Digital Intelligence, the need of the hour
Digital Intelligence (DI) has something to do with the skills needed to use technology more effectively. It’s not just being aware of vulnerabilities with overuse screens or knowing when to disconnect from your device, digital intelligence must include debugging a computer or use all the features of your smartphone or checking from whom the mail […]
Is technology a boon or a bane for our children?
We are in the worst period of time where people have a lot of concern for the wellbeing of the current generations (i.e. Generation Z and Generation Alpha). These generations are overwhelmed with the height of technology in such a way that every one of us is able to communicate across cultures and borders in […]
Protect your sensitive data from cyber thefts
Data protection and security have become a hot topic nowadays, and it’s equally important for all of us to know what data can be processed and what data cannot be processed. (a) Processable Data – Name, address, ID number, passport number, financial data, cultural data, IP addresses, credit card/debit card information or medical data used […]
Guide to protecting Kids Online
As per NCRB, there is a 400 % increase in cyber-crime cases in the year 2020 committed against children in comparison to the last year, as per NCRB as registered under the IT Act across India, with the majority of them being related to the publishing or transmitting of materials depicting children in sexually explicit […]
Making social media secure for women
Social media is a very powerful means of freedom of speech and expression. It has become a voice for the voiceless and has always been an incredible tool for empowering women to speak, express, and promote their ideas that benefit the larger society. At the same time, it’s a place for sexist, racist, homophobic, and […]
Watch out for Sextortion Frauds
Social media creates an opportunity for young women and men living in socially conservative non-western societies to be able to communicate, meet, and engage in forbidden intimacies and forbidden behaviour. Men are being contacted on Instagram and WhatsApp by women having attractive profile pictures. They seduce you via chat and persuade you to do a […]
Know all about multi-level marketing scams
Multi-Level Marketing companies involve sell their products or services directly via person to person sales. If you join a multi-level marketing program, an investor is referred to as a “distributor,” “participant,” “contractor” or a “founder.” There are two different ways you can make money: (a) you are a direct retailer; (b) you could recruit new […]
Be watchful, investment frauds on the rise
Interpersonal trust is the fundamental feature of investment fraud. Creating false hopes of higher returns within a short duration combined with the constraints of accessing investment related information is motivation for people to fall prey to fake investment schemes. There are many types of investment fraud, like Ponzi schemes, pump and dump schemes, and app-based […]
Know all about Right to Privacy, Aadhaar
Right to Privacy It is a fundamental right to life and personal liberty under Article 21, Now a days both companies and states, have violated the privacy of Individuals. Individuals are not informed about the ongoing monitoring, the way our personal data is collected, analysed, shared and monetised, nor given the opportunity to question the […]
Watch out for Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware Attacks Cybercriminals and nation state hackers have become sophisticated enough to use ransomware to penetrate and immobilising large enterprises, federal governments, global infrastructure and healthcare organisations. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that threatens to blocks access to data, usually by encrypting it, until the victim pays a ransom fee to the attacker. […]
