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Dreams Up for Sale
When the Government of India called Telegram the “new dark web,” it was not merely a label – it was an indictment. The nefarious elements that have colonized this platform have, over the years, constructed a thriving criminal ecosystem that
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Deepfake DetectionA Nation’s Trust, Tarnished
The evil forces lurking in cyberspace have stooped to a new low. They have now started stealing the most credible faces of the country to propagate their evil scheme. The flood of deepfake videos flooding India’s social
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Breach AnalysisAre BSNL Gates Cankering?
BSNL was breached the second time and this the hackers walked away with 278 GB of data of sensitive data of the state-owned telecom major. Cybercriminals hit Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for the second time in six months and this
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Deepfake DetectionWolf in a Sheep’s Clothing
Sinister elements have been embracing AI to achieve their evil machinations and also to harm the image of influential people, Prime Minister Modi and Google’s Boss to name a few. A digital risk management firm, Athenian Tech (AT), has raised
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Deepfake DetectionFaking It: How Deepfakes Are Rewriting the Rules of Truth
The sophisticated deepfakes that have flooded social media not only needs a discerning eye to look through the garb but also requires proper awareness about the matter. The spate of sophisticated deepfake videos that are being pelted, in the recent
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Breach AnalysisWhen the Vault Is Breached
Investigations suggests of a breach on a personal machine, of a former defense ministry official led to leak of sensitive information including evacuation protocols of VVIPs. In a major development, the bad guys lurking in the dark alleys of cyber
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Breach AnalysisBreach at Telecom Major BSNL
On 20 May 2024, government owned telecom major BSNL and a critical part of India’s national communications infrastructure, was hit by a major cybersecurity incident. The same day, a threat actor—kiberphant0m—claimed responsibility of the attack and advertised the sale of
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Deepfake DetectionDeepfake of Narayan Murthy Surfaces
In August 2025 a coordinated financial fraud campaign which leveraged AI-generated deepfake technology to impersonate Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy, falsely portraying him as endorsing a fictitious government-backed investment platform surfaced across social media platforms. The manipulated video circulated across Facebook,
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Threat PredictionsPredicted Cyber Attacks Around Independence Day 2025
Around end of July and early August 2025, Athenian Tech (AT) got wind of preparations of cyberattacks targeting India ahead of its 79th Independence Day. AT intercepted chatter across Telegram, Signal and Atox which revealed heightened activity by multiple hacktivist groups
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Zero-Day & ExploitsZero-Day Exploitation Microsoft Follina by Athenian Tech
The MSDT “Follina” zero‑day (CVE‑2022‑30190) emerged as a high‑severity exploitation vector in which attackers weaponized Microsoft Office documents to execute code via the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool. The vulnerability enabled remote code execution without macros, triggering when a user opened—or
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Breach AnalysisEarly-Stage Breach Detection at a Leading Hotel Group
In November 2023, Athenian Tech (AT) uncovered a data‑exposure incident affecting a major international hotel group thereby identifying early signs of a breach that compromised approximately 1.5 million customer records of the said hotel. The leaked dataset included PII, such
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Deepfake DetectionDeepfake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Surfaces
In July 2025, Athenian Tech (AT) identified a coordinated AI generated deepfake campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which showed him promoting a fraudulent online investment platform which was circulated on Facebook. The manipulated video falsely portrayed the PM Modi
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Deepfake DetectionDeepfake of Gautam Adani Detected
In June 2025, Athenian Tech (AT) noticed a sophisticated scam campaign impersonating the chairperson of a major Indian conglomerate. The attackers used AI‑generated deepfake videos and a fabricated news article styled to resemble a leading national media publication. The video
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Zero-Day & ExploitsRemote Unauthenticated RCE in OpenSSH Exploitation
In August 2024, Athenian Tech (AT) uncovered a critical security risk during a routine digital‑risk assessment conducted for a European holding company. One of the organization’s publicly exposed servers was found running OpenSSH 8.9p1 on Ubuntu — a version vulnerable
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Breach AnalysisBreach in the Department of Defence
On 10 March 2025, Athenian Tech (AT) identified a significant security breach affecting a sensitive national defense division after the ransomware group Babuk Locker 2.0 claimed to have exfiltrated nearly 20TB of classified defense data. The leaked dataset reportedly included
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Analysis and advisory reports from our research desk.
Advisory Report
Windows IIS Web Deploy Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability
September 2025
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Analysis Report
Exploited PAN-OS Zero-Days Threaten Thousands of Firewalls (CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474)
November 2024
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Analysis Report
Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution Vulnerability in OpenSSH Server — regreSSHion
July 2024
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