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Vrunda, a friend, often thought her mobile phone had become relatively slow. When she asked around on social media, someone suggested that she download a mobile cleaning app to remove unnecessary and junk files from the device. She searched and downloaded a mobile cleaning app that looked good and had a lot of assurances to boost the performance of the device. However, her mobile continued to function below average. What was worse, she was bombarded with innumerable pop-up ads every time she used her phone.

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Imagine someone handing you a gun and asking you to shoot your own foot for a handsome reward. Will you do it? Most unlikely. However, this is exactly what is happening in cyberspace. One of the most alarming trends is the rise of 'scam-yourself attacks'—an advanced social engineering tactic that tricks users into compromising their own systems.

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In the last week of October, I started receiving three missed calls every day from four different US numbers (all from Miami, to be precise). It continued for four days. I do not have any relatives, friends or colleagues staying in Miami, so three daily calls made me suspicious.

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September 2024 will be remembered for a string of deadly attacks involving exploding pagers in Lebanon, killing and injuring several people. The blasts killed at least 37 people, including two children, wounded more than 3,000 and deeply unsettled common citizens.

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Last week, the Visakhapatnam cybercrime police busted a gang involved in funnelling about Rs35 crore to Rs40 crore through mule bank accounts.

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Chennai-based urologist Dr Jaison Philip shared a video on X about a scam that occurred inside the Bengaluru International Airport to a woman traveller who uses an iPhone. In September, while at the airport, the woman was asked to download an app called Lounge Pass on her mobile when she wanted to use the lounge, she says in a video posted online.

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One afternoon, Sudha, a senior citizen and wife of writer and activist Veeresh Malik, was startled to receive two emails from Axis Bank about an account having been opened. She is neither a customer of Axis Bank nor had she opened an account with the bank.

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In today's digital era, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how businesses and consumers interact. From chatbots handling customer service inquiries to advanced AI agents facilitating banking transactions, conversational platforms are increasingly integrated into daily life.

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A few days ago, Santosh Patil, a friend, received a call from a person who said he was calling from a courier company. He was told there was a parcel for him from a well-known jeweller, but he needed to rectify an error in the delivery address.

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Over the past few years, cybercriminals have been duping people in the name of FedEx, a global courier service. They started tracking people who were frequent travellers abroad and then expanded their reach. These criminals have now expanded to more worrying and dangerous territory – they are using the name India Post to send spoofed messages about letters and parcels, asking people to call or click on a link attached to the message.

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Two days ago, Nichola, a colleague, informed me that she had received a message from her friend on WhatsApp (WA) asking her to share a six-digit code sent to her mobile via SMS. The friend claimed the code was sent by mistake.

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Before 2010, many users of personal computers (PCs) and laptops complained about pop-ups while using the internet. In later years, with browsers embedding blockers in the software, these pop-ups disappeared. But in the digital space, nothing actually disappears. It may remain hidden, but anything and everything in cyberspace stays forever.

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Ransomware attacks are on the rise, with a notable 24% increase during the second quarter of 2024 alone. The Gen Threat Report, formerly known as the Avast Threat Report, revealed a whopping 379% increase in ransomware activity in India, followed by 100% for the US, UK, and Canada, and 66% in Australia.

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A few days ago, I received a message on WhatsApp from Mandar, an old friend, informing me about the hacking of his mobile phone. He sent similar messages to his other contacts, requesting everyone not to respond to any message or send money.

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Harish, a youngster with a well-earning job, always wanted to enter the world of the big bulls of the stock market. So when he received a message on WhatsApp about a stock market investment with a 100% profit guarantee, he did not think twice.

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Amidst the planning of Independence Day celebrations, followed by a long weekend, many among us missed a piece of important news about the rescue of Indians, who were literally kidnapped in the name of providing information technology (IT) jobs overseas from the clutches of international crime syndicates operating on the Myanmar-Thailand borders.

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Every year, taxpayers in India are busy collating all information that is required to file their income tax returns (ITRs) before 31st July. Radhika (name changed) also filed her ITR before the due date.

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A few days ago, Sarojini Aunty, a senior citizen, came across an advertisement for Kayani biscuits on the Swad India website. Since she stays in Jaipur, while Kayani's bakery, famous for its biscuits and cookies, is located in Pune, she happily placed an order for the biscuits.

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The idea of dating apps was to revolutionise the way people meet and form relationships. However, alongside the benefits of these digital matchmaking platforms, a darker side has emerged: dating app scams or honey traps.

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The internet has come a long way from its idealistic beginnings. The history of the internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks since the 1950s.

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