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Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
There's more to Uber’s India data centre bet than meets the eyeUber is setting the stage for its first-ever data center in India through a strategic alliance with the Adani Group. This development not o...
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 ...
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...
Using AI to tackle mule accounts to be in focus during two days conference by CBI, CentreThe use of artificial intelligence in tackling mule accounts, which form a key element in facilitating laundering of illicit funds stolen t...
Govt raises red flag over 'pig butchering scam'; here's what Home Ministry just foundA new cyber fraud, called the 'Pig Butchering Scam', is targeting vulnerable people like unemployed youths, housewives, and students. Cyber...
Raise awareness about cyber frauds, intensify efforts to identify mule accounts: FSRA Reserve Bank report highlights the surge in cyber frauds amid increasing digital transactions, urging regulated entities to raise awarene...
Govt disconnects 70 lakh mobile numbers involved in financial frauds: DFS SecretaryTo check digital frauds, the government has disconnected 70 lakh mobile numbers so far involved in cybercrime or financial frauds, Financia...
Nitin Bhatnagar on the latest trends in cyber fraud and how to safeguard against it“A magnitude of frauds are happening today and we cannot really classify them. What is important for users to understand is that while you ...
Financial frauds accounted for over 75% cyber crimes since 2020: StudySocial media-related crimes such as cheating by impersonation, cyber-bullying, sexting and email phishing accounted for 12% of the online o...
Parliamentary panel on finance debates cyber security, rising white collar crimesSources said the members of the Standing Committee on Finance sought the views of experts about various trends in cyber crime and what meas...
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...
Assam police sets up citizen financial cyber fraud reporting & management systemTwenty-four senior police officers who are dealing with cyber-crime investigation from eight North-Eastern States namely Arunachal Pradesh,...
Govt plans norms for e-wallet firms to prevent online fraudsThe measures to tighten the anti-cyber fraud regime the anti-cyber fraud regime were reviewed at a high-level meeting chaired by home minis...
Cyber frauds increased after growth in mobile banking, NEFT and RTGS: StudyThe biggest kind of frauds in the banking sector include: documentation frauds, diversion of funds, identity theft and cyber related theft ...
Indians suffered loss of over Rs 219 cr due to cyber fraudsThe government said Indians suffered a total loss of Rs 219.73 crore since 2011 due to cyber frauds and as many as 24,882 cases were regist...
Maharashtra sees highest no. of card, internet banking frauds in 2012Maharashtra witnessed the maximum number of fraud cases relating to credit/debit cards and internet banking in 2012.
- CBI registers 24 Internet financial fraud cases in last 3 years
The CBI has registered 24 cases pertaining to financial frauds involving a cumulative amount of around Rs 47 crore.
- Visa updates CBI officials about card fraud trends
Global payment company Visa has sensitised CBI officials about modus operandi of electronic payment frauds and measures to combat them.
- Maharashtra, Karnataka topped cyber crime list in 2010
Across the country, a total 966 cases of cyber crime reported under Information Technology Act, 2000 in 2010, Kapil Sibal said.