Having a smartphone is not enough now, be really smart, cyber security issues, you need to know!

“It seems like everyone is having a kind of time bomb which can explode anytime on the desire of any foe”.

Being too exposed to brands and advertisement:

Everything, We means everything from your smartphone, your Smart LED, Camera system, even your bedroom Smart TV can be hacked at fingertips, your internet connection can be traced and any of your confidential data can be captured from anywhere, it is really bad to know that anyone can get our information so easily and utilize it in the way he wants, just because of being unaware, like we use a smartphone but we don’t know that how to prohibit it from capturing our personal information, everyone uses social media but no one knows that google, facebook, and all the big brands interchange your data to propose ads and also for analysis.

We don’t even know-how:

We particularly don’t know that what kind of issues we are actually facing, many of us just say that our children know this thing better and will handle it which is a bad practice, many of us need to be informed of what kind of issues we are facing.

Cybersafety and digital payments:

It is a large topic in itself, we will serially cover it, first in the list comes banking and digital money transfer, which is the most important topic to be covered in all, everyone is aware of the threats of using digital payments and banking platforms, like Paytm, PhonePe, Google Pay etc and the technologies on which they work like UPI and other.

Trying everything is good, being aware and then trying is even better:

It is good to be digital, we are not saying that all platforms are harmful and don’t use them, but it is to be taken care of that everything and every technology has its own disadvantages, which should not be ignored. Fraudsters are looking for people like you which are less aware. No one needs to be explained about the cases that are in headlines every day about fraud, phishing, and frisking.

Banking guideline’s a must-read before initiating any transaction:

HDFC Bank (Housing Development Finance Corporation) has taken the initiative and published a general guideline to be followed while using any digital payments platform or banking application or website.

According to the guideline:

1. Any stranger might not be given access to your device through AnyDesk (currently in use), team viewer, etc at any instance.
2. Apply app lock to payments and banking applications.
3. Any advertisement kind of message might not be forwarded, through any medium (text, WhatsApp, etc).
4. Any kind of fraud calls should not be entertained in any manner, disconnect the call ASAP, and do inform cyber police about the number.
5. Google’s job is to show information and ads that’s it, they don’t care about the integrity of the information, they don’t guarantee the info to be genuine. So don’t trust it blindly.
6. While searching for customer care numbers call getting connected, confirm the tele caller and customer care executive, the brand’s founders name and founding year, if he/she fails to connect the call and try again if everyone fails, the customer care no. can be wrong.
7. Banking password, UPI PIN, Account no., ATM PIN, Card no., CVV, are not to be shared to ay stranger via any mode, voice, non-voice, any mode. Any kind of confidential information must not be shared on the call.
8. Avoid collect request transactions, and instantly delete collect request if you do not want to pay at that instance.

So this was some information, that we found essential for you and will bring more and more such informative content.

Try to stay more and more updated about tech and digitalization, don’t fear it, try to learn, it is not easy but everything will get easy if you desire. Do let us know how was the content so that we could bring more such content and happenings.