With the launch of 5G services in the city, police on Sunday issued an advisory asking residents to be careful of cyber criminals who might try to con them on the pretext of upgrading their SIM cards.

automobile company named JBM Group was allegedly duped by a fraudster who sent fake WhatsApp messages to the firm's chief financial officer Vivek Gupta in the name of its vice chairman and got the money transferred to seven bank accounts.

According to a notification issued by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on June 14, the two-factor authentication can be done using biometric authentication along with the knowledge/possession factor.

The advisory asks users to be cautious while downloading applications. It can be harmful to download apps from sources other than the official app stores only; Google Play Store and App Store.

A cyber-fraudster allegedly hacked into the email account of the CEO, sending emails to the accounts department and making the latter transfer of Rs. 5,439,000 (~$68k) to an unknown account.

CyberX9 said that multiple vulnerabilities in the system of Vodafone Idea (Vi) exposed the call data records, comprising the time when a call was made, the call duration, location, customer name and address, and SMS details of the recipient.

New research by Group-IB found that the websites were hacked using a method known as SQL injection, where malicious computer code is injected into a website to gain unauthorized access.

Delhi Police has advised people against sharing personal details to such suspicious messages. It informed that MTNL does not carry out KYC verification over WhatsApp. It further cautioned against clicking on unverified links and downloading any apps.

“It is an intensive effort of the state and Centre in the police systems towards nabbing cyber culprits and creating awareness about the cyber helpline number 1930 to report any cyber-attacks,” Jasdeep Singh said.

The U.S. Treasury Department last week tied the North Korean hacking group, Lazarus, to the theft of more than $600 million in cryptocurrency from the Ronin software bridge, which is used by players of Axie Infinity to transfer crypto.