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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...
OpenAI rolls out Lockdown Mode for users handling sensitive informationOpenAI has launched Lockdown Mode to combat prompt injection attacks, a security feature designed for users handling sensitive data. This m...
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...
Google blocked the first known AI-powered attack on 2FA accounts; here is how hackers tried to break in, know how to stay safeForeign hackers attempted a novel AI-powered cyberattack targeting two-factor authentication using a zero-day exploit. Google's Threat Inte...
Udaan’s pre-IPO top-up; Tata’s Assam chip hub test runHappy Monday! Udaan is in talks to raise fresh funds amid IPO talks. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Comcast's dirty secret cost them $117 million, you could be owed $10,000; here's how to grab your share by August 14The Comcast $117.5 million settlement has triggered a nationwide rush as millions of Americans now check eligibility for a possible $10,000...
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 ...
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 ...
CERT-In flags 'high-severity risks' from AI-driven cyber threats amid Mythos concernsCERT-In has issued a high-severity warning about AI-driven cyber threats, noting that new tools make attacks faster, cheaper, and easier. A...
Bengaluru director made a Rs 34 payment mistake, then his account started draining until nearly Rs 74,000 vanishedA 56-year-old Bengaluru-based company director lost nearly Rs 74,000 in an online scam after falling for a fake bank reward points redempti...
Public sector banks told to take quantum leap in encryption for added securityIndian banks are preparing for a quantum computing future. The finance ministry has asked public sector banks to explore quantum-resistant ...
A loan you never took; How PAN fraud is wrecking credit scores in India and what you should do to protect yourselfIndians are facing a new threat: PAN-based loan fraud. Criminals are using stolen PAN details to take out loans without consent. This is da...
What is Anthropic's Mythos model and what does it do?Anthropic Mythos AI model explained: Anthropic's powerful AI, Mythos, can uncover software vulnerabilities at an unprecedented scale, leadi...
$500 online tool, $20m fraud: FBI shuts down ready-made kit that imitated login pages and stole millions from users worldwideThe FBI Atlanta Field Office and Indonesian authorities have taken down a sophisticated phishing operation using the “W3LL phishing kit.” T...
Cyber pirates at large, India readies moatsThe Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and defen...
IRS dirty dozen 2026: Internal Revenue Service warns of top tax scams, AI fraud calls, and refund traps to avoid this filing seasonThe Internal Revenue Service has shared its 2026 Dirty Dozen tax scams list to warn people about online fraud, fake messages, AI phone call...
Trai pings OTT cos to form joint front against phishing, spamsThe telecom regulator will soon call the app makers for a meeting during which it will discuss how these over-the-top (OTT) communication p...
Scammers target WhatsApp users with phishing attemptsThe problem is that while telcos and the regulator have been working to create artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions to check spam c...
SBI alerts customers about phishing fraud; here are prevention guidelines by SBISBI regularly issues such warnings to its customers in order to protect them against all types of digital scams. Phishing is a phrase used ...
- SMS phising can take you to a fraudulent website
SMS phishing dupes the mobile user to visit a phished site by sending an SMS pretending to be from a trustworthy entity. Sins gadget lovers...