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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...
Sebi targets 'finfluencer' misconduct to protect retail investors, freezes accounts of perpetratorsAccording to the SEBI order, the operators bought small/mid-cap stocks, artificially inflated prices by sharing unsubstantiated bullish tip...
Why businesses can no longer treat cybersecurity as an IT problemBusinesses in India are fast becoming prime targets for cybercriminals, not because they are careless, but because the nature of cyberattac...
Burnt body, keypad phones, discarded SIMs: Cops crack murder case foiling elaborate evasion tacticsSix accused were arrested for the murder of Kabir alias Shiv Prakash, who was strangled and his body burnt over a property dispute. The sus...
Delhi: Court sends Al Falah Group Chairman to 14 days of judicial custodyAl Falah Group Chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddique has been sent to 14 days judicial custody. He faces allegations of money laundering exceeding ...
How a 25-year-old 'professor' learned from a Netflix series to dupe 200 people in a Rs 50 crore trading scamInspired by the TV series Money Heist, a Delhi-based cybercrime gang, led by a mastermind known as 'Professor,' orchestrated a sophisticate...
China’s digital heist: How loan apps and crypto scams drained ₹28,000 crore from IndiaA detailed Enforcement Directorate report reveals Chinese nationals are behind most loan app and crypto scams in India, with Rs 28,000 cror...
Sherlock meets Shaadi: How families are vetting brides secretlyIn India, families are increasingly hiring private detectives to conduct pre-marital background checks on brides, driven by headline crimes...
Babydoll Archi’s secret unveiled: She’s neither a content influencer nor living in US. Who is she?An Instagram account, 'Babydoll Archi,' amassed 1.4 million followers using AI-generated content featuring a fabricated woman. Assam police...
Forget texts, calls or emails: Woman catches cheating husband using electric toothbrush. Here's howIn a bizarre twist on modern infidelity, a UK woman uncovered her husband’s affair using data from a smart electric toothbrush. The app, or...
Netizens discover AI site that finds every photo of you to exist online. But why is it the 'most disturbing'?PimEyes, a widely available AI-powered website, can locate nearly every image of an individual ever uploaded online. Users can upload a pho...
Menace of 'money mules' and how not to become oneMule accounts are bank accounts that are used to launder proceeds of crime by fraudsters. In an age when there are strict laws on holding o...
From savings to wealth: A guide to strategic methods for sustainable wealth creation in IndiaIndia is facing a retirement crisis with 80% concerned about savings sufficiency. The India Retirement Index at 44 highlights the gap. Jeff...
Combating dark patterns; declining VC funds for female foundersHappy Thursday! The government will soon release a tool to help consumers fight manipulative ‘dark patterns’ used by websites. This and mor...
Trio arrested for fake work-from-home job scam involving YouTube 'likes' and cryptocurrencyPolice have arrested three individuals for operating a fraudulent work-from-home job scheme using deceptive tactics, which included creatin...
View: The AI gold rush will take humanity to some dark placesThe Worldcoin Foundation is based offshore in the regulation-lite jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands, its digital-token allocation process ...
View: Got change? Why digital cash needs to feel realSpreading cash among consumers and collecting notes from businesses is a labor-intensive activity that doesn’t sit well with Japan’s shrink...
With governance deficit, caste violence haunting Nitish Kumar's regime, will he be third time lucky in Bihar?While backward classes found their voice during Lalu’s regime, it was only after Kumar became CM that the state showed signs of governance ...