How does Zerodha ensure safety of users from cyber fraud? Nithin Kamath reveals

How does Zerodha ensure safety of users from cyber fraud? Nithin Kamath reveals

With the increasing number of cyber frauds in the country, the Reserve Bank of India, the National Stock Exchange, and various other top financial bodies have regularly worked on awareness programmes to mitigate the cases of scams. Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath believes that there’s one precaution that can significantly reduce the odds of being a […]

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Italian man loses more than  ₹14 crore in Tinder ‘love’ scam

Italian man loses more than ₹14 crore in Tinder ‘love’ scam

Cyber-related crimes are on the rise. Scammers via social media, SMS and even fake websites are duping innocent citizens of their hard earned money. Recently, a man lost over ₹14 crore by falling victim to a fraud on Tinder. According to a report by Financial Express (via South China Morning Post), the victim is a […]

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India users’ data most common in cyber crime markets: NordVPN

India users’ data most common in cyber crime markets: NordVPN

At least 12% of all unique user data found in cyber crime marketplaces belonged to Indians, a report by Panama-based virtual private network (VPN) service provider NordVPN said on Thursday. It further added that personally identifiable information of users — which include passwords, financial information and even cookies stored on a device — can be […]

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Shraddha murder case: Women ditch dating apps; experts blame platforms

Shraddha murder case: Women ditch dating apps; experts blame platforms

The horrid case has become the latest reason for women to abstain from dating/matrimonial applications, from the existing–financial frauds and sextortion. When dating apps were first introduced in India-starting with Tinder in 2012-they vouched for users’ safety. But people today are treading these romance applications carefully. In India, every month thousands of scams are reported […]

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Job scam: Here are 5 ways to identify a fake job offer letter

Job scam: Here are 5 ways to identify a fake job offer letter

With an increase in job searches on the internet, India has simultaneously witnessed a rise in scams. Numerous scammers have become active on job boards, targetting job seekers who are vulnerable and des[erate for work. Acknowledging the problem of fake job alerts, the government of India has shared some inciteful information to identify if the […]

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QUAD nations to assist each other in taking action against malicious cyber activities

QUAD nations to assist each other in taking action against malicious cyber activities

In a stern warning to state-sponsored malicious cyber activities, the grouping of India, Australia, Japan and the United States – collectively called Quad – has vowed to assist each other in ensuring the security and resilience of regional cyberinfrastructure. A joint statement issued after foreign ministers Penny Wong of Australia, S Jaishankar of India, Hayashi […]

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These Google Chrome users under high risk of security breach

The IT Ministry’s Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a warning for Google Chrome users. The warning is for users who are using the Google Chrome version prior to 99.0.4844.74. The CERT-In warned that multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, “which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass […]

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Ukraine Government websites down after a hacking attack

Ukraine Government websites down after a hacking attack

A number of government websites in Ukraine were down on Friday after a huge hacking attack, Ukrainian officials and media reports said. As a result of a massive hacking attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down. “Our specialists are already working on restoring […]

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