Protect yourself from cyber threats, scams, and attacks targeting Indian users.
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Most Indian SMEs will get hit by ransomware not because of some sophisticated zero-day attack, but because of weak passwords and unpatched systems. Here's the conversational, practical guide to not being that business.
India's cyber insurance market wants you to believe it's mature. It's not. Here's a dry-eyed look at what these policies actually cover, what they exclude, and why you'll probably still need one anyway.
India isn't ready for deepfakes. Not the government, not the platforms, and definitely not the average WhatsApp user. Here's how bad it's gotten and what you can realistically do about a problem nobody's solving fast enough.
A colleague lost Rs 4.7 lakh to a single phishing email that looked exactly like an SBI alert. Here's how to spot the fakes, lock down your inbox, and make sure you're not the next easy target.
Your DigiLocker holds driving licences, Aadhaar, marksheets, and insurance papers all in one place. If someone breaks in, they don't just steal files -- they steal your identity. Here's how to lock it down before that happens.
That six-digit code your bank texts you? It travels through a telecom system built in the 1970s. SIM swaps, SS7 holes, and plain old trickery make SMS OTP a shaky second factor -- here is what actually works better.
Over 1.8 billion records belonging to Indian citizens were exposed between 2018 and 2025. Here's a year-by-year breakdown of the biggest data breaches, what went wrong each time, and what ordinary people can actually do about it.
Everyone tells you to check if your data's been leaked. I ignored that advice for three years -- until a loan showed up on my CIBIL report that I never applied for, traced back to a telecom breach I could've caught in five minutes.
