The Supreme Court recently noted that more than Rs 3,000 crore have been scammed by fraudsters from victims, mostly drawn from the elderly population, through 'digital arrests'.
Both the victims have filed FIRs with the Cyber Crime Cell and Aliganj Police Station. Police have launched an investigation, officials confirmed here on Saturday.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Odisha police arrested two cybercriminals from Madhya Pradesh on the charge of duping a scientist and a businessman from Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to the tune of Rs 3.64 crore in two separate digital arrest and investment fraud cases.
Haryana Police ranked first in the country in preventing cyber fraud in 2024. Haryana Police saved about Rs 268.40 crore from cybercriminals as compared to Rs 76.85 crore in 2023. Thus, three times more money was saved from cybercriminals in 2024 as compared to 2023 and five times more than in 2022, said the Haryana Police in a statement.
The crime branch wing of Odisha police has arrested one of the masterminds of an international gang of cybercriminals, based in South East Asia following a Lookout circular issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, said an official on Saturday.
The trailer of the upcoming movie ‘Fateh’ was released on Monday. The trailer promises to blend explosive action with the digital world where Sonu fights the cybercriminals.
In an alarming trend, cybercriminals are now increasingly targeting popular YouTube creators by exploiting fake brand collaboration offers to distribute malware, a report showed on Monday.
The government on Monday issued an alert against illegal payment gateways, created using mule bank accounts by transnational organised cybercriminals and facilitating money laundering as a service.
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered that cybercriminals are increasingly merging ‘vishing’ techniques (voice phishing) with new OTP grabber services to amplify…
On the mobile side, adware and fleeceware were among the top threats, according to global security company Avast
