The 'Boss Scam': I4C warns of cyber fraud targeting CEOs, firmsCybercriminals are employing a new 'Boss Scam' to defraud companies. Impersonating regulators, they send malicious files via email or Whats...
23 Jun, 2026, 12.07 AM IST
'Boss Scam' alert: Cybercriminals hijack executives' WhatsApp accounts to trick staff into transferring moneyA new cyber fraud, the 'Boss Scam,' is targeting top executives, according to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre. Criminals are sen...
22 Jun, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
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...
25 May, 2026, 03.22 PM IST
AI is supercharging a global cyber fraud crisis--but it could also solve itAI's growing use in cyberattacks poses a significant threat to online security, with sophisticated scams impacting businesses and individua...
19 Feb, 2026, 06.26 PM IST
WhatsApp DP scam: CFO transfers over Rs 2 crore after 'MD' texts; Hyderabad Police reveal growing digital threat & what you should never doA CFO of an automobile firm in Hyderabad was duped into transferring over Rs 2 crore after receiving WhatsApp messages from someone imperso...
27 Jul, 2025, 12.22 PM IST
How Ketan Parekh took a $2.6 trillion fund for a rideIndia's market regulator SEBI has discovered a scheme led by former stockbroker Ketan Parekh to profit from confidential trade information ...
08 Jan, 2025, 10.23 AM IST
Ketan Parekh's in regulatory crosshairs, againThe Sebi order said 22 individuals and entities were involved in the front-running scheme. Front running is an illegal practice of purchasi...
03 Jan, 2025, 10.21 AM IST
Next Warren Buffett? 26-year-old Meerut investor's matrimonial ad claims Rs 29 LPA and growing. Internet can’t believe itA 26-year-old investor from Meerut has gone viral for a matrimonial ad claiming his Rs 29 lakh income grows 54% annually. He offers a Power...
07 Oct, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
When it is better to ignore messages from your bossIn the week following Durga Puja, there have been several reported cases, with four leading to FIRs filed by the Kolkata Police (KP) and Bi...
01 Nov, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
Part time works scam, AI and audio deepfakes: how to survive cyber crime?Because of AI, attacks are going to get faster and easier, they are also going to increase. Up until now, if you would be receiving emails,...
10 May, 2023, 10.25 AM IST
New fraud in the start-up world? Kalaari Capital CEO Vani Kola urges fans to block fake Instagram accountThe scammer replicated all of Kola's Insta posts & had been messaging people via the fake account.
11 Apr, 2023, 09.23 AM IST
View: Brush up your filmi financial gobbledygook equityIt’s alarming to see characters now ‘doing business’ – unlike the good old days when tossing a blank cheque was all that was needed.
19 Feb, 2022, 11.00 PM IST
View: Rahul Gandhi can’t be fixed, Congress needs to accept thisIndia’s oldest party must either find a way to eject Rahul Gandhi from its helm or face extinction.
01 Jun, 2019, 05.17 PM IST
The war inside CBI: Why Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana are at each other's throatsThe CBI feud has been marked by allegations, counter-allegations, an FIR and now arrest of a senior officer.
23 Oct, 2018, 06.19 PM IST
Suits & Sayings: ET's roundup of the whispers and murmurs in corporate corridorsThe first public offer from a private insurer, which raked in bids worth Rs 46,250 crore for an issue raising about Rs 6,000 crore, signall...
26 Sep, 2016, 04.48 AM IST
Year after most humiliating defeat, here is how Congress plans to rebuild itselfRahul Gandhi feels the Congress' revival after the crushing defeat in Lok Sabha polls is easy considering the many mistakes by the BJP gove...
28 Jun, 2015, 06.24 AM IST
Bi-weekly roundup of the wackiest whispers and murmurs in corporate corridors & policy parloursWhen Narendra Modi travels to the US next month, India Inc’s big bosses will also be there – but there will be no Indo-US CEO forum meeting...
29 Aug, 2014, 05.18 AM IST