Hackers also target cellphones
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PATNA: If you think hacking is limited to computer systems or laptops, beware! Cellphones are also soft target of hackers who can send text messages from your cellphones or track your calls without your knowledge.
"It is also not very difficult to steal data from Yahoo!, Gmail or Hotmail accounts or send e-mails without your permission or knowledge," added cyber security expert Ankit Fadia at a seminar on 'How to prevent hacking', organized here on Wednesday to mark the launch of new academic session at Arcade Business College. College director Ashish Adarsh also interacted with the students in the audience.
According to the 28-year old ethical hacker, 'Trojan' virus is the root cause of all software issues. "If cyber criminals manage to install the virus in your computer system, they can control the hardware or software sitting anywhere across the globe," he said and underlined the need for the users to regularly update their antivirus software. For, even pen drives that facilitate data transfer are also a major source of spreading computer viruses.
Citing an example of how mobile phones could be misused, Fadia said, "Twenty parents of students of a particular college simultaneously received an SMS from the college mobile number, asking them to deposit college fee of Rs 1 lakh in a given account number the same day. Three such parents immediately deposited the money, and ended up duped." To prevent such a crime, Fadia said, people should verify the authenticity of the calls or SMSs asking for money, instead of responding immediately.
Fadia, whose name is also registered in the Limca Book of Records, said even terror outfits were into hacking to disturb peace in different countries.
"It is also not very difficult to steal data from Yahoo!, Gmail or Hotmail accounts or send e-mails without your permission or knowledge," added cyber security expert Ankit Fadia at a seminar on 'How to prevent hacking', organized here on Wednesday to mark the launch of new academic session at Arcade Business College. College director Ashish Adarsh also interacted with the students in the audience.
According to the 28-year old ethical hacker, 'Trojan' virus is the root cause of all software issues. "If cyber criminals manage to install the virus in your computer system, they can control the hardware or software sitting anywhere across the globe," he said and underlined the need for the users to regularly update their antivirus software. For, even pen drives that facilitate data transfer are also a major source of spreading computer viruses.
Citing an example of how mobile phones could be misused, Fadia said, "Twenty parents of students of a particular college simultaneously received an SMS from the college mobile number, asking them to deposit college fee of Rs 1 lakh in a given account number the same day. Three such parents immediately deposited the money, and ended up duped." To prevent such a crime, Fadia said, people should verify the authenticity of the calls or SMSs asking for money, instead of responding immediately.
Fadia, whose name is also registered in the Limca Book of Records, said even terror outfits were into hacking to disturb peace in different countries.
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