The volunteers are asked to keep an eye on posts which are against the sovereignty and integrity of India, against the defence of India, against the security of the state, against friendly relations with foreign states, content aimed at disturbing public order, disturbing communal harmony and child sex abuse material.
Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Praveen Sood took over as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director on Thursday and he will be in the post for two years, officials said.
Internet users in India is attracting cyber criminals, as these are first-timers, who can be duped easily
As much as 70% of the 20,900 users globally, reached through an online survey, say they use public wi-fi for checking e-mail, logging into social media accounts or sharing files.
The NCSS is ready with the 'schematics' that would help government block all porn websites
India's snooping programme is officially underway and multiple agencies will use internet surveillance system Netra and National Cyber Coordination Centre to keep a tab on suspicious activities on the internet, says Vicky Nanjappa.
'Hacking of an ID or an account will have the same impact on a user in a city and one in a small town.' 'Security is like a railroad, you create it to last for every customer.'
Vineet Kumar was the naughtiest kid in school -- and that was only three years ago! Today, at the age of 18, he is the CEO of the National Anti-Hacking Group, advising the Indian Army and corporates on how to safeguard their Internet interests.
Link your UPI app to a separate bank account or wallet that has only a limited sum.
It said a "sudden rise" in terrorist-financing investigations was seen in 2023 and this was attributed to events arising out of incidents in Manipur that led to such probes in more than 50 cases.
Fraudsters in Himachal Pradesh minted a series of a cryptocoins -- two of which were KRO and DGT -- to cheat thousands of investors of more than Rs 200 crore over a period of five years, beginning in 2018 -- the year the crypto reached fever pitch.
Patna Police arrested Manoj Singh (name changed) for hacking the Orkut account of a student of Patna Women's College.
Responding to criticism of its anti-trolling move, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that the ministry's attempt to check trolling will not imply online policing or blanket patrolling of the internet.
The action against the computer engineer, employed at an IT company, came after around ten-month-long investigation into the complaint filed by Bharatiya Yuva Janata Morcha, the youth wing of BJP, on November 17
Wedding.con is a watchable show, if only to caution people about the latest scams, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Those covered under the raids also included gangsters involved in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.
Police are probing the case of a "mischievous and false" message about Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, circulating on popular social networking platform WhatsApp.
A United States-based Non-Resident Indian has been booked for allegedly posting a morphed picture of Goa's PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar in a bikini on social networking site Facebook.
The Goa-based marine engineer booked for anti-Narendra Modi remarks on Facebook on Saturday said his post was a reaction to BJP inducting controversial right wing leader Pramod Muthalik into the party, and maintained the issue had been blown out of proportion.
With a rise in the number of cyber crimes and hacking, and many putting a question mark on safety of Aadhaar data, the FM might bring proposals in this regard and allocate funds separately.
Besides being a successful entrepreneur, he is the world's second youngest writer of books on ethical hacking.
Avoid clicking on any unknown links from strangers. Use a different, secure password for each social media account you have.
It will tackle crimes, including those associated with malware, botnets, intellectual property theft and technology facilitated child exploitation.
A start has been made to the Chakravyuh franchise and it is quite satisfying, notes Joginder Tuteja.
Park is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Identifying cyber crime as a major threat, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha recently said such attacks are occurring these days in a more sophisticated manner.
Three months on, investigations reveal that 80 per cent of the politicians in power and various government departments continue to use e-mail services such as Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail which are hosted on US-based servers.
As many as 641 customers across 19 banks have been duped of Rs 1.3 crore using stolen debit card data
Deputy US Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Wednesday announced that three indictments have been unsealed in the matter that collectively charge five Chinese nationals with computer hacking and charge two Malaysian nationals with helping some of those hackers target victims and sell the fruits of their crime.
Financial institutions are 300 times more vulnerable to cyberattacks than any other industry.
A court in Uttarakhand granted Mumbai police four-day transit remand of Shweta Singh so that she could be brought to the city.
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh married television anchor Amrita Rai.
The home minister said, "Pakistan has been regularly violating ceasefire agreements, but India has given a befitting reply."
Promising swift action on the debit card data compromise issue, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das on Friday said there was no need to panic over the feared security breach that affected over 32 lakh cards.
The PM said, 'Regrettably, one of the countries of its origin and spread is in India's neighbourhood.'
India and Saudi Arabia on Monday called on states to reject the use of terrorism against other countries and prevent access to weapons, including missiles and drones, to commit acts of terror.
The number of cyber crimes in India could touch 3,00,000 in 2015
Surinder Pratap, whose Twitter handle carried the tweet, was neither detained nor arrested by Jaipur police since it said no case was registered against him in the city.
On average, about 60 cases were filed by the agency in 2019 and 2020, officials said.
Whether it is the virtual world or the physical one using your credit card with a few precautions go a long way in keeping it safe. Be cautious and do not become a statistic in the growing credit card fraud!
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