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
HDFC AMC reports cyber-security incident, activates containment protocolsHDFC AMC has reported a cyber-security incident. An anonymous source claimed access to its IT systems. The company is assessing the impact....
18 May, 2026, 09.18 AM IST
Uncertainty scars J&K’s economy and impacts banking, but resilience here is remarkable: Amitava Chatterjee, J&K BankJammu and Kashmir Bank has recorded its highest profit to date, soaring to Rs 2363.47 crore in FY-26. This achievement marks a significant ...
13 May, 2026, 05.51 PM 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
Beware! Finance Secretary Nagaraju warns banks about risk from MythosIndian financial authorities are alerting banks to the significant risks from advanced AI models. Secretary M Nagaraju highlighted the pote...
07 May, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
ET Most Innovative AI Product Awards 2026: Honouring AI that stays ahead of cyber threatsAs cyber threats grow more complex and harder to predict, AI is emerging as the backbone of digital security. ET Most Innovative AI Product...
05 May, 2026, 12.56 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
Cyberattacks surge across UAE amid Iran conflict, businesses face disruptions and rising risksCyberattacks are surging across UAE and Gulf. Financial services, government platforms, and utilities face a sustained wave of breaches. Cy...
30 Apr, 2026, 06.19 AM IST
CERT-In flags 'high-severity risks' from AI-driven cyber threats amid Mythos concernsCERT-In has issued a high-severity warning about AI-driven cyber threats, noting that new tools make attacks faster, cheaper, and easier. A...
27 Apr, 2026, 09.29 PM IST
Beyond KYC: Why digital trust needs real-time intelligenceAshok Hariharan of IDfy argues that digital trust must evolve beyond one-time KYC to continuous, intelligence-led risk assessment across th...
14 Apr, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
$500 online tool, $20m fraud: FBI shuts down ready-made kit that imitated login pages and stole millions from users worldwideThe FBI Atlanta Field Office and Indonesian authorities have taken down a sophisticated phishing operation using the “W3LL phishing kit.” T...
13 Apr, 2026, 11.23 AM IST
Banks, telecom companies to chuck OTPs, adopt silent authenticationBanks and telecom companies are developing a silent authentication mechanism to combat SIM cloning and eSIM swaps. This background check ve...
02 Apr, 2026, 08.28 PM IST
State-sponsored cyberattacks against India up 278% in three yearsServices companies in India, including IT and BPO, saw the highest share of attacks between March 2021 and September 2023, according to Sin...
06 Nov, 2023, 04.56 PM IST
Crimes too went digital in the pandemic, up 12%Uttar Pradesh pipped Karnataka to emerge as the state with the highest number of cybercrimes reported in 2020 - constituting over a fifth o...
29 Sep, 2021, 02.41 PM IST
Watch out, cyber fraud cases in banks are spikingSpike in cyber frauds is bigger than most other types of bank frauds (5,917) reported in 2017-18
02 Jan, 2019, 08.04 PM IST
India logs 40 per cent annual increase in cyber crime casesIn 2013, a total of 28,481 Indian websites were hacked by various hacker groups spread across the globe. The number of hacking incidents we...
28 Dec, 2014, 01.54 PM IST