Top Cyber Crimes of 2018 in India

In this year, 2018 cybercrime increased then Last Year, cause India start an uprising in the digital world and with that digital crime also start growing with it (Ex: Cyber Thefts, Cyber Stalking, Identity Theft, Vulnerable Access Points)

Top Cyber Crimes of 2018

Over 100 government websites hacked during January-November 2018

As per the minister of state for electronics and IT, S S Ahluwalia over 100+ Government websites hacked and Reported to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, approx 74 websites hosted on NICNET and managed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) were hacked during the year 2018

From then the Indian Government start taking necessary steps to Avoid or Prevent Future Cybercrimes, We can’t hope for zero cybercrime but it can be avoided

Identity Theft (Digital Information Stealing)

Identity Theft it Means stilling any persons personal detail or his digital identity, in digital identity, many things included For Example Social media accounts, Banking Details, credit card information

As per the Kaspersky Lab, anyone can buy Person’s digital information from the DarkWeb Markets, As per Kaspersky lab’s investigation cyber-criminals selling person’s complete digital life for less than 50$ (Roughly 3,500 INR)

This data is consist of Stolen social Media accounts, banking Details or any other popular website’s subscription for Example Netflix, Spotify, etc

Tech Giants loses about $10 million to cyber attacks each year

As per the Microsoft’s Report, A large-sized enterprise in India loses an average of $10.3 million due to cyber attacks and a mid-sized organization an average of $11,000 annually

In India 3 out of 5 TECH Organizations Experiences Cyberattack as per the report created by Microsoft

this report based on The survey ranged from mid-sized organizations (250 to 400 employees) to large-sized organizations (more than 400 employees)

Fake call centers In India

In India For stealing a person’s information or his/her Banking detail Most preferable Way Used by the attacker is a Fake call center, they call the victim and try to pretend that they are calling from their bank and asks for their banking details, Adhar card details, One Time passwords for transactions

recently in grater Noida, 11 people were arrested for allegedly running fake call centers, They had allegedly set up a fake company by the name of vintechjobs.com.

Sim Swap Cyber Attack

SIM swap is a type of phishing attack that causes a serious threat to the persons and bank security, cause with access of victims sim card attacker can bypass OTP (one-time password) security easily, Attacker can be done transactions from victim’s bank with Access of SIM

In May, Hyderabad Cyber Crime police received a complaint from a person stating that he had received a message from a mobile service provider asking him to change settings of his phone to get the good mobile network. When the person who complaint pressed 1 on his mobile phone, within seconds attacker got access to SIM Immediately, then the entire amount was withdrawn from the complainant’s bank account.