Cyber Crime and Security

  Dirty Secret Ramesh was damn busy watching the video on his mobile phone with his eyes fixed on the screen. For the last three years, this was his daily routine. After coming out of the office, having dinner, he spent the next two to three hours watching videos on porn sites on his mobile or laptop.   He had become badly addicted to surfing porn sites, watching videos on it and seldom chatting with a lady member from the link provided there. He was completely unable not to set himself apart from all this.   Ramesh worked as an Assistant Vice President at a large multinational IT company in Pune. He was popular among his peers and friends because of his ingenuity, ability and straightforward, simple nature. His wife, Rima, died of cancer four years ago.   Ramesh’s only daughter Rashi was studying engineering at IIT Powai. His lonely life after Rima's death was a mess. Days passed in his busy schedule. But when he came home in the evening, his time was not up. Similarly,

  Fraudulent Links Sheetal got a link of net banking app in her mailbox. She clicked the link, installed the app on her Smartphone and tested it by entering her customer id and password.  As she clicked Submit button, her phone got hanged. Somehow she recovered it and she got the message that her account is debited by INR. 45000/- Someone called Yash (who regularly use to trade in shares), saying she was speaking from XYZ Securities and they offer brokerage free trading in shares for today. She sent a link of their trading app.  He installed the app. That app showed his Demat account details which he maintained with XYZ Bank. Before doing any transaction, he called the bank for asking whether they were offering brokerage free trading or not? The bank official denied and told that there is no such offer. Yash understood that someone tried to trap him. He immediately uninstalled the app and called back to the number from where he got that call. The number as expected was not reachable,