Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
08 Jun, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Kash Patel's luxurious date-night outing with girlfriend sparks controversy: FBI's Gulfstream V jet, $35,000 suite date, Pearl Harbour VIP snorkelFBI Director Kash Patel faces scrutiny for allegedly using a government jet for a country music concert with his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins...
18 May, 2026, 11.11 AM IST
Cybercrimes spike in Karnataka, CM Siddaramaiah pushes for tech-savvy policingKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has warned police about increasing cybercrimes and drug-related offences. He stressed the need for st...
02 Apr, 2026, 03.25 PM IST
Cybercrime rate rises, victims lost whopping $16 billion. Here are top scams that duped peopleLosses from cybercrime are notoriously hard to calculate. The FBI's figures are among the most comprehensive, but the bureau acknowledged t...
23 Apr, 2025, 06.04 PM IST
India hailed for anti-money laundering efforts at Eurasian Group meetIndore hosted the 41st Eurasian Group plenary meeting, focusing on combating money laundering, terror financing, and cybercrime. Member cou...
25 Nov, 2024, 03.27 PM IST
How Bengaluru entrepreneur got Rs 1.7 crore back after losing Rs 2.7 crore in fraudA 52-year-old woman entrepreneur, defrauded of Rs 2.7 crore by cybercrooks, is set to recover Rs 1.7 crore after police traced and froze th...
02 May, 2024, 04.07 PM IST
Chinese syndicates to keep hurting India via loan app scams: Cyber expertChinese loan apps, operated by Chinese criminal syndicates and gangs, are causing significant financial losses in India. Pavan Duggal, a cy...
21 Jan, 2024, 12.35 PM IST
80% of cyber crimes from 10 districts; Rajasthan's Bharatpur new Jamtara: studyA study by IIT Kanpur-incubated startup Future Crime Research Foundation suggests that the analysis of the top 10 cybercrime hubs (district...
24 Sep, 2023, 06.01 PM IST
Cybercrime cases triple in Bengaluru in six years, card payments/online transfer top charts of fraudCybercrime cases in Bengaluru have more than tripled between 2017 and 2022, and the number of cases this calendar year may beat all previou...
12 Jul, 2023, 08.25 PM IST
Cases targeting women with explicit content double in 3 yearsEven as the Mumbai police arrested a third suspect involved in the Bulli Bai app case, the NCRB said in a report that Uttar Pradesh (2,120)...
06 Jan, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
Cybercrimes jumped 64% in 2019, Karnataka worst-hit: NCRBKarnataka reported the highest cybercrimes at 12,020, followed by Uttar Pradesh (11,416) and Maharashtra (4,967). Cybercrime rate, calculat...
01 Oct, 2020, 09.06 AM IST
Bengaluru is India’s cybercrime capitalIn Bengaluru, the high reportage of cases coupled with a lone and understaffed cybercrime police station has led to poor disposal rate of s...
01 Feb, 2019, 07.15 PM IST
Cybercrimes rise in Bengaluru, but not chargesheetsA total of 5,036 cases were filed in 2018, or 13.8 cases per day, as opposed to 2,023 cases in about nine months of 2017.
09 Jan, 2019, 11.29 AM IST
States with low per capita income big on economic crimesComplaints of economic crimes in India dropped 4.4% in 2016, the first time it’s declined in a decade. In the preceding 10 years, economic ...
20 Jan, 2018, 07.40 AM IST
India Inc lags in adequate cyber incident response strategies: EY India report'Corporate India’s exposure to cybercrime risks has magnified significantly over the last few years, with attacks becoming exceedingly comp...
04 May, 2017, 03.13 PM IST
Not one cybercrime conviction in Bengaluru in the past 15 yearsNationally, of the more than 14,000 cases of cybercrime fraud since 2012, only 40 have ended up in convictions.
25 Mar, 2016, 10.43 AM IST
- Symantec Corporation wishes to tackle cyber crime with govt
Cybercrime in India has been rising at an alarming rate and Symantec Corporation would like to be an associate of the govt to tackle such c...
12 Mar, 2013, 08.42 PM IST