A group of young employees in Hyderabad ran a sophisticated scam using VOIP to target unsuspecting people in the U.S. and trick them into buying gift cards, which were then converted into cryptocurrency and Indian Rupees.

Hundreds of fake identity card-printing websites are operating out of Uttar Pradesh and duping people by using their personal information, according to a cybersecurity research firm.

The two call centers, which were detected during the nationwide crackdown led by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the cyber-enabled financial crime syndicates on Tuesday, had allegedly been operating since 2014-15.

After hacking the bank server, the fraudsters raised the daily withdrawal limit of the four accounts and linked the accounts with fake mobile connections for alerts and one-time passwords (OTPs).

CERT-In on Monday issued alerts for vulnerabilities in Mozilla products and Drupal which could allow remote attackers to bypass restrictions. Users are advised to update their software in order to fix the vulnerabilities.

Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky warns of an increase in cyberattacks on Android and iOS devices in the Asia Pacific (APAC) as more people switch to mobile banking in the region.

Vulnerabilities in Linux and Unix can be exploited to execute arbitrary code while the critical vulnerability in Realtek could be affecting networking devices, revealed the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on Monday.

The Maharashtra Government on Monday announced that it would constitute a cyber intelligence unit and hire private agencies to monitor techniques used by scamsters to cheat citizens.

At least one in 10 cybercrime cases being reported in the city are related to harassment by loan apps, senior police officials said. Despite awareness and measures to curtail the menace, it continues unabated.

The Central Public Works Department has been facing a spate of targeted cyberattacks on computers across its offices, according to an advisory it issued to employees last week, reiterating earlier cybersecurity guidelines.