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The power of a name: How ‘digital arrest’ scammers weaponise top cops’ reputationsDigital arrest scam: Scammers are using the names of famous police officials to trick people. They pretend to be senior officers and threat...
Deep deceit: Inside India’s online scam economyIndia’s digital payments boom has fueled unprecedented growth and sophisticated cybercrime. AI-driven tools like MuleHunter and the Digital...
WhatsApp DP scam: CFO transfers over Rs 2 crore after 'MD' texts; Hyderabad Police reveal growing digital threat & what you should never doA CFO of an automobile firm in Hyderabad was duped into transferring over Rs 2 crore after receiving WhatsApp messages from someone imperso...
DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records showEdward Coristine is among the most visible members of the DOGE effort that has been given sweeping access to official networks as it attemp...
70 Indians rescued from Myanmar cybercrime hub KK Park: ReportKK Park, a major centre for online scams, was recently raided by Myanmar’s Border Guard Forces (BGF), who freed individuals coerced into cy...
From jail to the spotlight: Who is Alexander Vinnik? The Russian prisoner swapped for American Marc Fogel in a global dealAlexander Vinnik, a Russian cybercrime suspect, was exchanged for American Marc Fogel in a high-profile prisoner swap. Vinnik ran BTC-e, a ...
Hotlines meant for cyber crimes not going through in BengaluruThe cybercrime hotlines in Bengaluru are often found switched off or unanswered. This affects the reporting of cybercrimes despite the city...
DoT orders telcos to play cybercrime awareness caller tune 8-10 times a day for 3 monthsThe government is fighting cybercrime. Telecom operators will play caller tunes about cybercrime awareness. These tunes will play 8-10 time...
Diamond necklace worth Rs 5 lakh thrown into garbage by Chennai man. Here's what he did nextA Chennai resident named Devaraj accidentally discarded a Rs 5 lakh diamond necklace in the trash, which was later retrieved thanks to a me...
Jamtara in Bundi: How a 21-year-old student in Rajasthan trained an army of 500 youths in online fraud, fake stock returnsIn Rajasthan, 21-year-old Yogesh Meena was arrested for training 500 youths in cyber fraud. He operated in villages across Bundi and Sawai ...
McAfee reports 629% increase in coin miner malware in Q1 2018In finance, the attacks were not always region specific, as was the case in previous years, but McAfee identified activity in Russia, and r...
US exposes insider trading ring with Ukraine hackersUS authorities broke up an alleged insider trading ring that relied on computer hackers to pilfer corporate press announcements.
Greek hackers steal Rs 13 lakh from Axis Bank accounts using cloned debit cardsJobless Greeks stole money from Axis Bank accounts using cloned debit cards, exposing the vulnerability of account holders in India to risi...
We were part of an industry-wide attack in December: ElectraCard CEO Ramesh MengawadeElectraCard Services, the Pune-based Indian payment processor that was attacked by a global cyber-crime ring in December, said it was not i...
ElectraCard loses security certification post $45 mn global ATM heistElectraCard said it has already taken measures to strengthen its processing environment and was confident of being re-certified.
ATM Heist: Breach likely at Pune-based ElectraCard ServicesElectraCard, which is part of the Opus Software Group, is partially-owned by the world's number two payment network MasterCard.
- Chinese hackers target MEA site
The ministry of external affairs (MEA) computer systems have become the target of hackers from all over the world with the latest attack co...