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Revolutionary guards say suspects apprehended in northeastern Iran as materials for making weapons are also seized. Published On 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025 Iran has arrested eight people suspected of attempting to transmit the coordinates of sensitive sites and details about senior military figures during the country’s 12-day war with Israel and the United States…
Two techies from the city were duped of ₹2.2 crore in total by cyber fraudters in investment scams. Cybercrime police are now probing both cases and trying to track down the accused by following the money trail. In the first case, 31-year-old Tanmay Mukherjee, a software engineer from Whitefield, lost ₹1.31 crore when he started…
This episode explores the rise of fake news, uncovering its history, motives and the stories driving its global impact. The War on Truth examines the pervasive and transformative impact of misinformation in the digital age. Tracing its roots from propaganda to its rapid spread via social media algorithms, the episode explores the factors driving fake…
Union home minister Amit Shah (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Monday launched the e-Zero initiative to auto-register high-value cybercrimes. The service will automatically convert cyber financial crimes above Rs 10 lakh and registered on the 1930 helpline of the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP), into FIRs, news agency ANI…
The cybercrime unit of the Hyderabad police arrested 24 individuals from six States in April 2025. The arrested are linked to at least 313 cases nationwide, including 53 in Telangana. The accused were picked up from Delhi (11), Maharashtra (5), Uttar Pradesh (3), West Bengal (3), Bihar (1) and Madhya Pradesh (1). The web of…
Image used for representative purpose. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The government has authorised Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to share and receive information from the Enforcement Directorate under the anti-money laundering law, a move aimed at detecting money trail and combating cyber frauds. In a notification dated April 25, the Revenue Department…
Agency says gangs caused $37bn in losses in Asia as they gain new footholds in Africa, South America, and Middle East. Asian cybercrime syndicates have caused an estimated $37bn in losses in the East and Southeast Asian regions, with the United Nations warning that the reach of the criminal networks is expanding globally. In a…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has raised privacy issues since its release, particularly with respect to content and image creation. The capability of the AI to generate extremely realistic and accurate content has evolved significantly, enabling it to easily create fake documents. Cybercriminals have traditionally had a difficult time creating fake government-issued identification documents, but GPT-4 has greatly…
These are the key developments on day 1,125 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is the roundup of key events on Tuesday, March 25. Ceasefire United States and Russian officials wrapped up daylong talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday focused on a narrow proposal for a maritime ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow in the Black…
Cybersecurity firm CloudSEK has identified a large-scale fraud operation in India that involves the generation of fake Know Your Customer (KYC) documents. Dubbed ‘PrintSteal’, the operation involved the use of several fake domains that impersonated government websites. The scammers reportedly generated over 1.67 lakh fake documents, generating more than Rs. 40 lakh in the process….
