 | Organisations helpless in preventing Gen V cyber attacks: ExpertsFounder and CEO of cysecurity firm Check Point Gil Shwed, said at the Bengaluru Tech Summit- BTS 2021 that companies should heighten their security mechanism to fight the menace of Gen V attacks. |
 | 16 held for bank call centre fraudA total of 166 cases have been reported across the country including 34 in Cyberabad where people were duped to the tune of Rs 3 crore. |
 | Delhi native held in Hyderabad for cyber fraud, aide on the runThe duo reportedly contacted credit card holders posing as executives of the credit card departments of different banks, and collected their card numbers, CVV and OTPs from the card holders. |
 | Kerala man held for swindling Rs 4 crores promising high returnsHe told investors that they would be made partners in his business. Jithin reportedly started his business by 2017. Later he began inviting people to invest in his firm. |
 | IIT-Kharagpur student held for harassing school girls and teachers, uploading morphed pics onlineAccording to the complaint, the accused stalked minor girls on social media and sent them messages on WhatsApp. |
 | Three cybercriminals arrested in Pune for duping Dehradun man of Rs 17 lakh via matrimonial siteThe accused woman befriended the complainant through a fake profile on a matrimonial site and collected Rs 17,10,000 under the pretext of a marriage proposal. |
 | Hyderabad: Professor held for creating fake Facebook account and defaming collegeAs the management delayed in giving him the relieving order, Sirajuddin bore a grudge against the management and hatched a plan to defame the institution. |
 | One arrested for posting vulgar videoThe YouTube channel in the name of ‘Sambalpuri Dukan’ was created where a video with pictures of women anganwadi workers with vulgar language has been posted. |
 | Three cyber conmen traced to Haryana, held for SIM racketDuring investigations, the team found that miscreants were using SIM cards that were obtained by giving fake documents. |
 | Delhi reported least number of cybercrimes among four metros in 2020: NCRB dataAmong the four major metro cities, Mumbai registered 2,433 cases, Chennai registered 186 cases, and Kolkata registered 172 cases. |
 | Fake news, riots push India's crime rate up by 28 per cent amidst pandemicMore disputes as compared to the previous year were reported last year over conflicts concerning religion, sect, caste, agriculture, money, water and land despite the ongoing pandemic |
 | India reported 11.8% rise in cyber crime in 2020; 578 incidents of 'fake news on social media': DataThe year saw 4,047 cases of online banking fraud, 1,093 OTP frauds and 1,194 credit/debit card fraud, while 2,160 cases related to ATM were reported in 2020, the NCRB figures showed. |
| Odisha girl uses fake Facebook account to dupe youth of Rs 6.5 lakhsPolice said Priyanka used to befriend youths by creating fake Facebook and WhatsApp accounts with pictures of other girls and has cheated at least seven men online. |
| Uttarakhand High Court notice to Facebook, Centre on cyber blackmailingThe Uttarakhand DGP and the Haridwar additional superintendent of police have also been sent notices by the division bench of the high court. |
 | Goa cops bust fake call centre, arrest 13 from various states for duping US citizensExplaining the modus operandi, he said the accused used computers and virtual private network to contact their victims through the interactive voice response system. |
