How to Protect Yourself from Cyber Attacks

Thanks for reading my first two articles. In continuation the same I would like to conclude this topic by sharing a few important links and inputs which would help us to be safe from online fraud.

No doubt that cyber crimes are increasing day by day, on the other hand, technology is also doing its best to save us from these digital crimes. You know, even our government has come up with certain initiatives to ensure we are protected. Please go through the content below which will be of your help.

When you are doing online payments ensure you don’t save your card details on the site, now the new RBI rule says customers will not be able to save the details online, in case?it's allowing?them to save or delete them immediately. This will protect against online purchase fraud when your username or password is hacked in the e-commerce platforms.

Do not provide OTP to any telecallers, OTP is to be typed only by you for the transactions that you do through the IVR only for secured payments.

Today we manage all our sensitive information on our mobile devices. In the event of a theft, one can gain access to all our personal and sensitive data. With that said, securing/blocking it in the event of theft is very important. Worried about how to do it? Very simple, go through about CEIR below…

Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), With the aim to curtail the counterfeit mobile phone market and discourage mobile phone theft, protect consumer interest, and facilitate law enforcement authorities for lawful interception, DoT intends to implement the Central Equipment Identity Registry (CEIR) that connects to the IMEI database of all the mobile Operators. CEIR acts as a central system for all network Operators to share blacklisted mobile devices so that devices blacklisted in one network will not work on other networks even if the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in the device is changed.

If you have registered your IMEI number in the below URL you can block it online. Follow the URL https://ceir.gov.in/Home/index.jsp

One of the blunders we usually do today without knowing the aftereffects of it is, posting the status on various social media like Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, etc. Which gives the intruder the to plan his activities very well.

Suggestion, do not post your present status on any social media like I am on vacation with family/friends, etc. this would help the intruder to barge into your house without any hassles. There are many such crimes that have taken place in recent times please be careful with this.

In a nutshell, we all know that inventions help us to ease our life at the same time if it is not used wisely we will invite troubles for which we have to pay a hefty price. Using it wisely and consciously will help us to save ourselves from cybercrimes. Thank you for reading.

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Anthony Vincent, working as Operations Manager at Chimera Technologies, hobbies are playing musical instruments keyboard, rhythm pad, and guitar.?