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2025: The Year of Cyber Security – An Overview

In this article, I look at the cybercrime statistics in 2025 vs 2024, major cybercrimes, key measures taken by central and state governments to prevent cybercrimes in 2025, what were the outcome of such efforts and end with the summary and my 2026 prediction.

Say ‘Yes’ on the Phone and Your Money Could Be Gone.. New Cyber Fraud

In this column, I will explain in simple language how this fraud works, how to protect yourself, and what steps to take if you become a victim.

The Sanchar Saathi Saga: A Missed Opportunity for Cyber Safety?

In this article, I will share my opinion on what actually happened last week and how it could have been prevented.

No SIM, No WhatsApp: The New Rule That Could End ‘Digital Arrests’ Scam

This article explains in simple terms the flaws in the current system, what ‘SIM Binding’ means, what these new rules are, and how they will affect your daily mobile usage.

Dasara, the Navadurgas, and the Cyber Demons!

In this article, I try to bring in cybercrime awareness using the Dasara and nine durga avatars as a metaphor.

Lord Ganesha’s Cybersecurity Lessons in the Age of AI

This article will discuss how Ganesha’s unique body structure and stories can be used with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to educate people and protect them from cyber fraud in the cyber world.

Beware! Here’s how fraudsters can transfer your money without OTP

By the time we all understand that we should not share OTP with strangers, cyber criminals have devised ways in…

Sanchar Saathi Mobile App

I had written a long time ago about the Sanchar Saathi website (https://www.sancharsaathi.gov.in/) launched by the Department of Telecommunications in…

Importance of Data, Privacy, Leakage and Penalty

Data or Information is the oil of the twenty-first century, i.e. just as oil was responsible for the development and…

Major Cyber Crimes That Haunted Indians in 2024 – Some statistics

Now that we are in the third week of December, year 2024 will end in two weeks. In this column,…