New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) From April 1, 2026, making digital payments in India is set to become more secure, but slightly more time-consuming, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rolls out new rules for online transactions.The central bank has made two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatory for all digital payments, including those made through UPI, debit and credit cards, and mobile wallets.This means that OTP alone will no longer be sufficient to complete a transaction. Users will now have to g…
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Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Friday issued an advisory cautioning people about possible online forgery, taking advantage of the West Asia situation and the likely impact on gas supplies.A senior officer from the cybercrime division of the city police said that already some cases have been reported about citizens receiving doubtful phone calls, SMS, or WhatsApp messages on this count.In such cases, the fraudsters are contacting the LPG customers by pretending to be Central governmen…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) A man has been arrested from Haryana on charges of online fraud, Kolkata Police said on Thursday.According to police sources, fraud was committed using an APK file called ‘M Paribahan’. The accused was traced based on the server and multiple IP addresses of this file.According to police sources, the name of the arrested person is Deepak Kumar. He is originally a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana.A complaint was filed with the Cyber Crime Police Station of Kolkata Police…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) A recent hearing of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior has raised serious concerns about the poor state of cyber security in Pakistan, especially within key government institutions such as NADRA and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). Lawmakers were told that repeated cyber breaches in these organisations have led to the leakage of sensitive personal data of citizens, highlighting major failures in data protection, according to a Business Recorder report.Senator A…