Cyber

Services across multiple sectors were affected worldwide today due to a technical problem at the US tech giant Microsoft and American cyber security company Crowdstrike.

A cyber outage related to an issue at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and Microsoft hit media, retailers, banks, airlines and telecoms companies across Australia and New Zealand on Friday.

US regulators have issued an official warning against an emerging category of crypto scams, where scammers pose as professors or academicians. Social networking platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram are being exploited by cyber miscreants to find and communicate with potential victims.

In a major cyber heist, over Rs 16 crore was cleaned out of Nainital Bank's Noida branch after its servers were hacked and money was transferred to 89 different accounts.

On receiving a suspicious e-notice from a government office on the email, people should check the Internet to authenticate the official named in it and call the mentioned department, the Union Home Ministry's cyber crime unit said today.

Maharashtra's cyber police have registered a case after popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee's spoof account on X posted an alleged fake message about Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's daughter, a senior official said on Saturday.

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has been duped by a cyber fraudster who withdrew $383 from his credit card account.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday told his Myanmarese counterpart U Than Shwe that India supports the return of democracy in Myanmar even as he strongly pressed for the early return of Indians "unlawfully" detained by gangs involved

Unidentified cyber fraudsters duped a woman of around Rs 35 lakh In Gurugram on the pretext of investing in the stock market, said police.

The fraudulent message urges recipients to respond within 24 hours to avoid the parcel being returned, and includes a web link.

Cybersecurity firms backed by the Chinese authorities have been accused of stealing passwords and usernames from unnamed Australian networks in 2022, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reported on Tuesday.

Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau on Sunday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a YouTuber with regard to inappropriate comments on a child during a chat session.

A cyber crime team of the Gurugram Police busted a fake call centre involved in duping people on the pretext of providing job loans and arrested 17 people including 15 women in connection with the case.

The Kerala Cyber Police registered a case on Thursday after an announcement was made on social media that the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) question paper and answer key were for sale.

Top-secret Australian military intelligence will be stored on a custom cloud server built by US tech giant Amazon, Canberra said Thursday as it unveiled the US$1.3 billion deal.

Services across multiple sectors were affected worldwide today due to a technical problem at the US tech giant Microsoft and American cyber security company Crowdstrike.

A cyber outage related to an issue at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and Microsoft hit media, retailers, banks, airlines and telecoms companies across Australia and New Zealand on Friday.

US regulators have issued an official warning against an emerging category of crypto scams, where scammers pose as professors or academicians. Social networking platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram are being exploited by cyber miscreants to find and communicate with potential victims.

In a major cyber heist, over Rs 16 crore was cleaned out of Nainital Bank's Noida branch after its servers were hacked and money was transferred to 89 different accounts.

On receiving a suspicious e-notice from a government office on the email, people should check the Internet to authenticate the official named in it and call the mentioned department, the Union Home Ministry's cyber crime unit said today.

Maharashtra's cyber police have registered a case after popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee's spoof account on X posted an alleged fake message about Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's daughter, a senior official said on Saturday.

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has been duped by a cyber fraudster who withdrew $383 from his credit card account.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday told his Myanmarese counterpart U Than Shwe that India supports the return of democracy in Myanmar even as he strongly pressed for the early return of Indians "unlawfully" detained by gangs involved

Unidentified cyber fraudsters duped a woman of around Rs 35 lakh In Gurugram on the pretext of investing in the stock market, said police.

The fraudulent message urges recipients to respond within 24 hours to avoid the parcel being returned, and includes a web link.

Cybersecurity firms backed by the Chinese authorities have been accused of stealing passwords and usernames from unnamed Australian networks in 2022, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reported on Tuesday.

Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau on Sunday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a YouTuber with regard to inappropriate comments on a child during a chat session.

A cyber crime team of the Gurugram Police busted a fake call centre involved in duping people on the pretext of providing job loans and arrested 17 people including 15 women in connection with the case.

The Kerala Cyber Police registered a case on Thursday after an announcement was made on social media that the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) question paper and answer key were for sale.

Top-secret Australian military intelligence will be stored on a custom cloud server built by US tech giant Amazon, Canberra said Thursday as it unveiled the US$1.3 billion deal.