Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
31 May, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
Prediction markets say they're different from sportsbooks. Gambling addicts say it's all the sameThe soccer coach had blocked himself from sportsbooks by the time he found prediction markets.
30 Apr, 2026, 05.15 PM IST
Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down; HCLTech Q4 reportAfter 15 years at the helm of Apple, Tim Cook will step down to make way for insider John Ternus. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
21 Apr, 2026, 08.02 PM IST
A loan you never took; How PAN fraud is wrecking credit scores in India and what you should do to protect yourselfIndians are facing a new threat: PAN-based loan fraud. Criminals are using stolen PAN details to take out loans without consent. This is da...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
CCTV in medical stores may become mandatory; DCC proposes rule changeMedical stores will soon be required to install CCTV cameras. This new rule aims to ensure every sale is clearly recorded. The Drug Consult...
02 Apr, 2026, 11.23 PM IST
Pornhub sees sharp drop in UK visitors; have Britons stopped viewing adult content online or found a loophole to bypass government restrictions? Data and experts give a reality checkNew age verification laws in the United Kingdom are a likely reason behind the decline in visitors to adult content sites. However, data su...
01 Nov, 2025, 01.57 PM IST
Trump's tariff on cheap Chinese imports will cost Big Tech billionsThe end of a US tariff exemption for low-cost Chinese imports has disrupted the business model of online retailers like Temu and Shein, whi...
03 May, 2025, 09.43 PM IST
Trump's tariff on cheap Chinese imports will cost big tech billionsThe elimination of a tariff loophole that benefited Temu and Shein has led to a significant reduction in their online advertising spending....
03 May, 2025, 12.52 PM IST
Donald Trump's Tariff on cheap Chinese imports will cost Big Tech billionsThe end of a key US tariff loophole has forced Chinese retailers Temu and Shein to cut advertising and raise prices, disrupting their low-c...
03 May, 2025, 12.03 PM IST
Google may find ways to go around NCLAT order upholding CCI fine, say Indian startupsThe appellate tribunal had set aside four directives issued by the anti-trust body, including one where CCI had asked Google to enable app ...
31 Mar, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Working to plug loopholes: Deepinder Goyal to user who flagged 'scam' at ZomatoZomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal told a user of the food delivery app that he was working to plug loopholes after the user flagged a ...
23 Jan, 2023, 10.44 PM IST
Tweak rules to curb fake apps: Mumbai police tells GoogleThis came after Mumbai police found app developers and fintech companies that had floated instant loan apps with Chinese links, had alleged...
23 Sep, 2022, 12.42 PM IST
75% of India’s top 100 Android apps contain security risks: Report42% of the apps had insufficient transport layer protection which happens when data is sent from the mobile app to the server over unsecure...
28 Jun, 2022, 03.20 PM IST
Over 2,500 games removed from Apple's China App Store after loophole shuts: Data firmThe games removed in the first seven days of July had generated a combined $34.7 million in lifetime gross revenue in China, and had accumu...
15 Jul, 2020, 09.29 AM IST
Elliot Alderson may be a French network and telecommunications engineerCyber security expert came into prominence after pointing out loopholes in website of France’s largest fundamental science agency, CNRS.
27 Mar, 2018, 08.12 AM IST
This startup identified multiple ways a hacker can access your information via a UPI-based appWith the government trying to keep up with security concerns generated by its digitisation push, Appknox has been called in by NPCI to prot...
17 Mar, 2017, 03.09 PM IST
Mobile security app Wegilant raises $500,000The company has set up an office in Gurgaon (Delhi NCR) apart from Mumbai and employs about 22 people.
06 Aug, 2015, 11.53 AM IST