Cyber Law & Digital Privacy
Cybercrime, landmark judgments, AML and digital evidence. New posts every week.
WhatsApp Chat Histories Stored Unencrypted on macOS and iOS: What You Need to Know
End-to-end encryption protects messages in transit. Local storage is a different story. Introduction WhatsApp says your messages are end-to-end encrypted. That is…
ChatGPhish: When ChatGPT Turns Any Web Page Into a Phishing Delivery Surface
A browser-based prompt injection technique exploits ChatGPT’s page summarization feature. Attacker-controlled links, fake security alerts, and QR codes render inside the trusted…
Refund Fraud Costing UK Retailers Over £5 Billion a Year: New Research Exposes Professionalised Criminal Enterprise
Nearly 500,000 posts analysed. “Refund-as-a-service” vendors taking up to 30% of refund value. Most offenders are teenagers who believe they are “untouchable.”…
Pronto’s In-Home AI Recording Pilot: Privacy Backlash and Regulatory Scrutiny Under the DPDP Act
Your cleaner arrives. There is a camera strapped to their head. Your dishes are being washed. Your home is being recorded. The…
London Smartphone Extortion Racket: A Terrifying Global Cybercrime Crisis
Over 90,000 devices stolen. Under 2% recovered. Victims now extorted with their own intimate data. Introduction A phone is snatched from your…
First VPN Dismantled: Global Crackdown on Cybercriminal VPN Used by Ransomware Actors
For years, criminals believed this VPN would keep them beyond reach. The administrator is now under arrest. Thousands of users have been…
Nearly ₹100 Crore Saved: How Mumbai Cyber Helpline 1930 Is Stopping Fraud in Real-Time
One number. One call. Immediate action. Preventing fraud before money moves. Introduction One number. One call. Immediate action. The Mumbai Cyber Helpline…
Operation Ramz: First-of-its-Kind Cybercrime Operation in MENA Region Nets 201 Arrests
382 suspects identified. 3,867 victims. 53 servers seized. Nearly 8,000 intelligence pieces shared. Introduction Cybercrime has no borders. Neither does the response.…
₹1 Crore Saved: How Timely Bank Intervention Stopped a Digital Fraud in Vishakhapatnam
Digital fraud is not just a story of losses. Sometimes, timely action saves crores. Introduction In Vishakhapatnam, an elderly couple was manipulated…
DNS Security: The Underappreciated Risk Exposed by Vercel and Solana
Nearly four years after a high-profile breach, critical endpoints remain unsigned by DNSSEC. The chain of trust is broken. Introduction The Critical…