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Ransomware Attacks Alert; Be Conscious Online

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The Q1 of 2016 was found to be 14% more vulnerable to the hackers and hijackers. The random distribution of ransomware attacks on the internet have looted many computer users their money and data. The security stats shows that the hackers are more interested in the ransomware rather than the regular trojans.

How does this ransomware spread?

Ransomware appear to be the authentic software to solve your daily computer problems like optimisation, driver update, adware cleaning, threat removal and so on. These ransomware would actually appear flashing on the screen when we are visiting some class of websites like torrent and pirated software downloads.

The ransomware attacks actually happen like backstabbing. You won’t see it coming in which shape and name. Always be conscious while online.

What should you do to keep your data safe from ransomware attacks?

  • Never install a software or never get mislead by the fake ads that show the baiting bad status of your computer.
  • Install ad blockers on the browser that would stop loading the flashing graphics on the websites.
  • Always keep your anti-viruses update with latest virus definitions.
  • Keep cleaning the junk on your computer.
  • Always turn your firewall on.
  • Do frequent virus scans.
  • Do not look out for pirated software.
  • Be careful while downloading torrents.
  • Keep monitoring the usage stats of your internet speed.
  • Ransomware will not spread under the mat. They will act like authentic software initially.
  • Lookup for software’s reputation before installing on your computer.
  • Keep your important data synched to the cloud storage frequently.

and much more if you could.

Hope that helps!

IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad revealed Cyber Crime statistics in India

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More than 8000 Indian websites hacked the first three months of 2016 according to the details Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad furnished to the Parliament today.

Below are the statistics mentioned in his written reply to the Lok Sabha.

Total cyber crimes including fishing malicious code, website intrusion, denial of serive, scanning, etc. occurred in the last four years.

2013 – 41,319 incidents
2014 – 44,679 incidents
2015 – 49,455 cases
2016 (till March) – 14,363 incidents

And statistics for the Indian website hacking incidents are below for the last four years.

2013 – 28,481 websites hacked
2014 – 32,323 sites hacked
2015 – 27,205 sites hacked
2016 (till March) – 8,056 sites hacked.

And the minister has also provided the statistics for the spam emails reported to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). Below are the details:

2013 – 54,677 spam emails
2014 – 85,659 spam emails
2015 – 61,628 spam emails
2016 (till March) – 13,851 spam emails.

Here you can read his statement.

“The National Cyber Security Policy is released for public use and implementation by relevant stakeholders. The objective of the policy is to create a framework for comprehensive, collaborative and collective response to deal with the issue of cyber security at all levels within the country,” he said.

Here in India, the vast majority of the cyber crimes will not be reported to any Govt. Agency. Myself, I don’t know where to report on cyber attacks, so we have to consider above statistics as the formality Govt., providing to the general public.

Govt. Should bring full awareness of cyber security and other precautions across the India, people using technology without having sufficient security knowledge. Govt. has to focus on that. Otherwise, unreported cyber crimes will increase at a faster pace.