Impersonation on Social Media.
Impersonation : Impersonation is where users create social media accounts mimicking a legitimate account. Impersonators are those who pretend to be someone’s popular personality (i.e. Politician, Film star, Activists, Academician, Entrepreneur, etc) or an official representative of a popular brand or a company. Such impersonators are found across all online social platforms, which are widely […]
Rethinking Screen time and Gaming during Covid-19.
With Covid 19 in Rise : With covid19 in India, causing extensive school shutdowns, children across the country are being given alternate resources of online study. Temporary solutions being devised for remote education range from online classroom tools like Google Classroom, Zoom, and Webinars by schools. While parents are still finding a tough time adjusting […]
All You Need to Know About Payment Apps.
About Payment Apps : In today’s covid19 hard times, when there is no way, we can go and do shopping & banking, but people now easily do their payment transactions through payment applications (Open Banking), where, buying and selling are 24×7. India has made a significant impact on the retail payment systems in the country […]
Tricky World of Online Job Scams.
About Online Job Scams : People getting trapped in online Job scams are rising, this is because of Covid19 and shrinking jobs in the private and public sector, added to is the large number of students passing out from professional colleges. Scammers collect data of the unemployed youth from the darknet that belongs to Job […]
Here Are Some Social Media Etiquette’s Every One Must Follow.
About Social Media : Social media is a very powerful means of freedom of speech and expression, especially for voiceless people. It’s a collaborative identity creation where posts by different individuals come together to create a dynamic and evolving identity and user profiles are informed by both the users and their connections. It is an […]
All You Need to Know About Cyber Crime and Law.
Who are Cyber Criminals : Cyber Criminals are individuals or a group who use various tools and techniques, gain control and access to victim’s electronic gadgets either directly or indirectly, and commit malicious activities with the intention of stealing sensitive company information or personal data, and get benefitted out of it. Cybercriminals trade malicious goods […]
OLX / Quikr Frauds, Demystified
OLX / Quikr Frauds, Demystified : Both OLX and Quikr platforms have emerged as the top go to platforms to sell off appliances and other items that you are using anymore. The lack of understanding of app-based payment services and UPI among the general public are helping fraudsters to make quick money. It might be […]
Myth of Online Privacy
Myth of Online Privacy : It is a fundamental right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution and the right to privacy is subject to reasonable restrictions. Nowadays both companies and states, have violated the privacy of Individuals. Individuals are […]
Know about OSINT and how it is used
Know about OSINT and how it is used : Open Source Intelligence Tools “OSINT” is the process of collecting information from already published information or publicly available on the Internet. Most of the IT security professionals, malicious hackers, or state-owned intelligence agencies, use advanced techniques to search through the vast amounts of visible/available data to […]
Follow these steps to report a Cyber Crime?
How to Utilise National Cyber Crime Portal : The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up a dedicated platform for reporting cyber-crimes from anywhere across the country. Though it caters to all types of cyber-crimes, it puts special emphasis on cyber-crimes against women and children. Once a complaint is filed on this portal, it is […]
