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AI is a gold mine for spammers and scammers, but Google is using it as a tool to fight backGenerative AI is supercharging online spam and scams, with the FBI reporting over $893 million in losses last year. Tech giants like Google...- AI will keep its date with AI (in background)Karima Ben Abdelamalek, CEO, Happn, tells Tanya Pandey that the global dating app is working to ensure technology supports human connection...
- Word of the Day: Hornswoggle — How to use it like a proWord of the day: Over 170,000 English words exist today. Yet “hornswoggle” is trending in vocabulary searches. The hornswoggle meaning is s...
- Nearly 9 in 10 phishing scams steal login details: What to do immediately if you fall victim to a phishing attackCybercriminals are increasingly targeting online account credentials, with 88.5% of phishing scams focused on stealing login details. Stole...
- Singapore cracks down hard — scammers will now be canned in addition to fines and prison timeSingapore has implemented caning as a new punishment for convicted scammers, representing one of the strictest anti-cybercrime actions worl...
- Singapore orders Meta to implement anti-scam measures or face possible fineThe company could be fined up to S$1 million ($775,698) if it fails to comply as part of the first such order under the nation's new Online...
- Airtel working on tech to wipe out scam, phishingBharti Airtel is developing technology to prevent online scams and phishing attempts for its 380 million mobile users. About 80% complete, ...
- Cyber scams soar by 158% in 2024, Rs 452 cr stolen from accounts: Delhi PoliceThe amount stolen by scammers has risen by 158% this year, with Delhi Police reporting Rs 452 crore lost to online fraud by June, compared ...
- Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath sounds alarm on Rs 11,000 cr scams—Shares WhatsApp & Telegram hacks to stay safeZerodha CEO Nithin Kamath warns about the rise of financial scams in India, highlighting Rs 11,000 crore worth of frauds in the past nine m...
- The man who escaped the scam rings of CambodiaThousands of workers are trafficked to Southeast Asia to commit cyber fraud on their fellow citizens over social media. Ex-serviceman Botch...
- WhatsApp police to combat online loan app frauds in Kerala's ThiruvananthapuramTo tackle the rising cases of online loan frauds, the Thiruvananthapuram police in India have launched a dedicated WhatsApp number for repo...
- Amazon Prime Day 2023 is here! Beware of these scams and fake texts; All you need to knowAs Amazon Prime Day arrives once more, it is important to exercise caution. In the event that you receive a text message this week or the f...
- How to protect your parents from financial fraudRegular interaction, increasing their awareness on scams, and introducing safety protocol in their engagements could help them stay safe.
- Cyber security pitfalls and how negligence can be expensive for MSMEs70% of Indian firms have been hit by ransomware disruptions in the last three years and they keep rising.
- What to do when you know you have been fooled?Experience is the mistress of fools. However, a little bit of alertness can save you from the heartbreak of learning through folly alone.
- 8 tips to use internet banking safelyThere are various ways in which fraudsters may try to deceive you into giving them your personal and security details. Here are 8 tips to u...
- Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson would never endorse get-rich-quick schemesBranson took to social media to break down some popular phishing scams that used his name.
- Malaysia, Australia hit by worst data breaches, millions left exposedMalaysia is investigating the theft of mobile-phone records for 46.2 million customers, while an online security lapse in Australia exposed...
- Cyber crime increasing in Hyderabad, data showsWhile the overall crime cases registered an increase of 10 per cent, from 19,110 last year to 21,035 this year, there was a sharp rise in r...
- FakeOff app to detect bogus Facebook accountsAs instances of cyber impersonation on social networking sites rise, an Israel-based start-up developed an application, FakeOff, that helps...
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