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To make it easier for victims and complainants to file online complaints about cybercrime, the Indian government launched the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.
For scammers, deepfakes are powerful new tools. They make it possible for criminals to successfully pose as other people by altering images, sounds, and even films. All kinds of fraudulent and other illegal acts are made possible by this.
When a scammer obtains access to a legit user’s account in order to conduct unauthorized transactions, this is known as account takeover fraud.
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), introduced in 2016 in India, began to gain momentum after COVID-19 since it allowed for touchless money transfers as fraudsters take advantage of the widespread use of digital payment system.
A citizen-centric project of the Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the Sanchar Saathi app tries to empower mobile users, improve their security, and increase public knowledge of government programs. It is accessible as a web portal as well as a mobile app.
A form of malicious software known as spyware is placed on a computer system without the user’s knowledge. The device is compromised, private data and internet usage data are stolen, and the information is then sent to advertising, data companies, or outside users.
South Africa is particularly susceptible to cybercrime, according to the Interpol African Cyber threat Assessment Report for 2024.
Threat intelligence is comprehensive, actionable information on cybersecurity risks.Threat intelligence enables security teams to detect, mitigate, and prevent cyber attacks more proactively.
India is the country with the second-largest number of active internet users. However, most of them are not well-informed of internet fraud, which leaves them vulnerable to scammers.
Computer systems, networks, and data are protected from unwanted access, use, disclosure, disruption, alteration, and destruction by means of cybersecurity practices, technologies, and regulations.