Cyber fraud crackdown: Six arrested in Bihar for running global crime syndicateThe group was allegedly operating through a network of associates in various states, including West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, ...
21 Jul, 2025, 08.25 PM IST
Meta asked to curb WhatsApp related scamsIndia's IT ministry is pressuring Meta to curb scams originating on WhatsApp. Fraudsters are using the platform for various schemes, includ...
07 Dec, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
Centre asks Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to curb WhatsApp-centric scamsIndia's Ministry of Electronics and IT is working with Meta to address the rise of WhatsApp scams. The scams involve fraudulent messages an...
06 Dec, 2024, 04.41 PM IST
SBI cautions about a new fraud; Do not trust the calls from CBI, Income Tax department without verifying their identityState Bank of India: Recently SBI through an SMS campaign has started to alert its customers about a new fraud where impoters impersonating...
25 Nov, 2024, 03.10 PM IST
No provision for 'digital arrest' worldwide; report cybercrimes at earliest: ExpertsCybercriminals in Uttar Pradesh are posing as officials from CBI and RBI. They deceive victims into transferring money by using digital arr...
03 Nov, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Delhi court denies bail to man accused of cheating people across world through fraud callsA Delhi court has denied bail to a man accused of cheating people in multiple countries, including USA, out of approximately Rs 157 crore t...
02 Sep, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
Indian VOIP firm, director indicted in US for causing Americans $20 million loss: Justice departmentGupta and E Sampark maintained approximately sixty servers from May 2015 to June 2020 in Florida that the company used at times to connect ...
18 Nov, 2020, 02.23 PM IST
US files lawsuits against call centres, mostly from India, for making fake robocalls to AmericansIn each case, the Department of Justice sought an order immediately halting the defendants' transmission of unlawful robocall traffic. A fe...
29 Jan, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
SIM box fraud: Beware! It's a new menace for telecom industryThis fraud not only costs billions to operators and the government, but even makes a country vulnerable to security threats.
03 Feb, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
BPO racket points to bigger malaiseSome 630 people were working at these offices and their starting salary was around Rs 30,000 a month. The daily turnover of these centres w...
07 Oct, 2016, 01.39 AM IST
- Net telephony latest target for hackers
Leakage of credit card and bank account details on the internet has been a regular scenario, but the latest entrant in this virtual world o...
15 May, 2008, 06.19 PM IST
- Top five cyber threats in 2008
The cyberspace is teeming with varied threats; here are the top five threats you need to guard against.
04 Feb, 2008, 10.05 AM IST
- If you receive an automated call from 0800, beware!
The caller from this number may ‘vish’ away your bank balance to zero if you divulge details. These new smart alecks are called vishers & a...
17 Jul, 2007, 08.45 AM IST
- The vish may bite off your bank a/c
The virtual crooks are becoming smarter and less visible. This time they have devised a novel way of sending a routine text message much li...
17 Jul, 2007, 02.57 AM IST
- Fraudsters take to phishing on phone
While banks and other financial institutions have discovered new methods to beat online frauds, phishers have come up with a way to beat th...
19 Jun, 2006, 12.29 AM IST
- Fraudsters now phish on phone
In phone phishing, fraudsters typically use a phone call to extract financial information from users.
18 Jun, 2006, 01.31 AM IST
- Technology @ FIFA `06
As the teams battle it out for the Golden Cup, we bring to you all the technology that is making the event -- on and off the field.
12 Jun, 2006, 06.30 PM IST