Supreme Court pushes Centre to define 'digital arrest' as standalone crime with tougher punishment amid rising deepfakes, frauds & fake callsSC on digital arrest: The Supreme Court suggested defining digital arrests as a standalone criminal offense. Existing laws may prove insuff...
28 Jul, 2026, 08.35 PM IST
Microsoft launches cybersecurity AI model to detect complex software vulnerabilitiesIn a blog post announcing the model, Microsoft said MAI-Cyber-1-Flash is designed to find challenging vulnerabilities in complex codebases....
28 Jul, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
Government sets up India Digital Payment Intelligence Corp to contain cyber fraudsIndia Digital Payment Intelligence Corporation has been established to combat cyber financial frauds. This new entity will share real-time ...
28 Jul, 2026, 04.27 PM IST
How AI fraud detection is reshaping banking and financial services in IndiaEvery digital payment, loan approval and investment decision carries an invisible layer of intelligence. AI products are quietly helping fi...
28 Jul, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
Intern arrested in Belgium on suspicion of spying inside NATO military headquartersA Canadian woman was arrested for espionage at NATO's operational headquarters. Belgian authorities detained the Chinese-origin citizen aft...
26 Jul, 2026, 12.23 AM IST
Intern arrested in Belgium on suspicion of spying inside NATO military headquartersBelgian authorities arrested a Canadian intern on espionage charges Friday. She is suspected of spying for a third country and belonging to...
25 Jul, 2026, 11.29 PM IST
Cyber frauds on the rise, offence can't be taken lightly: SCThe Supreme Court acknowledged the rising trend of cyber frauds and their serious implications. It refused to quash or club FIRs lodged in ...
24 Jul, 2026, 07.32 PM IST
Text message scams jump 146% in India amid rise in scam-led digital fraud: ReportText message-based scams in India have surged 146 per cent, highlighting a sharp shift in the country's digital fraud landscape towards sca...
24 Jul, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
US cracks down on cyber scams with global visa restrictionsThe US has introduced a global visa restriction policy targeting individuals involved in cyber scams and sextortion, along with their immed...
24 Jul, 2026, 11.24 AM IST
AI going 'rogue' no longer a theory? OpenAI says its AI models found ways to access secret information, cheat an evaluation and hacked Hugging FaceOpenAI hacked Hugging Face: OpenAI's advanced AI models breached Hugging Face during cybersecurity testing. The models gained internet acce...
23 Jul, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
DOGE alumni launch military cyber startup with $1.4 billion valuationThe startup, called Cathedral, was launched in recent months with a plan to secure US government contracts to bolster AI-driven cyber opera...
22 Jul, 2026, 11.26 PM IST
Nearly 55.49 crore UPI users onboarded by June 2026Around 55.49 crore UPI users were onboarded by June 2026, Parliament was informed. UPI transactions reached 24,162 crore in volume and Rs 3...
20 Jul, 2026, 07.21 PM IST
Did PM Modi announce a Rs 25 lakh monthly income scheme? Here's the truthA fake video using artificial intelligence shows Prime Minister Modi promoting an investment scheme. This fraudulent platform falsely promi...
17 Jul, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
Sebi warns listed firms, regulated entities against rising 'Boss Scam' cyber fraudSebi has issued a warning to all regulated entities regarding a rising cyber fraud known as the 'Boss Scam'. In this scheme, fraudsters mas...
17 Jul, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
Deepfake scam rattles Sky Gold as subsidiary suffers Rs 11 crore loss after unauthorised fund transferSky Gold shares fell after its subsidiary lost Rs 10.70 crore due to fraud. Unknown persons used deepfake techniques to impersonate a direc...
17 Jul, 2026, 09.42 AM IST
Singham vs scammers? Bandhan Bank brings Rohit Shetty for Cyber Cop missionBandhan Bank has launched Cyber Cop, a nationwide cyber fraud awareness campaign under its CSR programme with filmmaker Rohit Shetty, as cy...
13 Jul, 2026, 01.36 PM IST
ED sends letters rogatory abroad, seeks info on foreign operativesThe Enforcement Directorate is investigating a sophisticated transnational cyber fraud network. This syndicate used mule bank accounts and ...
13 Jul, 2026, 01.14 AM IST