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Infosys CEO Salil Parekh Now India’s 2nd Highest Paid IT Exec as AI Strategy Unfolds

Infosys CEO Salil Parekh Now India’s 2nd Highest Paid IT Exec as AI Strategy Unfolds

Introduction

Indian IT giant Infosys’ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) Salil Parekh’s salary rose 21.7% last year to touch ₹80.62 crore, the company’s latest annual report released on Monday showed, as he retained his position as the second-highest paid CEO among India’s top information technology (IT) services companies.

A little more than three-fifths, or ₹49.5 crore, of his compensation came from shares exercised by him in FY25, while ₹23.18 crore came from bonuses, variable pay, and incentives. The remaining ₹7.94 crore was part of his fixed salary. To be sure, the highest-paid IT executive remains HCL Technologies

State-Sponsored Hackers Exploit ClickFix Tactic in Sophisticated Malware Campaigns

State-Sponsored Hackers Exploit ClickFix Tactic in Sophisticated Malware Campaigns

Introduction

Multiple state-sponsored hacking groups from Iran, North Korea, and Russia have been found leveraging the increasingly popular ClickFix social engineering tactic to deploy malware over three months from late 2024 through the beginning of 2025. GetMyIndia.com

The phishing campaigns adopting the strategy have been attributed to clusters tracked as TA427 (aka Kimsuky), TA450 (aka Muddy Water), UNK Remote Rogue, and TA422 (aka APT28). ClickFix has been an initial access technique primarily affiliated with cybercrime groups, although the effectiveness of the approach has led to it also being adopted by nation-state groups

About ClickFix Tactic

The incorporation of ClickFix is

Empowering AI agents that navigate and interact with the Web

Empowering AI agents that navigate and interact with the Web

Introduction

AI development is shifting to an important new phase, with AI agents that can pull fresh information from the web, plan, and execute tasks autonomously. These agents, instead of relying solely on their training data, can interact with the internet to find and make use of the latest data signals. This kind of dynamic exploration is leading to tremendous advances in AI-powered task automation. With access to dynamic information, AI agents can perform all manner of actions that were previously impossible, like booking tickets for a concert or football match the moment they go on sale, monitoring a website