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Digital arrest: Criminals extort ₹10 crore from retired Delhi engineer | Latest News India

Digital arrest: Criminals extort ₹10 crore from retired Delhi engineer | Latest News India

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Nov 14, 2024 11:23 PM IST Delhi: A dedicated team of police and cyber experts has been tasked with recovering the money. Cybercriminals extorted ₹10 crore from a 72-year-old retired engineer in Delhi after keeping him under the so-called “digital arrest” for eight hours. The police said the victim is a resident of Delhi’s Rohini Sector 10 and lives with his wife. Delhi: The caller said that his two children, who live abroad, would also be targeted if didn’t pay the money. (Representational) The Delhi police’s cyber cell has filed an FIR. The police have so far frozen ₹60 lakh. A police officer told PTI that they suspect that the extortion was carried out by callers from abroad but their associates in India helped them obtain information about the victim. A dedicated team of police and cyber experts has been tasked with recovering the money. Also read: 80-year-old Bandra resident loses ₹1.2 crore in fake police case How the man was duped? The retired engineer received a call about a parcel from Taiwan. The caller …

Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrests 165 cybercriminals in 6 months

Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrests 165 cybercriminals in 6 months

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Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has arrested 165 cyber criminals from across the country during the last six months. TGSCB director Shikha Goel said on Sunday that these cyber criminals were involved in 76 cases registered at seven cybercrime police stations in the state. In an initiative to combat cybercrimes in the state, seven cybercrime police stations were established in the state and became operational in April 2024. She said that this is the first time since its creation, that the bureau has started apprehending accused involved in cybercrimes. These arrested cybercriminals were found involved in 795 cases in Telangana and 3357 cases across the country. TGSCB director said the information about the arrest of these accused persons by the TGCSB has been shared with the concerned police stations across the country. This is a result of a thorough investigation by the Investigating officers of TGCSB cybercrime police station coupled with the technical support provided by the headquarters technical teams. These accused were arrested from various regions of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, New Delhi, Gujrat, Odisha, …

Law Enforcement Operation Targets Infostealers

Law Enforcement Operation Targets Infostealers

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In a sweeping international effort, the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and multiple global law enforcement agencies have exposed “Operation Magnus,” targeting two of the world’s most notorious information-stealing malware networks, RedLine Stealer and META. According to a press release published on Oct. 29, the operation led to the seizure of multiple servers, the unsealing of charges against a RedLine Stealer developer, and the arrest of two suspects in Belgium. RedLine and META information stealers RedLine Stealer and META are two distinct types of malware known as “information stealers,” or “infostealers,” designed to capture sensitive user data. The existence of RedLine Stealer was initially reported in 2020, while META first appeared in 2022. In an interview, a representative of the META malware revealed that its development initially relied on portions of RedLine Stealer’s source code, which had been acquired through a sale. Both malware are capable of stealing sensitive information from infected computers, such as: Usernames and passwords for online services, including e-mail boxes. Financial information such as credit card numbers or …

Centre warns against illegal digital payment gateways set up by cybercriminals | Latest News India

Centre warns against illegal digital payment gateways set up by cybercriminals | Latest News India

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has warned against illegal payment gateways created by transnational gangs of cybercriminals.  According to a PTI report quoting officials, these cybercriminals are using “mule accounts” to facilitate money laundering. According to the MHA, the transnational cybercriminals launder money using accounts of shell companies and individuals Mule accounts are bank accounts facilitating illegal transactions by receiving and transferring funds from unlawful activities.  ALSO READ: ‘Aadhaar number’, ‘money laundering’: Hyderabad techie escapes digital arrest after 24 hours According to the MHA, the transnational cybercriminals launder money using accounts of shell companies and individuals, exploiting the bulk payout facility provided by the banks.  The Gujarat and Andha Pradesh Police recently carried out nationwide raids that pointed to cybercriminals setting up illegal digital payment gateways using rented bank accounts for laundering the proceeds of different crimes. In a statement, the government said,”Some of the payment gateways identified during the operation are PeacePay, RTX Pay, PoccoPay, RPPay etc. These gateways are learnt to be providing money laundering as a service and are operated by …

Home Ministry issues alert against illegal digital payment gateways used by cybercriminals – India TV

Home Ministry issues alert against illegal digital payment gateways used by cybercriminals – India TV

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Image Source : FILE PHOTO Representative image Illegal digital payment: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday (October 28) issued an alert against illegal digital payment gateways being used for money laundering operations. The ministry said that the illegal payment gateways are being created using mule and rented bank accounts by Transnational Organized Cybercriminals. “Recent nation-wide raids by Gujarat Police and Andhra Pradesh Police reveal that trans-national criminals have created illegal digital payment gateways using mule/rented accounts. These illegal infrastructure facilitating money laundering as a service are used for laundering proceeds of multiple nature of cybercrimes,” the MHA said in a statement.  Govt taking steps to create Cyber Secure Bharat The Ministry further said that the MHA, in collaboration with all Law Enforcement Agencies (LWAs) under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guidance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is taking all steps to create a cyber secure Bharat. As per the information received from state police agencies and analysis by I4C wing, current accounts and saving accounts are scouted through social …

Thugs conducted fake SC hearing to dupe Vardhman Group chief: Full details of scam | Latest News India

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Oct 01, 2024 02:10 PM IST According to the FIR, the fraudsters posed as CBI officials and accused Oswal of being involved in a money laundering case. The cybercriminals who duped Padma Bhushan awardee and Vardhman Group chairman SP Oswal of ₹7 crore had conducted a fake Supreme Court hearing to intimidate the industrialist. They warned Oswal to not call or text anyone and ordered him to keep his Skype camera on throughout August 29 and August 30. They staged a fake Supreme Court hearing via Skype video call with a person posing as Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. (Photo for representation) According to the FIR, the fraudsters posed as CBI officials and accused Oswal of being involved in a money laundering case. They claimed they had found a parcel sent by Oswal’s company with 58 passports and 16 ATM cards. They staged a fake Supreme Court hearing via Skype video call with a person posing as Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. They manipulated Oswal with highly convincing documents, including a Supreme Court …

Voice cloning scam: How cybercriminals are using kids’ voices to dupe parents | Delhi News

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Suppose you get a call from someone threatening to implicate your child in a criminal case if you do not meet their demands. You grow wary, wondering if someone is trying to con you. The next minute, however, you hear your sobbing child over the phone and you fear it may be true after all. And so you pay up — only to realise later that it was, indeed, a scam. Your child was never on the phone, but their voice was cloned using sophisticated software. Over the past few weeks, several such voice cloning fraud cases have surfaced in Delhi-NCR. Case 1: Himanshu Shekhar Singh, a resident of Mahagun Moderne apartments in Noida Sector 78, who works as a superintending engineer in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, said on January 8 around 3.15 pm, he went to drop his 18-year-old son off for his JEE mock test at a centre near Rajendra Nagar Metro station in Ghaziabad. He then left to take care of some work. An hour later, he got a call from …

FIFA World Cup 2022: Cybercriminals Using Fake Sites to Steal Personal Information, IT Security Firm Says

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From fake entry permits and betting sites to fake cryptocurrency, cybercriminals have spun all the tricks to lure football fans in the name of the FIFA World Cup, IT security intelligence firm CloudSEK warned on Monday. While India is not part of the FIFA World Cup, the Indian community is reportedly estimated to be the largest among the expatriate population in Qatar which is hosting the biggest football tournament. The Bengaluru-based cyber security firm said that several Telegram channels were found selling Hayya cards (FIFA entry permit) for prices ranging from $50 (roughly Rs. 4,300) to $150 (roughly Rs. Rs. 12,300). “To create Hayya cards, the threat actors claim to require the buyer’s valid IDs like passports. And payment is only accepted in Bitcoin,” CloudSEK said in a report. Cyber criminals are also sharing hacking techniques that purportedly allow one to register for a Hayya card without a valid FIFA ticket number, for free. The technique is based on brute forcing the ticket number based on an alleged ticket number pattern that the threat actor …