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MHA proposes recruitment rules for CEO, additional CEO posts at I4C; seeks stakeholder feedback till August 14The Ministry of Home Affairs is proposing new recruitment rules for key leadership roles. These rules aim to strengthen India's cybercrime ...
CBSE asks schools to encourage students, parents to take cyber hygiene certification courseSchools affiliated with CBSE are now mandated to champion cyber safety. This initiative, part of a national campaign, encourages students, ...
SC calls cyber fraudsters 'parasites', denies accused reliefThe Supreme Court has refused to hear a plea from an alleged cybercriminal. The court described such fraudsters as 'parasites' preying on i...
Wingo app under probe for sending 100 SMS daily from users' phones, linked to e-challan scamAuthorities have disrupted the Wingo app's operations. Command-and-control servers were geo-blocked. Four Telegram channels and over 50 You...
Arrest digital pranks, bolster redressal
Airtel's anti-fraud measures cut customer financial losses by nearly 70%Bharti Airtel has reported a significant decrease in cybercrime complaints due to its anti-fraud initiatives, as confirmed by the Indian Cy...
Rashtriya Raksha University recognised as institution of national importance; expands across statesRashtriya Raksha University, established as an institution of national importance in 2020, is promoting advanced learning and research in i...
New e-Zero FIR: Govt launches pilot project for swift action against cybercrimes; how it can help youThe initiative, which was launched as a pilot project in Delhi, will automatically convert eligible cybercrime complaints into FIRs and is ...
New e-Zero FIR will help nab cyber criminals with unprecedented speed: Amit ShahAmit Shah launched the e-Zero FIR initiative in Delhi. This system converts cyber financial crimes reported on the National Cybercrime Repo...
WhatsApp remains top among social media platforms to be misused by cyber criminals, says MHA reportWhatsApp, Telegram, and Instagram are leading platforms for cyber frauds in 2024. Thousands of complaints have been registered for scams th...
"Cybercrime, AI misuse featured prominently": PM Modi after attending DGP/IGP conferencePM Narendra Modi attended the DGP/IGP conference in Bhubaneswar and discussed national security challenges, urban policing, and new-age thr...
Nearly 75 pc fall in J&K terror, encounters, casualties in five years till 2023: MHA officials to House panelIndia has witnessed a significant decrease in terrorist-related incidents and encounters, with a 77% drop in the past five years. Civilian ...
Delhi Police nabs 19 cybercriminals in a month-long operation, reveal their modus operandiDelhi Police have arrested 19 individuals involved in cybercrimes, including online scams and fraudulent schemes. The operation spanned mul...
DoT take down over 1000 SMS content templates to protect citizens from potential fraudDoT, with support from MHA, cracked down on spam calls by blacklisting 73 SMS headers and 1,522 content templates to prevent SMS fraud, as ...
Govt blacklists 8 principal entities in fresh strike down on SMS scammersThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has taken this decisive action to pro...
In fight against online frauds, banks moot syncing systems with MHA’s cybercrime portalThis is aimed at restraining perpetrators of digital crimes and phishing attacks from quickly moving money from a target’s bank account to ...
"Stay safe while gaming online!" alerts MHA's Cyber wingThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a warning about frauds via gaming apps, urging caution when engaging in online gaming. The In...
Amit Shah tells officials to visit, monitor border projects"The home minister advocated enhanced use of artificial intelligence (AI) to utilise the CCTNS database for critical analysis of crimes, th...
Modi government committed to deal with cyber crime, says Home Minister Amit Shah"In the last seven years, the work of setting up the infrastructure to deal with cyber crimes in the country has been completed fully up to...
Home Ministry panel to monitor cybercrimesMHA now plans another round of meeting with Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp representatives to put in place a mechanism to address fake news...