In 2013, a total of 28,481 Indian websites were hacked
The Delhi Police has sent a notice to micro-blogging site Twitter seeking details about steps taken by it against circulation of child pornographic content on its platform, officials said.
The Mumbai police on Wednesday recorded the statement of IPS officer and former state intelligence chief Rashmi Shukla for over two hours in connection with a case of alleged illegal tapping of phones, an official said.
Generally, most users tend to underestimate the danger which malware poses for their devices and data.
With a conviction rate of 0.5 per cent, the cyber crime cells in India paint a poor picture.
The court allowed Ravi to speak with her family members over phone for 15 minutes a day and meet with her lawyer for 30 minutes a day, while she is in police custody.
NSG commandos and ordinary folk visited the International Police Expo 2023 and India Homeland Security Expo at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
The National Association of Software and Service Companies has embarked upon a new initiative to check cyber crimes, for which the apex body of software professionals would team up with police force of major IT cities in the country.
The picture was posted by some people on social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook.
An official said the SIT will examine if the money was used on any illegal activities, like terrorism or forcible religious conversion.
The Madhya Pradesh Congress filed a police complaint on Sunday, claiming that a fake letter was made viral on social media to create the impression that its senior leader Digvijaya Singh resigned after the party released the first list of its candidates for the upcoming assembly polls.
The officer said that as Section 505 is non-cognisable, police have sought permission from court to initiate an investigation.
Pawan Kumar Soni, a 55-year-old farmer based in Sri Ganganagar City in Rajasthan, became a victim of a cyber fraud when his 26-year-old son Harsh Vardhan opened a link from a phishing message that flashed on his mobile phone.
Mastermind Shrinivas Rao Dadi, 49, who has sound technical knowledge despite limited education, was taken into custody by a team of Bangur Nagar police station from a plush hotel in Hyderabad, the official said.
A special cabinet which met in the afternoon decided to recommend Governor Arif Mohammed Khan to issue an ordinance to repeal Section 118-A which got his assent on Saturday.
Given a threat issued by Khalistani separatists, about 3,500 police personnel will be deployed at Narendra Modi stadium in Motera area and other parts of Ahmedabad during the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup on October 5.
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed Union minister Narayan Rane to file separate pleas instead of only one that seeks to quash the FIRs registered against him at six police stations in Maharashtra over his controversial remarks against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raute told rediff.com that they are going full throttle against Orkut and will not tolerate any statements against their party and their supremo.
The judge noted that the accused has already spent more than half the maximum sentence prescribed for the alleged offence.
According to the police, the accused persons collected data, such as phone numbers and personal data from a portal, and the employees of the call centre randomly made calls using VoIP to US citizens.
The policy proposes a contingency plan to handle cyber attacks on vital installations and critical infrastructure.
A massive data breach that has implications for national security was unearthed by the Cyberabad Police in Hyderabad, who arrested seven people of a gang allegedly involved in the theft and sale of sensitive data of the government and important organisations, including details of defence personnel as well as the personal and confidential data of about 16.8 crore citizens.
The immediate threat to India is from our immediate neighbours, Pakistan and China.
A division bench said that the Mumbai police are considered as one of the best in the world.
The accused has been identified by his nickname 'Imran Chippa' and was arrested from Churu district in Rajasthan.
Police are also roping in fact-checking websites to verify rumours on social media and debunk fake news.
In the new world order, threats are varied and ever increasing -- whether it's the pandemic, terrorism, law & order situations or cyber-crimes, and Mumbai being the financial capital of the country is always at the centre of it. The 2021 Mumbai Police calendar, shot by ace photographer Pravin Talan, imaginatively projects the many facets of the force whether it is policemen in PPE kits or Bomb suit, ferocious Belgian Malinois dog, QRT commando teams with MP- 5 and Ak-47 patrolling at nights or the more emotional pictures like a policeman fixing a little girls bicycle. Take a look.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for the setting up of a high-power police technology mission under the leadership of the Union home minister to adopt future technologies for grassroot policing requirements.
The Mumbai police arrested a man from Bengaluru for allegedly threatening Maharashtra cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray, an official said on Thursday.
In his letter, Hrithik revealed that a young girl (apparently implied to Kangana) has sent a lot of personal stuff on the email address hroshan@email.com.
The school authorities immediately alerted police, who reached the institutions concerned with the bomb disposal squads and anti-sabotage check teams, they said, while indicating the bomb threat could be a hoax.
Terrorism, left-wing extremism and cyber crime will be the subject of discussions at the three-day director general of police conference that commences on Thursday.
The papers noted that the 5G network is built on easily accessible and open Internet protocols and it inherits all the vulnerabilities of previous generations which make it vulnerable to cyber-attacks and compromising the security of the entire system.
With bytes replacing bullets in the crime world, the Central Bureau of Investigation has started importing latest machineries to curb the growth of cyber crime. \n\n\n\n
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.
Internet users in India is attracting cyber criminals, as these are first-timers, who can be duped easily
According to sources, the attack on the servers of AIIMS-Delhi is suspected to have originated from locations in China and Hong Kong.
Cyber criminals are using apps and young women to trap people through mobile phone calls and video chats.
The Taiwanese government is investigating whether Xiaomi Inc, China's leading smartphone company by domestic shipments, is a cyber security threat and will make a decision within three months.
A day after the deadly attack outside the Delhi High Court, investigators have traced the Harkat-ul -Jehadi Islami email claiming responsibility for the blast to Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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