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UPI refund to digital arrest scam, here are some online scams you need to be aware of

The internet has revolutionised daily life in India, making digital payments convenient. However, f…

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Delhi woman loses ₹50 lakh in SIM Swap scam – Here’s how you can stay safe

In a bizarre incident, a woman from Delhi has reportedly lost ₹50 lakh to a new scam that is on the…

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Mobile Number Portability revamped to reduce SIM swap frauds – Here are the new rules

There has been a considerable increase in online scams in the country, with SIM swap scam emerging …

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New SIM card rules from Dec 1 include bulk purchase restrictions – All you need to know

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is all set to enforce new rules for SIM cards, start…

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Man pleads guilty to hacking Elon Musk's and Joe Biden's Twitter accounts in bitcoin scam

Joseph James O'Connor was part of a group that hijacked several high-profile Twitter accounts in 20…

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A hacker ripped me off for $10,000. The scam turned out to be brilliant and terrifying.

Verizon, Chase, and the police were all useless when my identity got hacked. Then Psycho Bunny came…

Avery Hartmans   


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A teen accused of a $36.5 million crypto theft used some of it to buy a rare gaming username — which the police used to track him down

The victim, who lives in the US, was the target of a cell phone scam known as SIM swapping.

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Hackers are now targeting the children of corporate executives in elaborate ransomware attacks

Charles Carmakal, the CTO of Mandiant, a cyber security firm and Google subsidiary, said hackers ar…

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Space-tech company Skyroot raises ₹225 cr in pre-Series C funding

India's leading private space-tech company, Skyroot Aerospace has raised an additional $27.5 millio…

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India’s electric two-wheelers up and running after reduced FAME subsidy bump

The electric two-wheeler sales have finally bounced back after the reduction in subsidy came into e…

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Apple announces hardware-accelerated ray tracing with the new M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max chipsets

Cupertino tech giant Apple on Tuesday hosted its “Scary Fast” event to announce the new M3, M3 Pro …

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Coinbase customer who lost $96,000 in a crypto hack has sued the exchange after getting the brush-off

A Coinbase customer suing to recover the life savings stolen in a hack of his phone claims the cryp…

Zinya Salfiti   


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Smartphone shipments: Apple gains 34% market share in India as Samsung, Xiaomi decline

The Indian smartphone shipments have come flat in the third quarter of 2023, after declining for th…

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Apple MacBook Pro, iMac launched with the new M3 chipsets – All you need to know

Cupertino tech giant Apple at its “Scary Fast” event has launched new MacBook Pro 14-inch, MacBook …

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Instagram influencers were forced to send striptease video and thousands of dollars in ransom to a 24-year-old hacker, court documents say

The FBI filed a criminal complaint against Amir Hossein Golshan, which claims he hacked into influe…

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Culprits behind the Twitter hack that ground the site to a halt may include a 21-year-old British man, new evidence shows

In the days leading up to the heist, one person demonstrated on Twitter and in hacker forums that t…

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FINTECH BRIEFING: Regulation holds up P2P lenders - British online banking security - Israel and blockchain

REGULATORY HOLD UP AFFECTS P2P LENDERS. Issues within the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK…

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