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I4C Daily Digest - 29.02.2024
I4C Daily Digest - 29.02.2024
29 th February 2024
Feb 2024
5. What is the ‘Digital Arrest’ Scam? Tips to safeguard yourself News Mobile
against cyber deception
7. Farmer in India tries to buy discounted cows online, loses Rs India Today
22,000 in new scam
8. 65 bank accounts found frozen after pan-India misuse in cyber Hindustan Times
fraud
9. Navi Mumbai Woman Loses Rs 1.92 Crore to Online Share BNN Breaking
Trading Scam
These perpetrators, posing as local police or The modus operandi of these cybercriminals
customs agents, instil fear in unsuspecting involves leveraging digital communication
individuals by falsely accusing them of channels, such as video messages or calls, to
The group threatened to publish the stolen data Insomniac then released a statement calling the
within seven days, but first offered it for experience “extremely distressing” and saying
auction with a starting price of 50 Bitcoins it would “continue working quickly to
(approximately $2 million). One week later, it determine what data was impacted”.
1. https://bnnbreaking.com/world/india/telangana-man-arrested-for-impersonating-high-
profile-figures-soliciting-money-on-social-media
2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/aeronautical-engineering-student-
ends-life-due-to-gaming-addiction-and-loan-app-debts/articleshow/108059256.cms
3. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/cyber-fraudsters-in-india-handlers-
in-hong-kong-dubai-101709148141103.html
4. https://telanganatoday.com/hyderabad-three-held-for-cybercrime
5. https://www.newsmobile.in/2024/02/26/what-is-the-digital-arrest-scam-tips-to-safeguard-
yourself-against-cyber-deception/
6. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/visakhapatnam-loses-10-crore-to-
cyber-frauds-in-2-months/articleshow/108058819.cms
7. https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/farmer-in-india-tries-to-buy-
discounted-cows-online-loses-rs-22000-in-new-scam-2508160-2024-02-28
8. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/65-bank-accounts-found-frozen-
after-pan-india-misuse-in-cyber-fraud-101709144714821.html
9. https://bnnbreaking.com/world/india/navi-mumbai-woman-loses-rs-192-crore-to-online-
share-trading-scam-police-probe-underway
International
1. https://securityaffairs.com/159710/hacking/unmasking-2024s-email-security-
landscape.html
2. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-ransomware-gang-claims-to-have-hacked-
nearly-200gb-of-epic-games-internal-data/