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WhatsApp Partners Department of Telecommunications to Tackle Scams and Digital Fraud
WhatsApp has joined forces with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to combat the misuse of telecom resources for scams and digital fraud. Partnering with DoT’s Digital Intelligence Unit, WhatsApp will leverage relevant data to address financial fraud and cybercrime. Informative resources on identifying and reporting spam or scams will be ...
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I4C Blocked Over 83,668 WhatsApp Accounts and 3,962 Skype IDs Used in Digital Arrest Scams, Government Says
Cyber fraud instances, including digital arrest scams, are on the rise in India. Digital arrest scams, where scammers impersonate law enforcement officers, target elderly individuals and other vulnerable users are often targeted. The government has disclosed some of the measures taken to detect and prevent such scams, while raising awareness about ...
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CloudSEK Identifies Large-Scale 'PrintSteal' Fake KYC Document Generation Scam in India
CloudSEK has uncovered a large-scale fraud operation in India, dubbed 'PrintSteal', involving the creation of fake Know Your Customer (KYC) documents. The operation used fake domains mimicking government websites to generate over 1.67 lakh fake documents, earning more than Rs. 40 lakh. The scammers used personally identifiable information (PII) fro...
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Nvidia Introduces Llama Nemotron Open-Source LLMs to Build and Deploy AI Agents at CES 2025
Nvidia announced the Llama Nemotron family of open large language models (LLMs) on Monday. The company said that with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, new and more sophisticated AI models were required to handle the workflow of agentic AI. Highlighting the need for more power and higher efficiency, the tech giant stated that the Nem...
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Amazon and Universal Music Group Expand Partnership to Address ‘Unlawful AI-Generated Content’
Amazon and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the expansion of their partnership on Monday. Among other topics, the two entities highlighted that the collaboration will focus on the advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection. While both the companies had a collaborative agreement in place, the new partnership e...
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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
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YouTube Restores Access After Crypto Scammers Hijack Ranveer Allahbadia's Channel to Trick Viewers
This week, cyber criminals breached content creator Ranveer Allahbadia’s handles on YouTube, replaced related logos and images with those of Elon Musk and Tesla, as well as deleted all of the videos that were published on the pages. The channels started promoting a crypto fraud scheme, for hours before YouTube restored access to Allahbadia.
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Crypto Fraud Increased 45 Percent in 2023 to $5.6 Billion, FBI Says
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center received nearly 69,500 complaints from consumers in the US and abroad last year. Call center frauds, such as government impersonation scams, accounted for about 10 percent of cryptocurrency losses.
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French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Probe Into Organised Crime on App
Telegram boss Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation by a French judge. The charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago include suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud among others.
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"For Rs 20,000...'': Gurgaon Techie Turns Tables On Scammer, Leaves Internet In Splits
It all started when he received a message from a scammer who pretended to be a representative of HDFC Bank.
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Online Payment Frauds Jump Over 400 Percent in India, RBI Data Shows
Digital payment frauds in India saw a 400 percent jump in the year ended March 2024, according to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) annual report. Data from the central bank shows that the value of transactions on UPI jumped 137% in the past two years to 200 trillion rupees, while the rise in online transactions is also boosted by cheap access to t...
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Russia On Top Of Global Cybercrime Index, Read Where India Stands
The first ever 'World Cybercrime Index', which identifies the globe's key cybercrime hotspots by ranking the most significant sources of cybercrime at a national level.
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Memo Lists 5 Rules For Employees To Stop "Time Clock Fraud", Internet Calls It "Outrageous"
A Reddit user's post about an office memo has gone viral on social media and has left people shocked. The notice lists the rules employees should follow to stop "time clock fraud".
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SIM Swappers Are Exploiting eSIM Vulnerabilities for Financial Frauds: Report
SIM swapping crimes are on the rise globally, according to a new report. These crimes are primarily committed using eSIM (Embedded Subscriber Identity Modules) users. eSIMs are digitally stored SIM cards which are embedded into a device using a software. Hackers are now reportedly exploiting vulnerabilities within this technology to brute force int...
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How to Use Chakshu Portal to Report Fraud Spam Calls, Messages, and More
The Chakshu portal enables individuals to report suspicious messages across various platforms such as WhatsApp, SMS, and more
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WhatsApp Partners Department of Telecommunications to Tackle Scams and Digital Fraud
WhatsApp has joined forces with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to combat the misuse of telecom resources for scams and digital fraud. Partnering with DoT’s Digital Intelligence Unit, WhatsApp will leverage relevant data to address financial fraud and cybercrime. Informative resources on identifying and reporting spam or scams will be ...
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I4C Blocked Over 83,668 WhatsApp Accounts and 3,962 Skype IDs Used in Digital Arrest Scams, Government Says
Cyber fraud instances, including digital arrest scams, are on the rise in India. Digital arrest scams, where scammers impersonate law enforcement officers, target elderly individuals and other vulnerable users are often targeted. The government has disclosed some of the measures taken to detect and prevent such scams, while raising awareness about ...
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CloudSEK Identifies Large-Scale 'PrintSteal' Fake KYC Document Generation Scam in India
CloudSEK has uncovered a large-scale fraud operation in India, dubbed 'PrintSteal', involving the creation of fake Know Your Customer (KYC) documents. The operation used fake domains mimicking government websites to generate over 1.67 lakh fake documents, earning more than Rs. 40 lakh. The scammers used personally identifiable information (PII) fro...
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Nvidia Introduces Llama Nemotron Open-Source LLMs to Build and Deploy AI Agents at CES 2025
Nvidia announced the Llama Nemotron family of open large language models (LLMs) on Monday. The company said that with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, new and more sophisticated AI models were required to handle the workflow of agentic AI. Highlighting the need for more power and higher efficiency, the tech giant stated that the Nem...
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Amazon and Universal Music Group Expand Partnership to Address ‘Unlawful AI-Generated Content’
Amazon and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the expansion of their partnership on Monday. Among other topics, the two entities highlighted that the collaboration will focus on the advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection. While both the companies had a collaborative agreement in place, the new partnership e...
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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
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YouTube Restores Access After Crypto Scammers Hijack Ranveer Allahbadia's Channel to Trick Viewers
This week, cyber criminals breached content creator Ranveer Allahbadia’s handles on YouTube, replaced related logos and images with those of Elon Musk and Tesla, as well as deleted all of the videos that were published on the pages. The channels started promoting a crypto fraud scheme, for hours before YouTube restored access to Allahbadia.
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Crypto Fraud Increased 45 Percent in 2023 to $5.6 Billion, FBI Says
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center received nearly 69,500 complaints from consumers in the US and abroad last year. Call center frauds, such as government impersonation scams, accounted for about 10 percent of cryptocurrency losses.
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French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Probe Into Organised Crime on App
Telegram boss Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation by a French judge. The charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago include suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud among others.
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"For Rs 20,000...'': Gurgaon Techie Turns Tables On Scammer, Leaves Internet In Splits
It all started when he received a message from a scammer who pretended to be a representative of HDFC Bank.
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Online Payment Frauds Jump Over 400 Percent in India, RBI Data Shows
Digital payment frauds in India saw a 400 percent jump in the year ended March 2024, according to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) annual report. Data from the central bank shows that the value of transactions on UPI jumped 137% in the past two years to 200 trillion rupees, while the rise in online transactions is also boosted by cheap access to t...
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Russia On Top Of Global Cybercrime Index, Read Where India Stands
The first ever 'World Cybercrime Index', which identifies the globe's key cybercrime hotspots by ranking the most significant sources of cybercrime at a national level.
-
Memo Lists 5 Rules For Employees To Stop "Time Clock Fraud", Internet Calls It "Outrageous"
A Reddit user's post about an office memo has gone viral on social media and has left people shocked. The notice lists the rules employees should follow to stop "time clock fraud".
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SIM Swappers Are Exploiting eSIM Vulnerabilities for Financial Frauds: Report
SIM swapping crimes are on the rise globally, according to a new report. These crimes are primarily committed using eSIM (Embedded Subscriber Identity Modules) users. eSIMs are digitally stored SIM cards which are embedded into a device using a software. Hackers are now reportedly exploiting vulnerabilities within this technology to brute force int...
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How to Use Chakshu Portal to Report Fraud Spam Calls, Messages, and More
The Chakshu portal enables individuals to report suspicious messages across various platforms such as WhatsApp, SMS, and more
