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Cyber frauds on the rise, offence can't be taken lightly: SCThe Supreme Court acknowledged the rising trend of cyber frauds and their serious implications. It refused to quash or club FIRs lodged in ...
Text message scams jump 146% in India amid rise in scam-led digital fraud: ReportText message-based scams in India have surged 146 per cent, highlighting a sharp shift in the country's digital fraud landscape towards sca...
US cracks down on cyber scams with global visa restrictionsThe US has introduced a global visa restriction policy targeting individuals involved in cyber scams and sextortion, along with their immed...
Nearly 55.49 crore UPI users onboarded by June 2026Around 55.49 crore UPI users were onboarded by June 2026, Parliament was informed. UPI transactions reached 24,162 crore in volume and Rs 3...
Did PM Modi announce a Rs 25 lakh monthly income scheme? Here's the truthA fake video using artificial intelligence shows Prime Minister Modi promoting an investment scheme. This fraudulent platform falsely promi...
Sebi warns listed firms, regulated entities against rising 'Boss Scam' cyber fraudSebi has issued a warning to all regulated entities regarding a rising cyber fraud known as the 'Boss Scam'. In this scheme, fraudsters mas...
Deepfake scam rattles Sky Gold as subsidiary suffers Rs 11 crore loss after unauthorised fund transferSky Gold shares fell after its subsidiary lost Rs 10.70 crore due to fraud. Unknown persons used deepfake techniques to impersonate a direc...
Public sector modernisation efforts accelerate amid infrastructure challenges: ReportIndian public sector organisations are accelerating AI adoption for improved services. Containerisation and hybrid cloud infrastructure are...
Madras HC says repeated sexual relations do not automatically mean consent, warns against ‘romance fraud’The Madras High Court clarified that repeated sexual relations do not automatically imply consent. Courts must examine surrounding circumst...
Trump to assert voting machine vulnerabilities in Thursday speechPresident Donald Trump will deliver a national address regarding election security matters. He plans to discuss newly declassified intellig...
Govt eyes uniform digital platform username rulesThe platforms, which currently rely on mobile phone numbers for user identification, had submitted their formal responses to the government...
Singham vs scammers? Bandhan Bank brings Rohit Shetty for Cyber Cop missionBandhan Bank has launched Cyber Cop, a nationwide cyber fraud awareness campaign under its CSR programme with filmmaker Rohit Shetty, as cy...
Psychology explains why scammers are so convincing and it may have more to do with language than technologyScammers use carefully engineered language to persuade and influence potential victims. They build trust with polite greetings and expressi...
ED sends letters rogatory abroad, seeks info on foreign operativesThe Enforcement Directorate is investigating a sophisticated transnational cyber fraud network. This syndicate used mule bank accounts and ...
WhatsApp username rollout put on hold after govt noticeTelegram has also submitted its response to the government that last week issued formal notices to the messaging platforms, directing them ...
RBI is right to act on digital payment fraud. But some safeguards need sharper designCyber fraud complaints and losses are increasing significantly in India's digital payment system. The Reserve Bank of India has proposed ne...
'A video on Facebook, a chat on Telegram': Deepfake Nirmala Sitharaman scam costs Bengaluru professor Rs 61 lakhA Bengaluru professor lost over sixty-one lakh rupees in a sophisticated cyber fraud. She was lured by a deepfake video featuring Finance M...