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Cyber crime victimising children and women
Cyber Crime Victimising Children and Women, Ladies Organisation. Rakshit Tandon is in city for three days to promote a safe surfing campaign and is giving lectures on cyber threats to children in digital world.
Women need to be very careful while posting photographs online, which should be less than 72 dpi. So that such photos are not misused and are difficult to morph
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organisation, Hyderabad Chapter, held a seminar on Cyber Security—‘Smart and Safe Surfing’, on Tuesday. Speaking on safe surfing and cyber threats to children and women in digital world; internationally acclaimed cyber security expert and advisor to various governmental bodies, Rakshit Tandon said, “Cyber crimes in this country are on the rise.”
Rakshit Tandon is in city for three days to promote a safe surfing campaign and is giving lectures on cyber threats to children in digital world.
“With more usage of internet and other access devices, kids as young as fourth graders are using internet. Though minimum entry age on Facebook is at least 13 years, many kids fake their age and become members. The number of FIRs registered all over India for cyber crimes have gone up from 439 in 2009 to 2,876 in 2010”, he informed.
“Nearly 30 million Indians were victim to cyber crimes in 2010. The key dark areas online are cyber defamation, cyber stalking, cyber bullying,” he said.
Nearly 300 million users are using WhatsApp across the globe. In India alone, 20 million people use this application. “The status updated and posted profiles on the same are watched by cyber stalkers. They follow up online and commit crimes,” Tandon informed.
“India is ranked third in cyber bullying. More than five in every 10 Indian children are bullied online, says a survey”, he said.
“The way passwords are kept in the country needs to be relooked, which is mostly names of our family members. The information for the same can be found easily through social media sites. You need to be smart in keeping your passwords. They should be more than eight characters and must have at least one capital, one lower, one number and one special character,” he suggested.
He also suggested some useful softwares to protect children from getting exposed to unwanted material online besides limiting internet access.
“Women need to be very careful while posting photographs online, which should be less than 72 dpi. So that such photos are not misused and are difficult to morph. Even corporates in India do not have effective security policy to protect their digital content. Phishing, or the act of attempting to acquire sensitive information like username and credit card details, is the most dangerous thing happening on the net,” he observed.
He further advised disabling pop-ups which are a threat for online safety. “Many credit or debit card holders in India still use the original PIN number allocated. They don’t change, despite being advised by their bankers. Those who use Wi-Fi facilities are likely to keep their default username as “admin” and password as “password”. This again is a wrong practice. I advise the forum against sharing vital information on Whatsapp chats. Use face to face communication for exchange of such information”, he said.
