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- NPCI unveils UPI MDR; Meta's new child safety measures
The NPCI has finalised the long-awaited MDR framework for UPI transactions, paving the way for changes to the payments ecosystem. This and ...
US takes risky bet on private 'pirates' to combat cybercrimeThe United States will allow private companies to hack foreign cybercriminal groups, a seemingly unprecedented measure that is dividing exp...
US takes risky bet on private 'pirates' to combat cybercrimeThe US will allow approved private companies to hack foreign cybercriminal groups under government supervision, targeting ransomware and on...
Rs 40 lakh return from Rs 22,000 investment? How ‘Quantum AI’ scam is misusing Nirmala Sitharaman’s name to lure investorsQuantum AI scam: A viral message falsely claims Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is promoting a 'Quantum AI' investment scheme. It promi...
Rs 19.50 lakh/month income on Rs 18,000 investment? Government explains reality of viral messageA fraudulent scheme is circulating online, falsely claiming high returns on a small investment. This scam impersonates a national news bran...
Indians who fled a Myanmar cyberscam center are being flown home from ThailandIndia is bringing home hundreds of its citizens. They fled from Myanmar last month. Most worked at online scam centers. These centers were ...
Cybercrime rate rises, victims lost whopping $16 billion. Here are top scams that duped peopleLosses from cybercrime are notoriously hard to calculate. The FBI's figures are among the most comprehensive, but the bureau acknowledged t...
Elon Musk's DOGE staffer, 'Bigballs', linked to cybercrime gang: Shocking revelations emergeEdward Coristine, a prominent member of Elon Musk's DOGE Service team, previously supported a cybercrime group known as EGodly, which bragg...
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...
Karnataka open to partnering with Meta for cybersafety: State IT Minister Priyank KhargeWe are trying to see how to prevent youngsters from falling prey to loan apps etc, Priyank Kharge said. In his keynote address, he said, if...
Surge in QR code scams sparks concern in BengaluruQR code-related cybercrimes are on the rise in Bengaluru's online marketplaces, with unsuspecting users being left in financial distress by...
Tribals in Madhya Pradesh shocked after crores of rupees pass through accounts in their nameThe account holders maintain that they had no knowledge of the existence of these accounts under their names, and some of them have lodged ...
What makes Cybersecurity an attractive career choice in the US?For instance, News Corp., the news agency that owns the Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and Dow Jones, among others, revealed in Fe...
Pak investigation agency probes journalist Sami Abraham under PECA lawPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government initiated revengeful actions against the journalists. The FIA started a probe against ...
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...
Indian fined Rs 87 lakh in UAE for email insult to RTAThe RTA's concerned department took immediate legal action against him for sending that offencive and disparaging email and reported it to ...
- Execute a cyber attack with kits for just $700!
Cybercrimes are no longer the domain of the tech-savvy--just splash out 700 dollars and one can buy an attack kit online, reveals an intern...