cyber crime

Cybercriminals continue to come up with new innovative ways to scam people. A man from Thane fell into the trap of a "part-time" job that involved liking Instagram pictures of celebrities, resulting in a loss of Rs 37 lakh.A man based in…

BengaluruRamesh Reddy (name changed to protect privacy), 35, borrowed ₹2 lakh for a couple of weeks from a money-lending app a month ago to tide over a crisis in his business. He thought all he had to pay back was the principal sum and an…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has called representatives of several banks such as the Punjab National Bank as well as global and national tech majors, including Google, Apple and Paytm, next week to discuss issues related…

France approved a new law Thursday requiring social media platforms like TikTok to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for those under 15 years in an effort to protect children online. Issued…

A woman IT professional from Byculla in central Mumbai was allegedly cheated to the tune of Rs 1.97 lakh by cyber fraudsters, who posed as narcotics department officials and claimed that her Aadhaar number was linked to the bank accounts of…

Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers reportedly used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government…

Chinese hackers are all but certain to disrupt American critical infrastructure, such as pipelines and railways, in the event of a conflict with the United States, a senior US cybersecurity official said Monday.In comments made during an…

The woman told the scammer that she will physically visit the police station and sort it all out.In a recent incident, a fraudster posed as sub-inspector Rahul Singh from Kirti Nagar Police Station in Delhi. Every day, a new cyber…

The woman discovered that her WhatsApp account was compromised and that her contacts were receiving messages asking for money on her behalf.A 45-year-old woman from Kolkata got in touch with the Cyber Cell to report that her WhatsApp…

The scamster also managed to obtain the OTP from the woman.Cyber fraudsters are reaching out to individuals, coercing them to update their KYC (Know Your Customer) details. The rate of cyber crimes remains persistently high, with new…