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Data | With awareness levels increasing in urban pockets, cyber criminals now target non-metro areas

Data | With awareness levels increasing in urban pockets, cyber criminals now target non-metro areas

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Cyber frauds against bank customers have recorded a steady increase in the non-metropolitan areas in 2021, while among cities with over 2 million population, the case count has stagnated Cyber frauds against bank customers have recorded a steady increase in the non-metropolitan areas in 2021, while among cities with over 2 million population, the case […]

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SIM swapping on the rise: Here’s how to avoid being a target

SIM swapping on the rise: Here’s how to avoid being a target

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Recently, there have been several reports of how people have lost money, sometimes even crores, due to illegal SIM swapping. SIM swapping has gained popularity among cybercriminals as an effective way to get past two-step verifications. Typically in SIM swapping a cybercriminal obtains a duplicate of your SIM card. However, in order to do this, […]

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Hackers steal .26 million worth of cryptos from DeFi platform Inverse Finance

Hackers steal $1.26 million worth of cryptos from DeFi platform Inverse Finance

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Inverse Finance, a DeFi exchange has again been hit with a flash loan attack, where attackers stole $1.26 million in Tether (USDT) and Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC). This comes only two months after the DeFi platform saw an exploit where the attackers made off $15.6 million in a price oracle manipulation exploit. Inverse Finance is a […]

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Online offences: Govt proposal for Sec 66A-like steps finds no UN takers

Online offences: Govt proposal for Sec 66A-like steps finds no UN takers

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India’s proposal India’s proposal before a United Nations (UN) ad-hoc committee to adopt measures similar to the controversial — and now defunct — Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, for introducing domestic legislation in member countries to categorise “offensive messages” through “communication devices” like social media as ‘offences’, has so far failed to […]

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Indian children are more likely to be victimised by cyberbullying: McAfee’s 2022 Report

Indian children are more likely to be victimised by cyberbullying: McAfee’s 2022 Report

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Indian children have the highest online risk exposure and are among the youngest to reach mobile maturity, reveals a new study by McAfee Corp, a global leader in online protection. The report titled ‘Life behind the screens of parents, tweens, and teens’ explains how those most vulnerable may be left under-protected. In India, smartphone use […]

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Criminals are deceiving victims with deepfakes and crypto scams: NortonLifeLock

Criminals are deceiving victims with deepfakes and crypto scams: NortonLifeLock

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Scammers deceive unsolicited individuals with crypto scams and deepfakes to gain access to their financial and personal information, says a new report by NoronLifeLock. In India, between January and March 2022, Norton said over 18,013,055 threats, 59,907 phishing attempts, and 31,062 tech support scams were recorded, In its quarterly published Consumer ‘Cyber Safety Pulse Report’, […]

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