India, Aug. 7 -- By Rajnish Singh

New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Be alert if you receive a compressed (.zip) file over WhatsApp, SMS or e-mail bearing names such as "Statement of Account.zip" (often prefixed with a date, e.g. "0714 Statement of Account.zip") or "RBI.zip", "MCA.zip".

This is part of the infamous 'Boss Scam' linked to "takeover of WhatsApp accounts" of professionals and businesspersons through malicious files circulated in the guise of account statements and regulatory communications, and an identical modus operandi has been reported from Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan among multiple states.

In the last few days, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) wing of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) not...