Samsung said that the Galaxy AI now reaches more regions, offering features that make communication and productivity simpler and more intuitive in daily life. These include:

Samsung Electronics has announced the addition of Filipino and Gujarati as new language options for Galaxy AI, expanding the total number of supported languages to 22. The update reinforces Samsung’s effort to make mobile AI tools accessible to more users by removing language barriers.

AI features available in new languages

The latest update enables users in more regions to use Galaxy AI’s communication and productivity features in their preferred language.

•Live Translate offers real-time, two-way voice and text translation, allowing conversations to flow naturally across different languages.

•Interpreter provides instant translations of in-person conversations in a split-screen view, useful for travel and everyday interactions.

•Chat Assist adjusts message tone and phrasing to suit different contexts, including professional, casual, or friendly conversations.

•Note Assist generates summaries and pre-formatted templates, helping users stay organized and manage daily tasks efficiently.

•Transcript Assist transcribes, summarizes, and translates voice recordings from meetings, lectures, or creative sessions.

•Browsing Assist condenses news articles and web pages into short summaries for quick reading.

What’s changing

From October 29, users of compatible Galaxy devices can download the new language packs via the Settings menu. With these languages added, Galaxy AI’s suite of features—Live Translate (real-time voice/text translation during calls), Interpreter (face-to-face split-screen translation), Chat Assist, Note Assist, Transcript Assist and Browsing Assist—now reach more speakers around the world.

Bridging Language Barriers

With the addition of Gujarati and Filipino, Galaxy AI expands its global voice to help native speakers access advanced AI features such as Live Translate, Interpreter, Chat Assist, Note Assist, Transcript Assist, and Browsing Assist. The language expansion aligns with Samsung’s vision of making mobile AI more inclusive and empowering users irrespective of their primary language.

Regional Relevance and Collaboration

Samsung developed the Gujarati and Filipino models in partnership with its research centres in India and Indonesia respectively. This collaboration ensured that the language packs reflect natural usage, idioms, and regional nuances—not just literal translations. According to Samsung, Gujarati has over 60 million speakers, while Filipino (Tagalog) is used daily by approximately 87 million people—highlighting the impact of this upgrade in populous regions.

 By - Aaradhay Sharma  

Laptops that can twist, fold, and double up as tablets aren’t new.

Laptops that can twist, fold, and double up as tablets aren’t new. However, the Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 takes that familiar idea and pairs it with AMD’s shiny new Ryzen AI 7 350 processor, promising smarts and performance in a polished package. It’s one of Dell’s first Copilot+ PCs that are powered by Team Red, and on paper, it does spell out a perfect pairing of performance, efficiency, and AI smarts.

But does this “AI-powered” convertible actually bring something new to the table, or is it just another midrange 2-in-1 trying to look premium? And at around Rs. 90K, does it justify its worth? Let’s find out in our in-depth Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 review.

You can see this video for more information about this Laptop

Dell 14 Plus, Dell 16 Plus and Dell 14 2-in-1 Price in India

Dell 14 2-in-1 price in India starts at Rs. 96,899. Meanwhile, the Dell 14 Plus and Dell 16 Plus models are priced at Rs. 1,15,799 and Rs. 1,08,499, respectively for the base configurations. The laptops will be available for purchase via Dell.com, Dell Exclusive Stores, retail partners like Croma, Reliance Retail and Vijay Sales, and other multi-brand outlets and leading e-commerce platforms.

Processor

Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 226V (8MB cache, 8 cores, 8 threads, up to 4.5 GHz, 40 PTOPS NPU), includes 16GB LPDDR5x memory

Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 236V vPro® (8MB cache, 8 cores, 8 threads, up to 4.7 GHz, 40 PTOPS NPU), includes 16GB LPDDR5x memory

Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 238V vPro® (8MB cache, 8 cores, 8 threads, up to 4.7 GHz, 40 PTOPS NPU), includes 32GB LPDDR5x memory

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 266V vPro® (12MB cache, 8 cores, 8 threads, up to 5.0 GHz, 48 PTOPS NPU), includes 16GB LPDDR5x memory

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 268V vPro® (12MB cache, 8 cores, 8 threads, up to 5.0 GHz, 48 PTOPS NPU), includes 32GB LPDDR5x memory

Core™ Series

Intel® Core™ 3 100U (10 MB cache, 6 cores, 8 threads, 1.2 GHz to 4.7 GHz Turbo, 15 W)

Intel® Core™ 5 120U (12 MB cache, 10 cores, 12 threads, 1.4 GHz to 5.0 GHz Turbo, 15 W)

Intel® Core™ 5 220U (12 MB cache, 10 cores, 12 threads, 1.4 GHz to 5.0 GHz Turbo, 15 W)

Core™ Ultra 200U Series, AI PCs

Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 235U (12 MB cache, 12 cores, 14 threads, 2.0 GHz to 4.9 GHz Turbo, 15W)

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255U (12 MB cache, 12 cores, 14 threads, 2.0 GHz to 5.2 GHz Turbo, 15W)

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265U (12 MB cache, 12 cores, 14 threads, 2.1 GHz to 5.3 GHz Turbo, 15W)

Core™ Ultra 200V Series, Copilot+ PCs

Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 236V vPro® (8MB cache, 8 cores, 8 threads, up to 4.7 GHz, 40 PTOPS NPU), includes 16GB LPDDR5x memory

Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 238V vPro® (8MB cache, 8 cores, 8 threads, up to 4.7 GHz, 40 PTOPS NPU), includes 32GB LPDDR5x memory

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 266V vPro® (12MB cache, 8 cores, 8 threads, up to 5.0 GHz, 48 PTOPS NPU), includes 16GB LPDDR5x memory

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 268V vPro® (12MB cache, 8 cores, 8 threads, up to 5.0 GHz, 48 PTOPS NPU), includes 32GB LPDDR5x memory

The Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 is one of the first devices to be released after the company's rebranding efforts, when it essentially discarded all its previous product names and replaced them with a confusing mishmash of adjectives. In another life, this would have been a 2-in-1 with the Inspiron branding, but now it's a "Plus," whatever that means. Look, if we're confused by the branding, customers are also going to be confused, so here's a quick refresher.

Dell: Baseline consumer

Dell Pro: Business

Dell Pro Max: Commercial workstation, formerly Precision

All three groups have base, Plus, and Premium tiers so that Dell Premium would have been XPS under the old branding. It's not the greatest scheme, and I'm sure we'll start calling laptops the Delliest Dell that ever Delled at some point, but here we are right now. The Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 starts from $850, although Dell pricing varies wildly, and the base model of the three is currently $700. As reviewed, the MSRP is $1000, or $850 on sale currently. This price is on the high side for this class of internal components, but possibly on the low side for 2-in-1 form factors, so it depends on which you value more. It's also worth noting that most configurations don't include the stylus pen used for the review, which is a $40 accessory (making it more affordable than most other active pens from other manufacturers).

By - Aaradhay Sharma