Cyber Crime
- Technology
Hackers create fake websites, steal data around ‘Black Friday’ sales
New Delhi: Threat actors are hosting websites for malicious campaigns centred around the Black Friday theme and e-commerce, cryptocurrency and travel are the top targets, a new report has revealed. Researchers found…
- India
Cyber criminals use Dawood Ibrahim’s name to threaten, dupe Patna woman
Patna: Cyber criminals duped a Patna woman of Rs 20 lakh and also used her bank accounts for the RTGS and NEFT transactions to the tune of Rs 3 crore after using…
- Technology
Financial data of over 9 mn cardholders leaked, including from SBI: Researchers
New Delhi: Cyber-security researchers on Wednesday said they have discovered a massive leak involving over nine million cardholders’ financial data that includes customers of the State Bank of India (SBI). The threat…
- Technology
Crypto losses reach $428 mn in Q3 globally, hacks top concern
New Delhi: The world saw crypto losses up to $428 million in the third quarter (Q3), down 36 per cent from Q2, from hacks and frauds, a new report has shown. An…
- Business
Retail second most targeted industry by ransomware globally
New Delhi: Retail was the second-most targeted industry by ransomware last year of all sectors, after media, leisure and entertainment sectors, a report has shown. Globally, 77 per cent of retail organisations…
- Hyderabad
Every fifth FIR in Hyderabad is filed by a cyber fraud victim
Hyderabad: Hyderabad, a key global hub of information technology, has also emerged as one of the major centres of cybercrimes with about 10 per cent of the cyber frauds nationally occurring here.…
- Technology
OTP-based cyber crime is old-fashioned; data theft is the real challenge
Ahmedabad: Every day the cyber crime world is entering a new area, which brings a new challenge for the investigators. The journey that started with Jamtara OTP based crime has reached to…
- Technology
Microsoft unveils new solutions for threat intelligence, attack surface management
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has announced two new security products that will provide deeper context into threat actor activity and help organisations lock down their infrastructure and reduce their overall attack…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Police to conduct vertical training to tackle cyber crimes
Hyderabad: A vertical training was conducted for police officials here on Wednesday under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police, East Zone, C Satish, and Additional Deputy Commissioner, East Zone, P Srinivas.…
- Technology
LinkedIn tops the list of most imitated brands by cybercriminals
In a report titled ‘Brand Phishing Report’, security company Check Point Research (CPR) reveals that job seekers on LinkedIn are the most vulnerable to fraud as it is now the most imitated…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: RBI officials, city police hold cyber security meeting
Hyderabad: The Reserve Bank of India and the city police here held a meeting here on Thursday to discuss cyber security measures, a release said. Hyderabad police commissioner C V Anand stressed…
- Technology
State-sponsored hackers hit us, confirms Red Cross
New Delhi: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that the recent cyber attack that compromised the data of more than 515,000 “highly vulnerable” people, was likely the work…
- India
Covid-19 related data of thousands of Indians leaked online
New Delhi: Personal data of thousands of people in India has been leaked from a government server which includes their name, mobile number, address and Covid test result, and this information can be…
- India
Cyber conmen use RT-PCR reports to dupe people
Patna: While the government agencies are busy tackling Covid-19 cases, the cybercriminals are using fake RT-PCR test report to dupe people. One such incident came to light in Patna when a person…
- India
‘Sulli Deals’ 2.0: Muslim women harassed and ‘auctioned off’ once again
Following the incident of July 2021, another episode of Sulli deals, the auctioning of Muslim women online by right wing trolls, has taken place. With the return of the auction, the scant…
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