Cyber Fraud

The United States topped the list with 11 billion attacks between October 2023 and September 2024: Zscaler ThreatLabz 2024 Encrypted Attacks Report

The Noida Police on Tuesday said they have arrested six members of a cyber gang which allegedly created fake websites of D-Mart, Big Basket, Big Bazaar and duped people of crores of rupees. Through these websites, the thugs offered products at discounted or cheap rates in order to lure gullible buyers, then during payment they gained information about their credit/debit cards and used the details to fraudulently withdraw money from their bank accounts, a senior official said. "On April 3, the cyber helpline team of Gautam Buddh Nagar police arrested the six members of the gang which created fraudulent websites in the name of companies like Big Bazaar, D-Mart, Big Basket and duped crores of rupees from people," Additional DCP (Central Noida) Rajeev Dixit said. The members of this gang are residents of Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar, Dixit said, adding that the people duped by them are not only from Delhi NCR area but several other parts of the country. Those held have been identif

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The gang used to dupe victims by offering articles on discount by using fake websites created in the name of leading Company Montblanc Simplo GMBH

Indian firms are among the most likely to be hit with a successful email attack, and those affected faced an avg potential cost of over $1 million for their most expensive attack, a report said

India was the highest attacked country by hackers in Asia and the second-most attacked country globally (after the US) in 2022, a report showed on Wednesday.

As far as detection is concerned for the 2019-2022 period, 1,292 cases were solved, including 346 in 2022, out of the 12,261 registered cases, the report said

Cyber-security services provider Norton LifeLock has been hit by a data breach where more than 6,000 of its customers had their accounts compromised

Mid-market firms with revenues of $10 million to $1 billion faced 45% of attacks; only 21% were large ones with over $1 billion in revenue; smaller firms suffered 34% of attacks

Crooks impersonating journalists, business execs, and even friends and families of victims in over 200 countries to extract sensitive data

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The Mumbai Police's cyber crime wing has registered 3,668 cases till September this year, of which 1,073 account for online or credit card fraud, an official said. Of the 3,668 cases, 214 were cracked with the arrest of 334 people, he said. "Currently Mumbai's population is more than two crore and cases related to cyber crime are increasing day by day. Therefore, 220 police personnel, including constables, are being trained to deal with such cases," the official said. Out of the total cases, 299 were related to obscene emails or MMS posts in which 94 people were arrested, he said. "For fake social media profiles or morphing e-mails, 108 cases were reported and 25 people were arrested. As many as 1,073 cases pertaining to credit card or online fraud were registered, in which 16 people were arrested. Also, 1,141 cases of cheating were registered in which 41 people were arrested," he said. Seven cases of tampering with computer source code, 31 cases of phishing or spoofing mail, 22 c

The funds meant for cybersecurity have been underutilised with only Rs 98.31 crore used of the total Rs 213 crore sanctioned

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The crypto exchange received 828 requests from law enforcement agencies, of which 764 were Indian and 64 were foreign

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According to police reports, at least seven cases have been reported from the city in the last 20 days where people were duped by miscreants posing as army men or from the paramilitary forces.

Cyber threats, especially ransomware, have spiked in the past 12-18 months largely due to the highly digitised post-pandemic economy. Some experts have pegged the rise at 38% over pre-pandemic levels

One in four companies worldwide has suffered data breach that cost millions of dollars