As rupee dips, I-T steps up vigil on shady outflowsIn multiple cases, individuals have used dozens of fake permanent account numbers (PANs) with the same name but different addresses and dat...
15 May, 2026, 01.12 AM IST
IPL 2026 scam season is here: Over 600 fake ticket sites, 400 malware-linked streams cheat fansAs the IPL 2026 season kicks off, a rise in cyber scams is alarming eager cricket enthusiasts. Unscrupulous fraudsters are capitalising on ...
13 May, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
War without borders: The rise of cyberattacks beyond the battlefieldCyber conflict has escalated beyond borders following US-Israeli strikes on Iran, with hacktivists and state-backed actors launching global...
10 May, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
Mother's Day Special: How AI, apps are empowering women to manage finances, improve health, build careerWomen are learning to keep pace with the ubiquitous apps and AI, shrugging off dependence on their kids for financial transactions, online ...
04 May, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
How to spot an investment scam before it spots youIndia's digital investment boom is fueling a surge in cybercrime, with financial fraud leading the charge. Criminals are increasingly using...
29 Apr, 2026, 10.44 AM IST
Bengaluru director made a Rs 34 payment mistake, then his account started draining until nearly Rs 74,000 vanishedA 56-year-old Bengaluru-based company director lost nearly Rs 74,000 in an online scam after falling for a fake bank reward points redempti...
26 Apr, 2026, 04.47 PM IST
Trai eases SMS whitelisting norms to reduce disruptionTrai has clarified that only the static parts of URLs in commercial messages need to be whitelisted to avoid disruption, as its new mandate...
01 Oct, 2024, 08.05 AM IST
Impractical to implement new URL whitelisting norms: TelcosIndia's top telecom companies have informed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) that they cannot implement the new mandate on ...
21 Sep, 2024, 08.37 AM IST
Companies, banks struggle to implement Trai's URL whitelisting normsIn a directive issued a few weeks ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had asked telcos to stop transmitting messages cont...
03 Sep, 2024, 01.36 AM IST
India escapes SMS outage as Trai rule on hold till September 30ET reported in its August 24 edition about the impending disruption in delivery of service and transactional messages from banks, financial...
31 Aug, 2024, 01.09 AM IST
As many as 1,122 Twitter URLs blocked on IT Ministry's directions this year up to JuneIn line with the objective of ensuring open, safe, trusted and accountable internet for all users, the IT Ministry issued directions "to Tw...
27 Jul, 2022, 10.30 PM IST
A new phishing attack lurking to scam banking customers: AdvisoryThe Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In is the federal technology arm to combat cyber attacks and guarding the cyber space a...
11 Aug, 2021, 02.40 PM IST
442% rise in the number of URLs blockedIT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed to the question raised by Congress MP Jothimani over removal of “objectionable online content pos...
21 Nov, 2019, 11.15 AM IST
'Website not found' pop-ups leave net activists fumingLast year, MeitY blocked 2,799 URLs for allegedly hosting malicious content, marking a sharp increase from 2017, when 1,385 URLs were block...
06 Mar, 2019, 07.26 AM IST
Blocking of URLs shows an upward trend: Govt dataThe minister presented the data for the number of social media uniform resource locators (URLs) blocked during the last three years in a wr...
01 Aug, 2017, 09.24 PM IST
Government issued directions to block 690 offensive webpages in 3 yearsThe government on wednesday said it has issued directions to intermediaries for blocking 690 webpages/ URLs for carrying anti-social conten...
12 Dec, 2012, 03.53 PM IST
No web censorship, Facebook and Google cooperating with us: GovernmentGovt sought to downplay its action in the cyber world in the wake of problems in the NE, saying it was not targetting individual accounts a...
25 Aug, 2012, 02.32 AM IST