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Scammed on Zelle? How to Try to Get Your Money Back (2026 US Guide)
Lost money on Zelle? Whether you can get it back hinges on one thing: was the transfer unauthorised (someone else moved your money) or authorised (you were tricked into sending it). The recovery steps, your Regulation E rights, the narrow imposter-scam reimbursement, and where to report.
Card Chargebacks Explained: How to Dispute a Transaction on Visa, Mastercard, RuPay and Diners Club (with a US Filing Tutorial)
You don't request a chargeback from Visa or Mastercard, you dispute with your bank, which runs it through the network. Here's how chargebacks work across Visa, Mastercard, RuPay and Diners Club, a step-by-step US filing tutorial, and the statutory backstops in India, the US and the UK.
LinkedIn Law Enforcement Data Request: Police & Government Guide (BEC & Employment Scams)
How authorised investigators request LinkedIn member data — submitted through LinkedIn's Kodex portal. Covers the subpoena-vs-warrant ladder (messages and connections need a warrant), preservation, emergency disclosure, and why LinkedIn matters for BEC and fake-recruiter investigations.
Zelle Law Enforcement Requests: How Police Get Zelle Records (Early Warning Services + the Banks)
Zelle has no law-enforcement portal. This guide explains the dual-track legal process U.S. investigators must use: a subpoena to Early Warning Services for network transaction metadata, plus separate legal process served on the sending and receiving banks for account and identity data.
Google & Gmail Law Enforcement Data Request (LERS): Police & Government Guide
How police use Google's LERS portal at lers.google.com: register your agency, the subpoena, court-order and warrant ladder, preservation, and emergencies.
Indian Police Bust Gang Abusing Google Firebase and Hostinger in $4.6 Million Sideloaded Android Malware Scam
A single malicious APK disguised as a Mahanagar Gas utility file led investigators from one victim's drained bank account to 12.4 million intercepted text messages, 111 counterfeit apps, and a six-member ring operating out of Jharkhand, Bihar, and Delhi.
Digital Professionalism in Medicine: What AIIMS’s New Social Media Guidelines Mean for You
By a fellow future doctor, for every MBBS, MD, DM, and MCh student navigating the wards and the web
Kanad S.H.I.E.L.D. 2026: Ahmedabad City Police Opens a Cybersecurity Hackathon for Startups and Innovators
Ahmedabad City Police's Cyber Crime Branch has opened registration for Kanad S.H.I.E.L.D. 2026, a cybersecurity hackathon inviting startups, researchers and students to build real-world tools for policing and cybercrime investigation.
The Telegram Crackdown: Why India's 'New Dark Web' is Being Put on Notice
India's Delhi High Court upheld a 2026 Telegram block after the Centre called the app the "new dark web." How Telegram's design built a criminal pipeline, what the Durov arrest changed, and how six governments are now putting it on notice.
Indian CERT Moves From Warnings to War Games as Frontier AI Reshapes the Cyber Threat
How CERT-In is protecting Indian Cyberspace the in an era of machine-speed attacks and Mythos
Quantum Sensing Technologies Introduce New Cyber Risks for Australian Organisations
ASD and ACSC primer warns leaders to guard against sensor tampering, data spoofing and supply-chain threats as precision quantum devices move into real-world use — and offers lessons the world can learn
Digital Ekadashi Alerts: How Scammers Are Exploiting Religious Apps for Financial Fraud
On auspicious days, devotional apps, darshan bookings and donations surge, and so does fraud. Drawing on India's I4C advisory for pilgrims, here are the documented scam patterns, the red flags, and how to give and book safely.