Kerala Police join hands with Milma for awareness against cyber fraud

Kerala Police join hands with Milma for awareness against cyber fraud

The Kerala Police are joining hands with the State Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, alias Milma, for creating awareness on cyber security. In view of increasing number of people falling prey to cyber fraud, the State police came out with an innovative drive, displaying their cyber helpline numbers on the Milma milk packets being distributed in … Read more

Bapatla police crack ₹74-lakh cyber fraud case, two persons rom Rajasthan  

Bapatla police crack ₹74-lakh cyber fraud case, two persons rom Rajasthan  

Bapatla Superintendent of Police Tushar Dudi showing the seized money, bank ATM cards and gadgets at a press conference on Thursday. | Photo Credit: T. VIJAY KUMAR   The Bapatla district police on Thursday cracked a cyber fraud of ₹74 lakh registered at Tsundur police station and arrested two persons from Rajasthan in connection with … Read more

Cyber fraud: two more suspects nabbed from Madhya Pradesh

Cyber fraud: two more suspects nabbed from Madhya Pradesh

The Kozhikode cyber police have arrested two more persons, allegedly involved in a multi-crore online financial fraud, from Madhya Pradesh. The suspects, Shahid Khan, 52, and Dinesh Kumar Phulvani, 48, who were nabbed by a four-member special squad led by inspector K.R. Ranjith, were remanded in judicial custody on Monday (December 2). Police sources said … Read more

Vizag police appeal to citizens to be wary of cyber fraudsters

Vizag police appeal to citizens to be wary of cyber fraudsters

The Visakhapatnam Police on October 3 (Thursday) asked the citizens to be wary of cybercriminals committing frauds by making phone calls in the name of TRAI and FedEx courier. The fraudsters are scaring people by claiming that their phone numbers were used in illegal activities and duping them of money, the cyber police said. Modus … Read more

Experts in Hyderabad discuss recent trends in cyber security and emerging technologies

Experts in Hyderabad discuss recent trends in cyber security and emerging technologies

Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A day-long seminar on the recent trends in cyber security, organised jointly by the C-DAC, Hyderabad, and Commissionerate of Collegiate Education (CCE), Andhra Pradesh, discussed emerging technologies, their applications and their impact on various industries. The seminar, organised in a hybrid mode on September … Read more

Video Games: A Talent Pool to Fix Australia’s IT Skills Shortage?

Video Games: A Talent Pool to Fix Australia’s IT Skills Shortage?

Screen Australia, a government agency, announced in September a $2 million investment to support the Australian games sector. The move is part of a $12 million commitment to game development that was announced in January. While government investment in video games may seem insignificant, the industry plays a crucial role in nurturing talent and serving … Read more

NHS cyber security: Ex security chief warns of future attacks

NHS cyber security: Ex security chief warns of future attacks

40 minutes ago By by Guy Lynn and Stephen Menon, guy_lynn, BBC Investigations, London Blavatnik School of Government Ciaran Martin, former head of the National Cyber Security Centre said hack was “one of the most serious cyber incidents in British history” A leading cybersecurity expert has warned that the NHS remains vulnerable to further cyber-attacks unless it updates … Read more

Cyber attacks on London’s hospitals continue to disrupt services

Cyber attacks on London’s hospitals continue to disrupt services

2 hours ago By Karl Mercer, Political correspondent, BBC London BBC Streatham GP Lucy Goodeve-Docker said the situation had been “incredibly tricky” Doctors’ surgeries in London have continued to struggle with the impact of a cyber attack that knocked out pathology services across the area. Synnovis, an agency which manages labs for NHS trusts and GPs in … Read more

NHS England confirm patient data stolen in cyber attack

NHS England confirm patient data stolen in cyber attack

NHS England has confirmed its patient data managed by blood test management organisation Synnovis was stolen in a ransomware attack on 3 June. Qilin, a Russian cyber-criminal group, shared almost 400GB of private information on their darknet site on Thursday night, something they threatened to do in order to extort money from Synnovis. In a … Read more

NIA arrests five in international human trafficking, cyber fraud case

NIA arrests five in international human trafficking, cyber fraud case

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested five persons in human trafficking and cyber fraud case, following searches across six States/union territories in coordination with the local police and Central intelligence agencies. The NIA probe has revealed that the accused were part of the … Read more