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//How to deal with increasing cyber crime?//

Cyber crime is any illegal or unethical activity through internet or using computer as a tool. Basically it's stealing one's data.  ¤ It's creating, selling broken,untested software which is no less than committing a crime. // Every account you create, Every transaction you make, Every email you communicate Hackers are watching you! //   Financial fraud, identity theft are the most common type of cyber crimes but there are other types like hacking, D.O.S(denial of service), Cyber terrorism, Cyber extortion, Cyber warfare, Phishing, False flagging    Here are some recent examples of cyber crime: ~ This massive hack of Yahoo's email system gets an honorable mention because it actually happened way back in 2013 — but the severity of it, with all 3 billion Yahoo email addresses affected, only became clear in October 2017 ~Petya was just another piece of ransomware when it started circulating via phishing spam in 2016; its main claim to fame was that it encrypted the mast...

Whatsapp Snooping and Data Privacy

What is Snooping?  The action of trying to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs. India has everything at risk, oh now I realized even people's privacy is at stake!  The recent news about whatsapp snooping is a serious issue to worry about!  What actually happened?  1400 people from almost 20 different countries were put under surveillance and their phones were accessible to some other third party. It was found that Israelis firm NSO's spyware software Pegasus was used in infecting the phones through Whatsapp! Almost all the people who were snooped are :  activists,journalists,lawyers,government officials.  Hacking phones, snatching away people's privacy has become as easy as buying lollipops from a shop.  How Pegasus spyware works?  1. A missed call is sent to the subject on whatsapp  2. Pegasus is installed in the phone, there is not just access to your whatsapp but also all your emails,contacts,camera a...