Page 6 - Cybercrimes

600k cyber crime complaints registered on govt portal since 2019: MoS Home

Six lakh complaints of cyber crime have been registered at the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System since its inception in 2019, Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra said on Tuesday. Mishra said the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System, under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), has been launched for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by fraudsters. The toll-free helpline number '1930' has been operationalised for assistance in lodging online cyber complaints. "Since the inception of Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System, more than six lakh complaints have been registered till December 12, 2022, and in more than 1.11 lakh complaints, so far, financial amount of more than Rs 188 crore have been saved," he said in Lok Sabha during Question Hour. The minister said the states and Union Territories are primarily responsible for the prevention, detectio

J&K to bolster Cyber crime cell, set up helpline to record grievances

The Jammu and Kashmir administration will strengthen the cyber crime cell and set up a helpline to record and address citizens' grievances related to cyber frauds and pornography. Under the recently launched Cyber Security Policy, the administration is also taking various steps such as modifying the curriculum for high schools to include aspects of cyber security relevant to children. "The UT of Jammu and Kashmir will augment the existing specialised cyber crime cell (of home department) for investigating complaints pertaining to offences under the Information Technology Act. "The Government shall further strengthen this unit to simplify and galvanize reporting, tackling and tracking progress on cyber-crimes. The UT will strive to create a cyber space free of pornography (especially child pornography), cyber bullying and sexual harassment. The cyber grievance system will be put in place to lay special emphasis on these crimes," reads the policy document. It said J&K would ...

Tepid demand for cyber insurance policies despite steep rise in attacks

Experts see signs of change because of heightened awareness and increase in enquiries

Bluebugging: How hackers use your Bluetooth-enabled devices to steal data

Understanding the mechanism of the crime and the steps you must take to evade it

Over 50% Indian firms experienced economic crime in 2 years: Survey

95% of them suffered new types of fraud as a result of the disruption caused by Covid-19

Global cost of cybercrime may reach $10.5 trillion by 2025: Interpol

Incidents of cybercrime and online child abuse are significantly underreported, and the global cost of cybercrime is expected to reach $10.5 trillion by 2025

What is a cybercrime portal? Here's how to check complaint status online

The National Cyber Crime Reporting portal is a citizen-centric initiative that enables citizens to report cybercrimes online

Uber blames notorious extortion gang Lapsus$ for recent data breach

Uber shut down some of its internal software and messaging systems on Thursday, after an attacker infiltrated its network

Cybercrime against women up 28% since 2019, Karnataka's share highest: NCRB

Five states account for 61% of country's total such incidents in 2021

Akasa Air issues apology after data breach, says no intentional attempt

Akasa Air suffered a data breach, allowing unauthorised individuals to view data of some of its customers, India's new airline has admitted

85% of Indian children cyberbullied, highest globally: McAfee report

India also reported prominent acts of cyberbullying such as spreading false rumours at 39%, being excluded from groups and conversations at 35% and name calling at 34%

Cost for data breaches averaged Rs 17.6 cr in 2022, highest ever: IBM study

Industrial companies paid most for cyberattacks as 'threat magnitude' grows

As cybercrime cases rise in Odisha, govt alerts people against cyber fraud

Worried over rise in cyber crimes in Odisha, with fraudsters impersonating senior officers online to raise funds, state govt has asked Netizens to exercise caution during all financial transactions

Cert-In extends deadline for VPN cybersecurity norms till Sept 25

CERT-In directions, released on April 28, mandate service providers to keep records of every information and communication technology (ICT) transaction for a minimum of 180 days

Pak investigation agency probes senior journalist Sami Abraham under PECA

The journalist has been accused of levelling false allegations against senior government functionaries, reported ARY News.

Over 7 in 10 Indian firms suffered from ransomware attack last year

Seventy-eight per cent of the Indian organisations that had data encrypted paid the ransom to get their data back, even if they had other means of data recovery, such as backups

Ransomware payments hit record in 2021, India ranks 2nd in JAPAC region

India witnessed a 218 per cent rise in ransomware attacks in 2021

How IBM's security command centre in India helps fight global cyberattacks

The unit helps train cybersecurity response techniques through highly realistic and simulated cyberattack - designed to prepare everyone from C-Suite through technical staff

India registered 136 cybercrime cases every day in 2020: NCRB data

The NCRB data revealed that, on an average, 65.81 per cent of cases were pending investigation at the end of each year

Modi govt committed to deal with cyber-crime, says Amit Shah

Shah said Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) have been implemented in all the 16,347 police stations of the country