TRAI urges citizens to report spam via 'DND App' after massive blacklisting driveTRAI has taken strong action against telecom misuse. Over 21 lakh mobile numbers and one lakh entities involved in spam and fraud have been...
24 Nov, 2025, 05.16 PM IST
- Trai to complete digital consent pilot by February
A pilot project for digital consent acquisition is set for completion by February 2026. This initiative aims to secure customer consent for...
17 Oct, 2025, 12.51 AM IST
Airtel's anti-fraud measures cut customer financial losses by nearly 70%Bharti Airtel has reported a significant decrease in cybercrime complaints due to its anti-fraud initiatives, as confirmed by the Indian Cy...
16 Sep, 2025, 01.20 PM IST
No more spam calls from banks for loans, credit cards: TRAI, RBI join forces to provide relief to customersTRAI has launched a pilot project focused on digital consent management, collaborating with RBI and certain banks, and directed all telecom...
18 Jun, 2025, 05.29 PM IST
Bring OTTs under India’s cybersecurity rules: COAITelecom carriers are urging the government to regulate over-the-top (OTT) communication platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram under India's ...
29 Apr, 2025, 02.14 PM IST
Scindia, telco CEOs explore ways to boost Make In India tech products outputCommunications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia discussed a comprehensive strategy with telecom sector CEOs to develop locally-manufactured te...
16 Oct, 2024, 01.17 PM IST
Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal pens note on telco's spam-fighting network; says spam crackdown will continueBharti Airtel is actively fighting cyber frauds using network intelligence and AI. CEO Gopal Vittal urges customers to heed 'Suspected Spam...
01 Oct, 2024, 10.01 PM IST
New initiatives launched to combat spam and cyber fraud in IndiaThe Department of Telecom, Trai, and private telcos are intensifying efforts to combat spam and unsolicited commercial communication. Initi...
30 Sep, 2024, 04.28 PM IST
DoT take down over 1000 SMS content templates to protect citizens from potential fraudDoT, with support from MHA, cracked down on spam calls by blacklisting 73 SMS headers and 1,522 content templates to prevent SMS fraud, as ...
28 May, 2024, 04.40 PM IST
Telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says people should not take calls from 'unknown' numbers"People should never pick calls made from unknown numbers. I request every citizen that they should respond to calls from only (telephone/m...
02 Jun, 2023, 09.22 PM IST
Airtel develops AI-based solution to tackle fraud messagesBharti Airtel and HDFC Bank have partnered to develop a solution using artificial intelligence/machine learning to identify and prevent phi...
05 May, 2023, 08.07 AM IST
Google India, DSCI partner to promote cybersecurity awarenessGoogle India and Data Security Council of India, launched 'Internet Safety Programme' for MSMEs to deal with cyber security challenges to s...
06 Apr, 2016, 05.36 PM IST
India logs 40 per cent annual increase in cyber crime casesIn 2013, a total of 28,481 Indian websites were hacked by various hacker groups spread across the globe. The number of hacking incidents we...
28 Dec, 2014, 01.54 PM IST
Spam hits Indian users of SkypeA "malicious spam" has hit the internet-based audio-video communicator 'Skype' in the Indian cyberspace and anti-hacking sleuths have asked...
30 Oct, 2012, 02.58 PM IST
- Online banking frauds caused Rs 5.90 crore losses in 2009
A Parliamentary panel report on Thursday said online banking frauds causing losses of Rs 5.90 crore were registered in 2009.
04 Aug, 2011, 09.50 PM IST
- Cyber attacks leave a Rs 58-lakh hole in Indian cos’ pockets
With cyber criminals adopting newer ways of attacking consumers and corporates via social networking sites, security solutions need to evol...
16 Aug, 2010, 03.29 AM IST
- Govt to Amend IT Act in winter session to deal cyber-crimes
The Union government will be incorporating stringent provisions in the proposed amendment to the Information Technology Act to deal with a ...
06 Dec, 2008, 06.39 PM IST