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CERT-In warns on the Hidden cybersecurity Risks targeting AI Agents and Applications
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) highlights this in its May 2026 Blueprint for Reducing Exposure and Defending against AI-Assisted Vulnerabilities Exploitation in Digital Infrastructure. The document devotes substantial attention not only to AI as an offensive tool but to the adversarial threats facing AI models, inference systems, agents, and integrated workflows.
India Unveils 60-Day Cybersecurity Blueprint to Combat AI-Driven Threats to Critical Infrastructure
India’s mandate is clear—if defenders aren’t fighting bots with bots and shrinking remediation from days to mere hours, they are already compromised.
Got a Sextortion Email With Your Old Password? Here's Why It's a Bluff (and What to Do)
That "I hacked your webcam" email showing your old password is a mass-mailed bluff. Why it is almost always fake, and exactly what to do: do not pay, do report.
Is 'Spro Deal' Safe? What 'Task' and 'Commission' Earning Apps Can Do to Your Bank Account
We checked what is actually known about the Spro Deal earning app, how task and commission scams turn users into unwitting money mules, and why bank accounts get frozen.
How to Report a Cybercriminal to the IC3 (FBI): What to Put in Your Complaint
File an FBI IC3 complaint at ic3.gov: a step-by-step guide to what evidence to include (IPs, WHOIS, email headers, file hashes) and what realistically happens next.
Frozen or Lien-Marked Bank Account in India? How to Get It Released (2026)
Indian bank account frozen or lien-marked over a cyber-fraud complaint? A step-by-step 2026 guide to getting it released, limiting the lien, and protecting your rights.
The IRS Is Not Calling You: How to Spot US Government-Impersonation Scams
Fake IRS, Social Security, and Medicare calls and texts cost Americans hundreds of millions a year. Real agencies do not call to threaten arrest or demand gift cards. The tells that give the scam away, and exactly where to report an IRS, SSA, or Medicare impersonator.
If Someone Tells You to Pay With Gift Cards, It Is a Scam: The $217 Million US Trap
Gift cards are the number one way Americans get scammed out of money, because once you share the numbers the cash is gone. No real business or agency takes payment in gift cards. How the trap works, the warning line that ends every version of it, and what to do fast if you already paid.
Financial Sextortion: The Scam Pushing US Teens to Crisis, and How Parents Can Stop It
Criminals pose as a peer, trick a teen into sending an explicit image, then demand money under threat to share it. The FBI calls it one of the fastest-growing crimes against children. What parents and teens need to know, what to do if it happens, and the free tool that can pull the images down.
Following the Money: How US Investigators Get Bank Records, SARs and FinCEN Data
Financial records win fraud cases. A guide for US investigators on the tools that move money evidence: grand jury subpoenas and the RFPA, Suspicious Activity Reports and the no-tipping-off rule, FinCEN's 314(a) and 314(b) programs, the Financial Fraud Kill Chain, and FinCEN's Rapid Response Program for funds wired abroad.
Geofence and Keyword Warrants: What US Investigators Can and Can't Get in 2026
Reverse-location and reverse-keyword warrants are powerful and legally unsettled. A guide for US investigators: how the three-step geofence process works, the circuit split (Smith vs Chatrie), the Supreme Court case now pending, and why Google's move to on-device location has changed the game.
The Stored Communications Act: How US Police Legally Compel Online Data
Subscriber data, transaction records, or message content: in the United States each tier needs a different legal instrument. A plain guide to the SCA's three-tier process (subpoena, 2703(d) order, search warrant), preservation letters, the Carpenter rule, the CLOUD Act, and non-disclosure orders.