Cyber Safety Quiz

When meeting an online acquaintance in-person for first time, it is best to choose a public setting with lots of people around. Carrying a pepper spray as a backup is also a good safety measure. While not many people might be comfortable with option A but this can prove really helpful. Specially if you need some urgent assistance.

If you ever find yourself in such a situation, it is most likely a scam, never share the OTP. Do not entertain the caller as they are trained to convince people on why they need the OTP. Block the caller. Most importantly, check how they were able to generate the OTP. If they reached this stage, most likely it means that some part of the account (card details, username and password etc.) is known to the caller.

A & B. C and D can be posted after redacting certain information. For example, Certification ID, validity date, part of name etc. must be redacted when sharing pics of certificates online. Similarly, elaborate vacation plans must never be shared online. Also, when sharing these, privacy settings should be set in a manner that they are visible to your connections only.

Evaluate and ignore the mail is the best option for this. Such mails try to play on the recipient’s fear. It is easy to panic and fall into the trap. However, they are usually Spam. Z should carefully evaluate the contents of the mail to validate it’s authenticity. Z must not opt for A and B as this will give the criminal an upper hand.

True. Most cameras have a feature to embed location co-ordinates in the photo. When you upload a photo to social media this information also gets uploaded. It is possible to turn off this feature in cameras. It is also possible to auto-remove this information via the privacy settings.

Cyber Swachhta Kendra (https://www.csk.gov.in)

All of the above. A weak password is easy to guess and crack. Once known people can use it to connect to your wifi network. Thereafter, they can misuse your connection for their own internet activity.
They can also take over the wifi connection and lock you out by accessing the router. Most ISP provided routers come with a default passwords. A list of these passwords is easily available on the internet. Additionally, the default router password is not usually changed.
Lastly, a criminal or a terrorist can take advantage of the weak password and use your wifi connection for malicious purposes.

It is not advised to use a shared computer for sensitive things such as online banking, specially in public settings such as cyber cafes, hotels etc.

Z had used their name and date of birth as their password. This is a very easy combination to guess and can be cracked easily. While most banks have some checks to prevent the usage of such information in password, it is advised to not use them as passwords at all.

Z closed the browser window instead of logging out. If someone else uses the computer shortly (within 5-10 mins) after closing the window, they maybe able to access Z’s account. Logging out ensures that session is closed and no one else can use it. Again, many banks have checks in place to prevent such situations even if you close the window directly but it may not be the case with every bank. So prevention is better than cure.

True. You can, however, disable online international transactions and also set spend limit on them via the self-service portal provided by the credit card issuer. If required, they can be re-enabled using the same portal.

False. Though Dark Web is most commonly talked about when referring to cyber criminal activities but it can be used for much more than that. For example, the anonymity offered by Dark Web enables journalists to communicate with their sources without any fear of their communications being intercepted.

All of the above.

A. https://cybercrime.gov.in
B. Helpline number is 1930
C. Nearest Police station - 112 / 100 Women helpline number is 181
D. Nodal Cyber cell - https://www.rbi.org.in/commonman/Upload/English/Content/PDFs/LNA100112C_M.pdf

Call them or their family members to check if they actually need money. It is always better to verify such requests via other mode of communication. If their Facebook account is hacked and you message them back on Facebook, mostly it will be the malicious hacker responding back.