The Sentinel

Indian Overseas Bank is hiring 20 information security, IS audit and cyber security officers among 291 total posts. Registration runs 29 August to 15 September 2026. Notably, AI and LLM security testing is listed as a qualifying experience domain. Full eligibility, certifications, fees and how to apply.

A trading dashboard shows a profit, the withdrawal fails, and then comes a demand for a fee, a tax or a margin top-up to release it. No SEBI-registered intermediary ever asks you to send money to free your own funds. How the advance-fee trap works, and how to verify a broker's payment details in 60 seconds.

India's RBI has quietly built one of the world's most layered anti-fraud systems: the .bank.in domain, MuleHunter.AI, a telecom fraud signal, and tougher authentication. What each means for your digital wallet, and the one gap it still leaves.

Freely downloadable Bluetooth battery apps let strangers cut power to moving e-rickshaws in India. How the flaw worked, and why the government ordered them removed.

Mumbai police busted a Dehradun call centre that scammed jobseekers with fake Airport Authority of India job offers. 11 arrested, ₹2.58 lakh taken from one victim.

The High Commission of India in Pretoria named five fraudulent e-visa websites impersonating the official portal. Use only indianvisaonline.gov.in.

The Embassy of India in Madrid warns of caller-ID-spoofing scam calls: an imposter posing as 'Rupesh Sharma' phones Indian students demanding personal documents.

Ukraine's cyber police dismantled a Kyiv call centre that cold-called Americans with fake crypto investments, stealing over $500,000 from 20+ US victims.

The 2026 World Cup is live, and so are the scams: fake betting apps, malware 'free streams' and cloned FIFA ticket sites are after your data and money.

Lucknow police busted an international call centre that scammed US citizens with fake FBI/FTC threats and crypto. 119 arrested, 103 laptops seized.

India's I4C warns that criminals who steal or find an iPhone send fake Apple 'Find My' texts to trick victims into entering their Apple ID password and one-time code, letting thieves disable Activation Lock and resell the device. Here is how the trap works and how to stay safe.

A multi-agency joint advisory warns that Akira ransomware now threatens critical infrastructure and has claimed roughly $244 million, breaking in mainly through VPNs without MFA and unpatched Cisco, SonicWall and Veeam flaws. Here is how it operates and the official mitigations.