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Wanted For Fraud, Indian National Angad Chandhok Deported From US To India
A US court convicted Angad Chandhok in 2022 for being part of an international tech support scam that defrauded citizens.
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Google to Add New Security Features to Advanced Protection With Android 16
Google’s strongest layer of security for Google accounts and mobile devices, Advanced Protection, will get new features with Android 16. Announced on Tuesday, the new features were showcased during The Android Show: I/O Edition. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that the next iteration of the Android operating system will now bring a device...
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Google Reveals How It Is Using AI to Combat Online Scams in Search, Chrome and Android
Google released a new report on Thursday, highlighting how it has been combating online scams across different products using artificial intelligence (AI). The report specifically focuses on how AI technology is being implemented in Search, Google Chrome, and Android. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that generative AI is enabling it to dete...
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Google Pixel Watch 3 and Watch 2 Get AI-Powered Scam Detection Feature With Latest Update
Google on Tuesday announced the rollout of a new update for the Pixel Watch 3 and the Watch 2 which brings a new privacy-focussed feature previously limited to Pixel phones. As per the Mountain View-based tech giant, users in the US can now leverage the new Scam Detection feature to receive alerts about potentially scam callers on their compatible ...
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2 Men Tricked Apple Into Sending iPhones Worth $2.5 Million. Here's How
Two men were sentenced this week for orchestrating a sophisticated scheme, tricking Apple into shipping thousands of iPhones and defrauding the tech giant of $2.5 million.
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OpenAI Backs California AI Bill Requiring 'Watermarking' of Synthetic Content
OpenAI is supporting a California bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content. OpenAI believes that for AI-generated content, transparency and requirements around provenance such as watermarking are important, especially in an election year
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Meta, Ripple, Kraken Join Coinbase’s ‘Tech Against Scam’ Awareness Initiative: Details
Coinbase has launched its ‘Tech Against Scam’ initiative this week. This programme aims to inform the global tech community about ways to safeguard themselves against frauds and online deceit – in an attempt to making the industry a safe space.
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Apple Prevents $1.8 Billion Worth Fraudulent Transactions on the App Store in 2023
Apple revealed its efforts to prevent fraudulent transactions via the App Store between 2020 and 2023 on Tuesday. The Cupertino-based tech giant highlighted the rise of digital threats and the measures it has taken to protect users from falling for scams and phishing attacks. The company said it has prevented transaction frauds in the App Store tot...
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How Indian Woman In US Lost Life Savings To Scammer She Met On Hinge
The "wine trader" wooed her online for months with his flirtatious smile and emoji-sprinkled texts. Then he went for the kill, defrauding the Philadelphia-based tech professional out of $450,000 in a cryptocurrency romance scam.
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Multi-Crore 'Tech Support' Scam Busted In Guwahati, Nearly 200 Detained
Police in Assam have unearthed a multi-crore scam and busted eight illegal call centres, which used to scam Indians and people from other countries in the name of offering technical support. Three people have been arrested and 191 have been detained.
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Indian American Arrested In New Jersey In $13 Million Tech Fraud
An Indian American has been arrested in New Jersey on charge of being part of a technical support scam that targeted more than 7,000 victims defrauding them of more than USD 13 million, a US Attorney announced Thursday.
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US Lawmaker Urges Tech Firms to Label AI-Generated Content, Limit Spread of Misinformation
US Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is active in artificial intelligence issues, wrote to leading tech firms on Thursday to urge them to label AI-generated content and limit the spread of material aimed at misleading users.
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Probe Agency CBI, Delhi Police Help FBI Bust Multimillion-Dollar Tech Support Scam
Delhi Police and CBI have helped FBI bust a major trans-national scam that cheated thousands of Americans, mostly senior citizens, of millions of dollars in about 10 years on the pretext of providing them with tech-support, a US attorney said.
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Apple, Google Need to Submit Details on Tackling Fake Crypto Apps, US Lawmakers Reach Out
US authorities have reached out to big tech giants Apple and Google, in a bid to check if the companies are proactively monitoring crypto apps available to their users for downloads. The letters, addressed to Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai come in the backdrop of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warning that has recently claimed that fake crypto...
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Call Centre Scamming US, Canada Nationals Busted In Gurugram
A joint team of the CM Flying squad and Gurugram Police has busted a fake call centre which allegedly scammed US and Canadian citizens offering tech support, police said on Saturday.
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Wanted For Fraud, Indian National Angad Chandhok Deported From US To India
A US court convicted Angad Chandhok in 2022 for being part of an international tech support scam that defrauded citizens.
-
Google to Add New Security Features to Advanced Protection With Android 16
Google’s strongest layer of security for Google accounts and mobile devices, Advanced Protection, will get new features with Android 16. Announced on Tuesday, the new features were showcased during The Android Show: I/O Edition. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that the next iteration of the Android operating system will now bring a device...
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Google Reveals How It Is Using AI to Combat Online Scams in Search, Chrome and Android
Google released a new report on Thursday, highlighting how it has been combating online scams across different products using artificial intelligence (AI). The report specifically focuses on how AI technology is being implemented in Search, Google Chrome, and Android. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that generative AI is enabling it to dete...
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Google Pixel Watch 3 and Watch 2 Get AI-Powered Scam Detection Feature With Latest Update
Google on Tuesday announced the rollout of a new update for the Pixel Watch 3 and the Watch 2 which brings a new privacy-focussed feature previously limited to Pixel phones. As per the Mountain View-based tech giant, users in the US can now leverage the new Scam Detection feature to receive alerts about potentially scam callers on their compatible ...
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2 Men Tricked Apple Into Sending iPhones Worth $2.5 Million. Here's How
Two men were sentenced this week for orchestrating a sophisticated scheme, tricking Apple into shipping thousands of iPhones and defrauding the tech giant of $2.5 million.
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OpenAI Backs California AI Bill Requiring 'Watermarking' of Synthetic Content
OpenAI is supporting a California bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content. OpenAI believes that for AI-generated content, transparency and requirements around provenance such as watermarking are important, especially in an election year
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Meta, Ripple, Kraken Join Coinbase’s ‘Tech Against Scam’ Awareness Initiative: Details
Coinbase has launched its ‘Tech Against Scam’ initiative this week. This programme aims to inform the global tech community about ways to safeguard themselves against frauds and online deceit – in an attempt to making the industry a safe space.
-
Apple Prevents $1.8 Billion Worth Fraudulent Transactions on the App Store in 2023
Apple revealed its efforts to prevent fraudulent transactions via the App Store between 2020 and 2023 on Tuesday. The Cupertino-based tech giant highlighted the rise of digital threats and the measures it has taken to protect users from falling for scams and phishing attacks. The company said it has prevented transaction frauds in the App Store tot...
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How Indian Woman In US Lost Life Savings To Scammer She Met On Hinge
The "wine trader" wooed her online for months with his flirtatious smile and emoji-sprinkled texts. Then he went for the kill, defrauding the Philadelphia-based tech professional out of $450,000 in a cryptocurrency romance scam.
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Multi-Crore 'Tech Support' Scam Busted In Guwahati, Nearly 200 Detained
Police in Assam have unearthed a multi-crore scam and busted eight illegal call centres, which used to scam Indians and people from other countries in the name of offering technical support. Three people have been arrested and 191 have been detained.
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Indian American Arrested In New Jersey In $13 Million Tech Fraud
An Indian American has been arrested in New Jersey on charge of being part of a technical support scam that targeted more than 7,000 victims defrauding them of more than USD 13 million, a US Attorney announced Thursday.
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US Lawmaker Urges Tech Firms to Label AI-Generated Content, Limit Spread of Misinformation
US Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is active in artificial intelligence issues, wrote to leading tech firms on Thursday to urge them to label AI-generated content and limit the spread of material aimed at misleading users.
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Probe Agency CBI, Delhi Police Help FBI Bust Multimillion-Dollar Tech Support Scam
Delhi Police and CBI have helped FBI bust a major trans-national scam that cheated thousands of Americans, mostly senior citizens, of millions of dollars in about 10 years on the pretext of providing them with tech-support, a US attorney said.
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Apple, Google Need to Submit Details on Tackling Fake Crypto Apps, US Lawmakers Reach Out
US authorities have reached out to big tech giants Apple and Google, in a bid to check if the companies are proactively monitoring crypto apps available to their users for downloads. The letters, addressed to Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai come in the backdrop of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warning that has recently claimed that fake crypto...
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Call Centre Scamming US, Canada Nationals Busted In Gurugram
A joint team of the CM Flying squad and Gurugram Police has busted a fake call centre which allegedly scammed US and Canadian citizens offering tech support, police said on Saturday.
