Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
08 Jun, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
IRCTC sets new records in online ticket booking, blocks 3 crore suspicious IDs in 2025-26IRCTC intensified anti-fraud measures in 2025, deactivating 3.03 crore suspicious user IDs and blocking 13,343 email domains. The corporati...
03 Jun, 2026, 10.21 PM IST
Airtel launches 'Priority Postpaid' with a 'slicing' tech: Check the 5G plansBharti Airtel has launched "Priority Postpaid," a new service leveraging 5G slicing technology to enhance network experience for postpaid u...
21 May, 2026, 02.34 PM IST
IPL 2026 scam season is here: Over 600 fake ticket sites, 400 malware-linked streams cheat fansAs the IPL 2026 season kicks off, a rise in cyber scams is alarming eager cricket enthusiasts. Unscrupulous fraudsters are capitalising on ...
13 May, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
Swiggy, Urban Company report Q4 losses; Zepto gets IPO nodNew-age companies Swiggy and Urban Company closed the March quarter in the red, even as revenues surged. This and more in today's ETtech To...
08 May, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
Mother's Day Special: How AI, apps are empowering women to manage finances, improve health, build careerWomen are learning to keep pace with the ubiquitous apps and AI, shrugging off dependence on their kids for financial transactions, online ...
04 May, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
AI chats won't displace food delivery, quick commerce: Zomato founder Deepinder GoyalEternal founder Deepinder Goyal believes AI chat interfaces won't displace food delivery and quick commerce apps, arguing that habitual tra...
28 Apr, 2026, 06.20 PM IST
Booking.com hacked: Here’s what customers need to knowBooking.com hacked: Booking.com experienced a security breach in which unauthorised parties accessed certain customer booking details. Affe...
14 Apr, 2026, 08.47 PM IST
Trying to book LPG cylinder? Delhi Police has an urgent message for you that can save your bank a/c from getting emptyDelhi Police are warning residents about a surge in phishing scams targeting LPG cylinder bookings amid West Asian conflict concerns. Scamm...
17 Mar, 2026, 02.20 PM IST
'AI is a big topic...': How Indian-origin elderly couple lost £2,500 in UK flight ticket scam; learned truth only at Heathrow check-in deskFlight ticket scam: An elderly Indian-origin couple lost over £2,500 to an online flight booking scam after being tricked via WhatsApp. The...
01 Mar, 2026, 05.44 PM IST
MHA alerts public of online booking scams impersonating religious institutions, tourist servicesThe Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre warns of online booking scams. These scams target pilgrims and tourists through fake websites an...
19 Apr, 2025, 11.34 AM IST
Gurugram Police reveal Rs 33.5 crore cyber fraud committed across IndiaAccording to the police, after reviewing the data of mobile phones and SIM cards recovered from the accused by the police from the Indian C...
17 Nov, 2024, 04.54 PM IST
ED searches offices linked to Fairplay app over 'financial fraud'The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday said it conducted searches on multiple locations in connection with its probe on an offshore ille...
14 Jun, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
How Artificial Intelligence can help detect e-commerce fraudCash on delivery and prepaid orders are both vulnerable to e-commerce fraud. Today, e-commerce fraud takes many forms, as can be seen. Comm...
29 Jul, 2022, 11.42 AM IST
New section proposed in Railways Act to check e-ticketing fraudsAgainst the backdrop of online ticketing scams, railways is mulling an amendment to the Railways Act, 1989 to include a provision of penali...
16 Sep, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
- Added security call may hit online biz
The new RBI guidelines, which becomes effective from August 1, to provide a third-factor identification for all online transactions may tri...
27 Jul, 2009, 12.12 AM IST
- Low-cost carriers slowly grounding travel agents
Low-cost carriers, at the forefront of the aviation boom in India, are slowly but surely making travel agents redundant, especially for the...
17 Jan, 2007, 02.20 AM IST