From Play to Prey to Policy Freeze – India Hits Pause on the Dark Side of Online Gaming.
At the height of India’s tech boom, online gaming emerged as the industry’s crown jewel with over ₹27,000 crore in potential GST revenues, has crashed into regulatory reality. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act will get implemented in 2025 to ban Indian government money based online games from the whole country which will […]
Click, Trap, Hack: The Dark Side of Fake CAPTCHA. Hundreds of WordPress Sites Hacked!
As per a report published by Israel’s National Digital Agency, the malware campaign “ShadowCaptcha” is using in excess of 100 WordPress sites to deliver a harmful payload. The campaign identified as tech, healthcare, legal, hospitality, and real estate-focused hit target first in August 2025. Also, this was previous to a campaign that originated States. Countries […]
Unfiltered & Unchecked – Does Social Media Need to be Regulated?
Every human being a potential publisher now and thanks to their smartphones, social media is an influential agent of change in the global public sphere. It’s basically for the people, through the people and by the people now, thanks to social media. Despite its great potential, the digital town square is also responsible for growing […]
Race for Views and Money – Where Filth and Hatred is the New Norm
Content creation should about telling stories, being creative, and having real talent. The loudest, most bizarre voices receive the most attention in today’s rat race for views. From gaming and entertainment to political discourse, a large number of influencers are normalising hate speech, vulgarity, and false narratives to increase views, likes, and brand partnerships. Nowadays, […]
Jump Deposit Scam : UPI Based Fraud
The world has become interconnected and banking transactions have become a great convenience. However, this also opened up opportunity for fraudsters to take advantage of innocent individuals and businesses. Jump Deposit Scam is one such scheme which is based on deception which preys on trust and urgency to manipulate victims to loose their money. Modus […]
Beware of Fake Extortion Calls: A Guide to Staying Safe
As the world rapidly becomes interconnected, the menace of extortion calls in the name of government departments has grown exponentially with swindlers using technology to impersonate police officers, lawyers, Department of Telecommunications (DOT) officials, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) personnel, and even bank representatives. Most of these scams originate from abroad and prey upon […]
Quishing Attack
Along with the improvement in technology, the trends exhibited by cyber attackers also grow. Quishing is one of such emerging threats, a kind of phishing that primarily exploits a QR code to cheat an individual. Quishing makes use of QR codes unlike other types of phishing, which depend upon malicious links or email attachments. It […]
Why do people Vent on Social-Media?
Venting on social media refers expressions of our emotions, frustrations, thoughts, or grievances openly and publicly on social media platforms. Sharing personal experiences, problems, or feelings with a wide audience, often with the intention of seeking , support, validation, or letting off anger or frustration over an issue with individual or an organisation. Venting mostly […]
Frauds galore in the name of Income Tax
Digital technology is currently advancing rapidly, and fraudsters are also looking to exploit it as much as possible, and now they are targeting innocent taxpayers. Fraudsters are using Social engineering tactics, which is the practise or art of convincing people to compromise their personal information. They are targeting members who have a PAN card and […]
Don’t take the AI Deep Fake Bait
Artificial Intelligence (AI) focuses on creating intelligent machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, recognising images, making decisions, and solving complex problems. Few possible malicious and criminal use of Al-powered deepfakes (a) Harassing or humiliating an individual and destroying their image and credibility (b) Luring employees into […]
