Avanzo Cyber Security

Cyber-crime in all of its forms is one of the fastest growing areas of criminality. More and more criminals are exploiting the speed; convenience and anonymity that modern technologies offer to commit a diverse range of crimes, including attacks against computer data and systems, identity theft, the distribution of child sexual abuse images, and Internet auction fraud. The global nature of the Internet allows criminals to commit almost any illegal activity any wherein the world, which makes it essential for all countries to adapt their domestic offline controls to cover crimes carried out in cyberspace. It is a criminal activity committed on the internet. This is a broad term that describes everything from electronic cracking to denial of service attacks that cause electronic commerce sites to lose money. The following working definition has increasingly been accepted by Canadian law enforcement agencies: “a criminal offence involving a computer as the object of the crim...

The all-pervasive Internet is a solid breeding ground for online hackers. As per the FTC.gov website, the Federal Trade Commission has got more than 4, 90,000 consumer petitions for identity thefts in 2015. And cyber thefts continue to grow at an alarming rate. With the innumerable number of online sites popping up every second and the compelling need for the cyber-world increasing every day, we need to strengthen our cyber-security fencing in order to stop the cyber-attacks. Here are five steps to build your guard against the growing online thefts. ·          Do Compulsory Online Audits: Do a complete online audit on all the software you use. Decide on the software you can keep for the year and update them to the latest versions. Close all unwanted and unused online accounts. These outdated and unused accounts are easy targets for cyber-thefts. Moreover doing an online audit helps you to understand areas where you need to size up yo...

Avanzo Trust is an organization based in Kerala, India specialized in cyber laws and cyber securities solutions with nearly 7 years of experience. We have taken this initiative in the context of increasing criminal activities and deceits using the wide reach of cyber world following the proliferation of broadband and subsequent use of internet over cell phones as well as other web enabled equipment all over the country. Our campaign for prevention of cyber-crimes intends to give guidelines in handling issues related to the misuse of cell phones and internet. We at Avanzo are dedicated to educate the general public especially the adolescent and youth the possible vulnerabilities in the usage of mobile phones, internet and social networking sites. The trust is the brain child of Dr. Pattathil Dhanya Menon, a cyber crime investigator by profession and managing trustee of the same. She is the first woman participant in international cybercrime seminars from India and has won accol...