The Sality Malware Network That Survived for Years Has Finally Been Taken Down The US Department of Justice has announced a multinational operation to disrupt the Sality botnet, a malware network that has infected computers since 2003 and has been linked to cybercrime activities...
Your Password May Be Safe, But Hackers Could Still Take Control of Your Account, FBI Warns The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning internet users about a growing phishing technique called OAuth consent phishing, a method cybercriminals are increasingly using to gain access ...
A Single Digital Trap Costs Trader ₹3 Crore in Whale Phishing Scam A sugar trader lost around ₹3 crore after cybercriminals allegedly hacked his account-linked phone and carried out what's known as a whale phishing attack, gaining access to sensitive information and ...
CBI Court Convicts Trading Firm, Six Others in ₹2.68 Crore Bank Fraud Case Nearly 18 years after the CBI first began investigating a complaint filed by United Bank of India, a special CBI court in Chennai has finally convicted Jailani Steel Traders and six individuals in a ₹...
DRI Seizes Over 42 Kg Foreign-Origin Gold Worth ₹65 Crore in Nationwide Smuggling Crackdown The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized more than 42 kg of foreign-origin gold and around 10 kg of silver, worth over ₹65 crore combined, in a coordinated nationwide crackdown on susp...
C-TRACE WhatsApp Bot Claims Access to NPCI FASTag Travel History: Is India's Vehicle Data Being Exposed? An image circulating on social media, obtained by researchers at the Centre for Police Technology (CPT), has raised serious questions about whether vehicle-owner information, FASTag balances, transact...
Land Dealer Loses ₹1.33 Crore in Crypto Investment Scam, Threatened With Underworld Links A 42-year-old land dealer from Bhosari, Pune, allegedly lost around ₹1.33 crore after cyber fraudsters lured him into investing in cryptocurrency with promises of unusually high returns. Trust Built T...
Multi-Crore Online Investment App Scam: Two Agents Arrested in Sivaganga Sivaganga District Crime Branch police have arrested two alleged agents in connection with a multi-crore online investment app scam, in which hundreds of people were reportedly lured with promises of ...
SC Upholds 2-Year Bar on Advocate for Revealing Former Client's Confidential Information The Supreme Court has upheld professional misconduct proceedings against advocate Rizwan Siddiquee, for publicly disclosing confidential information and private communications received from his former...
Four Reversal Trades Created 4.86 Lakh Units—But SEBI Closed the Case Without Deciding the Allegations The Securities and Exchange Board of India has disposed of adjudication proceedings against Kedar Mal Poddar HUF in a case involving allegedly non-genuine reversal trades in illiquid stock options on ...
Only ₹50,000 Was Traced—Why SEBI Still Imposed a ₹25 Lakh Penalty on Citrus Directors The Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of ₹25 lakh on three directors of Citrus Check Inns Limited for failing to comply with regulatory directions that prohibited the compan...
A ₹2.60 Crore “Digital Arrest” Fraud Led Investigators to Transactions Exceeding ₹27,850 Crore A cyber fraud reported by one resident of Goa has led the Directorate of Enforcement to investigate a much larger financial network allegedly connected with hundreds of victim complaints across India....
