Know the ways to avoid cyber fraud from 'Chakshu' portal, stay alert.

Cyber fraud: Know the ways to avoid cyber fraud from 'Chakshu' portal, stay alert.

In today's time when everything is changing so fast, in view of this, there has been a lot of changes in technology as gadgets like mobile, laptop or tablet are being used more and the country has become more dependent on all these.

In this era of modern technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI), cyber fraud has become more active. Be it your personal documents or your bank account, while using mobile, by pressing just one button, you will get a shock of lakhs in the blink of an eye.

The Government of India has launched many apps.

To avoid cyber frauds, the Government of India has launched many apps from time to time, among which is 'Chakshu' portal and Digital Intelligence Platform (DIP) which has been launched for such a case. Its purpose is also to prevent the misuse of smart gadgets in cyber crime and financial fraud happening online. This is to prevent fraud in the transactions of online users.

Cyber expert Rahul Mishra told the tricks.

 Rahul Mishra, who is a cyber expert by profession, has shared some tips to stay safe from cyber frauds.

Do not share your personal or any kind of account details and do not share ATM number or PIN number.

Select a strong password for social media such as make a password by combining upper case, lower case alphabets, numeric numbers and special characters, along with this, change your password after a few months on all these accounts.

An important thing is that whenever you have a bank, it should never ask you for your account details through email, SMS or call. If something like this happens to you, be alert.

Know about these famous apps.

M-Kavach 2

This app was launched by the Government of India. It helps in detecting scam apps. It is also helpful in detecting and deleting hidden apps present in the phone. A lock system has been kept inside this app. In this, banking apps, payment apps or social sites can be locked.

EScan

Download the Escan app from Google Play Store. Whenever you visit wrong sites, this app will alert you and this app can also scan your phone.

Cyware Social

This app helps you in getting information about cyber security events happening around the world and there are many articles available for cyber security and it also includes sections of different categories like malware, theft and fraud.

Cyber Security Quiz

If you have some knowledge of cyber security and online fraud, then this is a very useful app because it is available with many types of questions and answers with a great user interface. Apart from this, Safe ME and many other apps are available which can help you a lot regarding cyber security.