The National Registry of Persons of Argentina (Registro Nacional de las Personas) also known as the RENAPER is the Argentinian government’s database of the country’s population which records basic information of all its citizens. The database is linked to numerous government agencies that use it to access personal information of the citizens for any and […]
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In this era of digitization, cases of cyber fraud or online scams are heard every day in India. According to Microsoft’s 2021 Global Tech Support Scam Research Report, it is shown that consumers in India experienced relatively high “scam encounter rate” of 69% in the last 12 months, which has decreased just by one percent […]
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On October 11,2021, Microsoft reported that a new group of hackers have been identified who have been targeting Office 365 tenants and customers. Over 250 tenants and about 20 user accounts have been compromised as of now. The attacks seem to be still continuing with more accounts compromised each day. The targets have been identified […]
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At the Security Analyst Summit that took place on September 30,2021, during which the security company Kaspersky Lab released a report on a new cyber espionage group called GhostEmperor who have been using new techniques to launch cyberattacks on servers. The main target of GhostEmperor is government and telecommunications services in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia even […]
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Recently, a WhatsApp message has been duping people into signing up. The image and the link is advertised as a chance for people to claim a gift from the automobile company Maruti Suzuki on account of its 40 year anniversary. The message is being forwarded along with a link that needs to be clicked upon […]
Continue ReadingResearch done by TransUnion tells us a lot of revealing facts about the extent at which online scams are taking place in India. The research shows that the number of fault attempts and cases rose by 28.3% from March 2020 to March 2021. The research is proprietary in nature and provides us with a detailed […]
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In the last one year as the mode of shopping has increasingly shifted online and the methods of payment too, the number of scams have also increased exponentially. In Gurugram, at least 50 to 60 cases of fraud through Paytm and Olx are registered every month. These scams take place because there is still a […]
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A new innovative way for internet scamming has emerged on reselling websites such as Olx. Olx serves as a platform for individuals to sell and buy second-hand appliances and goods where one can even advertise and facilitate direct communication between the buyers and the sellers. With the advent of payment applications such as Paytm, GooglePay […]
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