AttacksCyber attacks
AI-enabled cyberthreats could target financial services, critical infrastructure such as banks, utility providers
The National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT) has warned of an increased use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated bots, botnets, and agentic tools to carry out credential-based and coordinated cyberattacks, noting that critical infrastructure and financial services are most at risk. “These capabilities may help threat actors and sophisticated cyber criminal groups to broaden the scale, speed and sophistication of their operations,” NCERT said in its advisory dated Nov 5. It warned banks that they could face attacks targeting core banking systems, digital banking platforms, payment s