Devices are technologically updated, but we?
Devices are technologically updated, but
we?
23rd of August 2023
SRCW on 23rd of August 2023 ,
inaugurated it’s new club-The Cyber Security Club.
Our principal Mrs. K Chitra, made an
interesting statement, “use your mobile phones protectively, even if not
productively “. It was a fantastic kickoff
and the Chief guest Mr. P A Arun, inspector of police, Cyber Crime,
Coimbatore, turned it into an exceedingly enlightening session through his presentation.
Users are unaware of the technology.
Police, who are handling the other side of the society, come across a lot of
cases regarding Cyber crime. There are about 150 social media platforms that
exist but students were unfamiliar with the other platforms except for a
smattering amount of platforms that they use.
These platforms can have easy access to our
personal information, official data, location, emotions, wishes and so on by
the data that we provide.
He quoted, “இங்கு சொல்லப்பட்ட குற்றங்களைவிட
சொல்லப்படாத குற்றங்களே அதிகம்”.
Anyone, irrespective of their age and
profession, can be a target of Cyber crime. It would end up as a bigger threat
if they remain silent due to the fear of societal judgement. He said that
opening up about the issue would protect them from further risk
Causes of credential exposure:
>Phishing- social engineering that targets
people.
>Malware- malicious software that
disrupts and steels passwords.
>Brute force- weak and default passwords
get cracked.
>Snooping- searching for mrisplaced or
leaked credentials (in dark web too).
There are countless swindling transpiring
and scams unfolding world wide. Especially in India, 97.2 lakh WhatsApp
accounts 52 crores of Instagram accounts, 322 crores of Facebook accounts 83.2
lakh YouTube accounts are being banned. The central motives were found to be
scamming, fraudulent identity, possessing adult content and nudity. The chief
guest advised the students to be safe and not to fall as a victim to the
deceitful advancements.
He followed up with the Information about
future crimes due to AI and google assistants. In the near future, hacking
would become easy since every device and network will be connected under one
roof.
He stimulated the installation of M Kavach
2 tool for a safer use of mobile phones.
His session offered a profound clarity and raised our awareness to keep out of harm’s way by putting in place mandatory precautionary steps.
II B. Sc., Biochemistry
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