Home Ministry issues alert against illegal digital payment gateways used by cybercriminals
India | October 28, 2024 21:59 ISTSome of the payment gateways identified during operation are PeacePay, RTX Pay, PoccoPay, RPPay and others.
Some of the payment gateways identified during operation are PeacePay, RTX Pay, PoccoPay, RPPay and others.
As digital transactions have become more common, so have cases of cyber fraud. Cybercriminals are constantly devising new tactics to defraud people. If you engage in digital transactions, be mindful of these 5 precautions.
This action, part of Operation Chakra-II, targeted a network operating across multiple countries since 2022, with significant cooperation from international law enforcement agencies including the FBI and INTERPOL.
The elderly resident of Greater Noida was defrauded on the pretext of investment in the share market. The police stated that a further investigation is underway to recover the remaining amount and identify the culprits behind the fraudulent share market app.
According to the Police, this is one of the biggest cyber fraud cases targeting an individual in the city in recent times. The victim sold her and her mother’s shares and mutual fund investments and even got a gold loan disbursed to pay money to the scammers.
The woman lawyer from Bengaluru was on 'video arrest' for two days as she fell prey to cyber criminals who made her strip on camera, besides taking hefty amount online.
The centre warns mobile users about scam calls instructing them to dial '*401#' that could lead to call forwarding scams, enabling cybercriminals to potentially empty bank accounts through OTP requests.
The attackers had embedded the URL link in an email, and if a recipient clicks on it, they are taken to an authentic-looking website which is a fake phishing website which was controlled by the attackers.
The Police said that Sonam Kapoor's father-in-law Harish Ahuja has become a victim of a highly innovative cyber fraud. The operation to nab the criminals has been on since July last year and so far 10 have been arrested.
Based on the technical details brought out during investigation, it was also found that a large number of people across the country have become victims of these fake websites.
The hospital administration, on Saturday, lodged an FIR against unidentified hackers under the IT Act, 2008 at Wazirganj police station.
Chhotu Chaudhary, a resident of Nalanda region, used to take advantage of peoples' situation who were struggling during the pandemic.
The suspected Russian hackers installed malware in the Orion software sold by the IT management company SolarWinds and accessed sensitive data belonging to several US government agencies, at least one hospital and a university.
In total, the analysis of anonymised data from incident response cases showed that 18 various legitimate tools were abused by attackers for malicious purposes, according to the company's new ‘Incident Response Analytics Report'.
Amid pandemic when people are active online more than ever, the risk of them being targeted through cyberattacks has also increased. In order to make people aware, banks are now making aware customers and sending alert messages asking them not to share confidential information.
As per the survey, 92 per cent Indians are increasingly concerned about their online privacy and security.
After Mumbai Police, Rajasthan Police use Thugs of Hindostan reference to raise awareness about cybersecurity.
cyber scammers have threatened a 30-year-old woman in Jabalpur district to pay up Rs 2 crore in Bitcoins to keep them from uploading her pictures on pornographic websites.
New Delhi, Sep 16: Security in cyber world, urban centres and along the borders will be discussed threadbare at a two-day conference to be held here from September 20.Recent incidents of hacking of websites of
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