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Over Rs 10,300 crore were siphoned off from the country by cybercriminals since April 1, 2021, of which agencies managed to successfully block around Rs 1,127 crore in the country, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) said Wednesday. Over 4.52 lakh cyber crime cases were reported on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) in 2021, which rose by 113.7% in 2022, with 9.66 lakh cases being reported on the portal, director of I4C Rajesh Kumar told reporters in an interaction. I4C is a body established by the…

Hackers stole around $2 billion in cryptocurrencies in 2023, a substantial decrease from an all-time-record of around $3.8 billion in 2022, according to De.FI, a Web3 security firm that runs the REKT databaseAmong the major hacks this year was Hong Kong-based crypto company Mixin that saw $200 million being stolen in a data breach that occurred in September.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitIIT DelhiIITD Certificate…

 A 50-year-old tax consultant from Maharashtra's Thane district lost more than ₹11 lakh in a 'task fraud' wherein three cyber fraudsters, including two women, duped him under the pretext of providing part-time online jobs, police said. Based on the complaint lodged by the victim, a resident of Rambaug area of Kalyan, a case was registered at the Mahatma Phule Chowk police station under provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act, they said. "The accused were identified as Priya Sharma, Devi and Bharat. While Priya…

The Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) announced on Friday that numerous…

Hackers and propagandists are wielding artificial intelligence (AI) to create malicious software, draft convincing phishing emails and spread disinformation online, Canada's top cybersecurity official told Reuters, early evidence that the technological revolution sweeping Silicon Valley has also been adopted by cybercriminals.In an interview this week, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Head Sami Khoury said that his agency had seen AI being used "in phishing emails, or crafting emails in a more focused way, in malicious…

Overall, 52,974 cases of cybercrime were reported in 2021, shows the latest available data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Around 38% were “computer-related offences" including ransomware, identity thefts, and tampering of documents, 26% involved banking-related or other frauds, and 12% involved sexual transgressions. The number is rising: it’s up 6% over 2020, and nearly 5.5 times that in 2014. Chart 1a: Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka…

Australia's biggest health insurer, Medibank Private Ltd, last month suffered a massive cyber attack, as Australia grapples with a rise in hacks. Australia's Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil on Sunday said the government would consider making illegal the paying of ransoms to cyber hackers, following recent cyber attacks affecting millions of Australians.Australia's biggest health insurer, Medibank Private Ltd, last month suffered a massive cyber attack, as Australia grapples with a rise in hacks. Singapore…

A lady, resident of Dahisar, lost Rs. 5.35 lakh to Google Maps scam. Here is how you can stay safe from frauds. Google Maps provides you with directions for the places you want to go. But now the Google Maps app is being used by fraudsters to scam people. According to a report by the Free Press Journal, a resident of Dahisar has lost over Rs. 5,00,000 to a Google Maps scam. As per the information provided, the scamsters had replaced the authorised number of a…