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Indian organizations experience 18% weekly surge in cyberattacks, says report
- Check Point Research (CPR) reports an 18% weekly surge in cyberattacks on Indian organizations in the first quarter of 2023.
- Companies in the education and research sector faced the highest number of attacks, with an average of 2,507 attacks per firm.
- The Asia Pacific region experienced the highest year-on-year surge in weekly cyberattacks, facing a weekly average of 1,835 attacks, marking a 16% increase, according to the report.
- CPR recommends cyber-safety measures such as keeping computers and servers up-to-date and applying security patches to reduce susceptibility to cyberattacks.
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Gang swaps expensive cell phones with soap bars to dupe delivery executives
- The Pune city police has arrested three suspects for cheating delivery executives by swapping high-end cell phones with soap bars in the delivered packages.
- The suspects used fraudulent documents to complete the KYC verification process of a cell phone, then ordered high-end phones from various websites & chose the cash-on-delivery option.
- Delivery address is usually of hotels, where suspects swap phones with soap bars in the delivered package before returning them to delivery executives citing inadequate cash to collect the order.
- Police recovered three high-end cell phones obtained through frauds and are searching for one more suspect from the gang.
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Beware of that international WhatsApp call and text
- People around the world, especially in India, are reporting an increase in suspicious calls from international phone numbers on WhatsApp, mostly aimed at scamming people.
- The scammers often pretend to be HR representatives and offer users money in exchange for likes on YouTube videos or a part-time job.
- As most mobile internet users in India use WhatsApp for communication, scammers have shifted from conventional SMS to WhatsApp.
- Users are encouraged to exercise caution and avoid engaging with unfamiliar international calls or messages, and to promptly block any suspicious activity.
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Zerodha CEO warns of new part-time job scam after friend loses ₹5 lakh
- Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath warns of cryptocurrency scam after someone he knows lost Rs 5 lakh through a sophisticated fraud.
- The scam started with a part-time job offer on WhatsApp and later led to trading on a mock crypto platform, where fake crypto tokens were used to manipulate prices.
- The victim was lured into transferring real money to generate higher returns and was unable to withdraw the money due to the fraudsters' manipulations.
- The incident highlights the need to create awareness about sophisticated scams and the importance of being cautious while dealing with cryptocurrency.
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Self-taught cybergeek arrested, who was making Rs 3 crore a day from scams
- A class XII passout and self-taught cybergeek has been arrested from Vishakhapatnam in a multi-crore cyberfraud that defrauded Indian citizens.
- Shrinivas Rao Dadi was nabbed from a five-star hotel, where he had been hiding, and had been generating a turnover of anywhere between Rs 3 crore to 5 crore every day out of deceiving citizens.
- Fraudsters posed as police officers and tricked victims, mostly women, into giving their bank account details, which were then used to empty their accounts.
- Investigators said Dadi had been converting money that was defrauded from Indian citizens into cryptocurrency and transferring it to Chinese nationals.
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That simple ‘hi’ text from a stranger could be the start of a scam that ends up costing you millions
- Romance scams like "pig butchering" prey on victims by establishing fake relationships and trust.
- Scammers use flattery, fake bonding, and the promise of financial gain to manipulate victims.
- The scams often involve teaching victims how to trade cryptocurrencies or foreign currencies, with fake exchanges that show nonexistent profits.
- Victims can lose large sums of money, and while law enforcement acknowledges the problem, they often cannot help recover the funds.
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Beware of new strategy used by Cyber Scamsters in complex online task frauds
- Cyber criminals are exploiting "task frauds" to scam unsuspecting victims in India, according to Pune's cyber crime investigators.
- Victims of these scams, ranging from young IT engineers to retired army personnel, have lost a total of INR 2.7 crore in the past three months.
- The scams begin with a message on WhatsApp, often from international numbers, offering part-time jobs that require tasks such as liking YouTube videos and giving good product reviews.
- Despite media reporting of such scams, people continue to fall prey to the scammers, with cases registered with Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad police in the past three months.
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Beware of cyber fraudsters coming for your 'likes'; cases rise high in Kerala
- Cyber fraudsters in Kochi are recruiting people for part-time jobs offering to increase YouTube likes and subscribers.
- Victims are lured with attractive remuneration but end up losing their hard-earned money to the fraudsters.
- Fraudsters often use fake bank accounts and IDs to divert the transferred money into cryptocurrencies, making it difficult to trace the money trail.
- Similar cases have been reported in various parts of the country, and part-time job fraud is the most common cybercrime reported since January.
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Beware of vishing scams that could lead to monetary losses
- Scammers are using vishing techniques to target victims in India, posing as representatives from banks or financial institutions and requesting personal information to resolve fake account issues.
- Vishing is a phone scam where the fraudster deceives victims into disclosing personal information or money through a hook or a lure.
- Aadhaar card scams are also prevalent, with scammers posing as Aadhaar officials to request personal information to resolve fake verification or update requirements.
- Victims should be wary of unsolicited calls or messages requesting personal information and should only share sensitive details through verified channels.
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Indian Army establishes new specialist units to combat rising online threats
- Indian Army creates specialist units to counter online threats and challenges through cyber warfare initiatives.
- Command Cyber Operations and Support Wings (CCOSW) have been operationalized by the Indian Army to safeguard communication networks and increase preparedness levels in cyberspace.
- The expansion of cyber warfare capabilities by adversaries has made the cyber domain more competitive and contested than ever before.
- The new units will assist formations to undertake cyber security functions and strengthen the cyber security posture of the Indian Army.
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Beware of new Gmail scam offering false rewards, stealing personal information
- A new Gmail scam has been discovered, with some users receiving an email claiming that they have won a prize for making the 18.25 billionth search on Google.
- The email, with the subject line "Online Reward Program", is not legitimate, and victims are asked to click on a link and enter personal information, which is then stolen by scammers.
- Email scams like this are becoming increasingly common, and users are advised to be vigilant and avoid opening emails from contacts they don't know, and to check for spelling mistakes and other errors.
- To protect themselves, users should use strong, unique passwords for their accounts and consider using password manager tools to securely store and suggest passwords.
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More than 500 individuals duped of crores in cryptocurrency investment scam
- Four people arrested for allegedly cheating more than 500 people in India in the name of online cryptocurrency trading.
- Police recover Rs5.50 lakh cash from Pankaj Wadhwa and freeze around Rs24 lakhs in different bank accounts of the accused.
- Accused used a modus operandi of luring people with easy money-making schemes, starting with paying for liking a link sent to them on WhatsApp.
- Accused opened bank accounts using fake documents of fake companies and transferred the credited money to various other bank accounts.
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Scammer pretending to be HR from Amazon steals Rs 3.42 lakh from job seeker in Mumbai
- A man from Mumbai was scammed out of Rs 3.42 lakh by a person pretending to be an HR manager from Amazon.
- The victim found the job opportunity on Facebook and was introduced to the scammer via WhatsApp.
- The scammer instructed the victim to complete certain tasks and make purchases to earn money, while gaining his trust.
- The victim mortgaged his family's gold to pay a 20% tax and was still unable to transfer the money to his bank account, realizing he had been scammed.
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This Netflix scam steals your payment details through a fake email
- Scammers are targeting Netflix users with fake emails to steal their payment details.
- The email subject line is "Update required - account on hold," and it claims the recipient's Netflix account has been suspended due to a failure to authorize payment for the next billing cycle.
- The email includes a link to renew the subscription, but it leads to a malicious website designed to steal payment information.
- The email appears to come from Netflix but is actually sent from a webmail address, so users should ignore it if they receive a similar email.
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Furniture rental startup RentoMojo reports data breach by hackers, 1.5 lakh subscribers to be affected
- Rentomojo, an online rental marketplace start-up, has reported a data breach that is likely to affect its 1.5 lakh subscribers.
- The firm detected unauthorized access to one of its databases, which allowed attackers to access customer data, including personally identifiable information, by exploiting cloud misconfiguration.
- The breach will not have any impact on financial information like credit cards, debit cards, or UPI as the firm does not store them in its database.
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