Cyberspace awareness during COVID-19

This COVID – 19 pandemic the usage of internet is increased. This pandemic situation became a great opportunity to cybercriminals. To protect our self from the cybercriminals, we need to follow some precautions. Hackers mostly use social engineering techniques to hack your devices.

Here are some precautions measures to stay secure in this pandemic situations.

1) Banks are not going to ask the customers to pay the loans or bills through emails.As the government of India cleared order the banks to the postponement of taking bills for three months. Even though if you're paying your debts to please pay the bills by going to the official website of the bank.

If you receive any phone call or email stating that they are from the bank and asking to share your card details or PIN or UPI details, please ignore them and report to the bank.

2) Pay the subscription money in Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hotstar only when you receive a payment alert in the app or website. Don't pay the money by the mails stating that your subscription expired.

3) Please, don't try to download any premium content like movies, songs and games etc Because it simultaneously downloads malware along with it.This malware may get access to your phone or PC. This leads to loss of personal information of you.

4) Please, Don't do any live streaming from third party websites. Because also leads to the download of malware to your device.Watch the live content only through proper website.

The popup downloads the virus while watching the live stream

5) Don't go for the false health insurance E-Mails stating that they provide corona insurance or health insurance company cancelled the insurance.

6) No, Premium website is not going to give free subscriptions. If they are giving please verify them by going to the official site.

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