90% Organisations See Social Media as Most Vulnerable to Cyber Crime: A survey revealed that despite increase in frequency and intensity of cyber attacks, India Inc is the least prepared for detecting such incidents due to majority of respondents identifying the social media as a large risk. Read More
Teens to get safety lessons from cops on cybercrime: New Delhi: With cybercrime gaining enormous proportions, Delhi Police has started a programme through which teenagers will be taught safe online habits to avoid becoming victims of crooks on social network and the internet. The event was live tweeted by Delhi Police on Tuesday. Read More
Delhi police to augment its cyber units: New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) The Delhi Police is planning to strengthen its cyber units at district levels with more manpower and equipment, police commissioner Amulya Patnaik today said. The officer was speaking at a workshop on cyber safety awareness for school teachers organised by the police’s Economic…
Social media emerging as the most valuable target zones for cyber attackers: MUMBAI: Next time you post details about your workplace and job description on social media websites, be careful you could emerge as the potential target of hackers and cyber criminals. Cybercrime experts and forensic consultants say that hackers scour through social media database…
India ranks 4th in online security breaches: CHERNNAI: As the risk of cyber threats looms over enterprises going digital, a Symantec study reveals that India ranks fourth when it comes to online security breaches, accounting for over 5% of global threat detections. The US and China occupy the top two slots and together make for…
Cyber fraud: Three cheated of Rs 70,000: GURUGRAM: Three cases of online fraud were registered at Sushant Lok police station on Tuesday wherein three people were allegedly duped of thousands of rupees. In all cases, the unidentified fraudsters transferred money from the victims’ accounts by taking their bank and ATM card details over the phone. Read…
Cyber crooks are now ‘LOOTING’ bank customers by exploiting ‘loopholes’ in UPI online payments after conning them into mobile SIM upgrades: Crooks are exploiting loopholes in the Unified Payments Interface mobile application to loot bank customers, police sources have revealed – underscoring a spike in cyber crimes as India moves towards a digital economy. Read…
Are mobile transactions secure? Study says apps of 7 banks vulnerable to theft: Even as banks continue to discourage cash transactions, a study has revealed that mobile apps of seven Indian banks are vulnerable to theft of sensitive financial information, according to a report in Business Line. Vishal Raman, the India head of cyber security firm…
11,592 cases of cyber crime registered in India in 2015: NCRB: New Delhi: On 12 February, the home ministry website was reportedly hacked, prompting authorities to temporarily take it down. While officials denied claims of hacking, ministry data shows that in January and February 2017 alone, 39 government websites were hacked, which led the government…
India’s drive for a cashless economy puts millions at risk of cybercrime: When the Indian government recently banned two high-value currency notes, it led to all sorts of chaos. It led to huge queues to exchange money at banks and ATMs. And this in a country where more than half of its citizens do not…