Decoding Dark Web

Unlike its dubious peers, the instant loan app didn’t ask for access to his personal details, and promised to lend Rs 10,000 within two hours of filling up some basic credentials. It took Balaji Vijayaraghavan barely 30 seconds to download SnapIt. And an hour later, he received a text message from his bank, saying that Rs 1 lakh was debited from his account. It was a typical case of data breach. The criminology graduate handled the situation firmly. He immediately blocked all his bank accounts and got in touch with Save Them India Foundation, a non-government organisation, to investigate the cybersecurity aspects of the incident. Balaji discovered that although he did not log into the app, neither gave access to any other apps like contacts, camera or gallery, the hackers managed to invade his phone with 59 malwares. The fraudsters actually hijacked his phone and used it to send...