'They said it was for tax and fees': Senior citizen spends Rs 64 lakh to 'recover' old insurance funds, ends up with a police notice for criminal activity insteadA 62-year-old senior citizen from Navi Mumbai was cheated of Rs 64 lakh over four years by cyber fraudsters who posed as officials from the...
26 Apr, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
Qcomm tests new waters; Emergent’s ARR explainedHappy Tuesday! Quick commerce is expanding into new sectors such as food, beauty and medicine. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Disp...
31 Mar, 2026, 07.31 AM IST
Is your insurance adequate? Here’s a simple checklist to find outMany policyholders are insured but not adequately, leading to claim dissonance. Reviewing health, home, cyber, and motor insurance covers t...
19 Mar, 2026, 10.47 AM IST
Digital arrest victims may be going under coverBanks and insurers are in early talks to design an insurance product to cover victims of digital arrest scams, potentially making India the...
14 Feb, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
TRAI mandates pre-tagging of links, numbers in commercial SMS templatesWith the new rule, senders must specify the purpose of every variable field at the time of template registration—for example, marking a fie...
18 Nov, 2025, 09.10 PM IST
Cybersecurity in the festive season - A strategic imperative for MSMEsCombining business cyber insurance with robust internal security practices is crucial for MSMEs to protect revenues, customer trust, and en...
04 Oct, 2025, 11.30 AM IST
Get bonus for verifying your policy number and KYC details; LIC warns customers against such cyber fraud tacticsLIC: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has issued a public notice warning its customers about an ongoing fraud in its name. LIC cau...
15 Mar, 2025, 03.50 PM IST
Ignore now, regret later: Why you should treat cybersecurity like health insuranceCybersecurity is crucial in the digital age, providing peace of mind and protection against financial loss and reputational damage from cyb...
03 Mar, 2025, 04.28 PM IST
Why MSMEs should prioritise cybersecurity, financial stability, employee managementThere is an urgent need for the MSMEs to invest and train their employees in these areas to survive a major disruption.
21 Nov, 2024, 08.54 AM IST
Enabled by AI, phishing becomes quite simplePhishing attacks, a prevalent cyber threat in India, are on the rise, growing 464% YoY in 2023. These attacks, often using social engineeri...
31 Mar, 2024, 12.18 AM IST
What Budget 2024 can do to strengthen the cybersecurity sector in IndiaThe budget is poised to play a pivotal role in shaping India’s economic growth and global competitiveness, particularly in the realm of cyb...
27 Jan, 2024, 01.01 PM IST
AI.con: a new voice for Jamtara-type scammersVoice clones or deepfakes have emerged as the latest tool for cyber scammers, they said, as artificial intelligence (AI)-related scams are ...
21 Dec, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
SafeHouse Tech, SecureNow bundle cyber security solution with insurance; eye 10 lakh subscribers by 2023Cyber security solution provider for mobile handsets Safehouse Tech (SHT) said it has become the first firm to bundle insurance cover of up...
03 Oct, 2022, 06.06 PM IST
How to report a net banking, debit or credit card fraudA fraudulent online transaction in one's bank account, debit or credit card could be because of e-mail spoofing, phishing or cloning of one...
13 Dec, 2018, 10.24 AM IST
Now you can file cyber crime cases online in DelhiDistrict cyber cells will automatically receive the complaints as soon as they are registered on the portal, www.cybercelldelhi.in, and ini...
27 Jul, 2017, 10.32 AM IST
Hoax call costs Fortelus Capital Management's CFO Thomas Meston his jobThe caller said he was from Coutts, the London based hedge fund's bank, and warned there may have been fraudulent activity on the account.
08 Jul, 2015, 05.25 AM IST
India is popular destination for data theft: ReportAs the country's estimated USD 108 bn IT services industry is becoming the world's favoured outsourcing centre, India is emerging as a popu...
16 Jul, 2013, 05.45 PM IST