Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime

The proliferation in the spread of cyber crime through social networking platforms can be attributed to our adoption of social media as an inseparable part of our daily lives. Innocent people often obliviously end up providing their phone numbers and e-mail IDs on their social media profiles which can be used by cybercriminals in a detrimental way. Additionally, perpetrators also resort to social engineering to coerce victims into revealing confidential information while being completely in the dark about the magnitude of adversity it could make them end up in.

We have stepped into an era where every individual carries the repertoire of all their personal data in their pockets – a smart phone. It has become our ultimate choice as a storage medium of passwords and other confidential data, and as an e-wallet for purchases and payments. This makes us more susceptible to financial frauds, subscription frauds, mobile stalking, sexting, data thefts and online identity threats.

With the reach of the internet having become wider, it has become easier for one to spread derogatory statements about an individual to a worldwide audience within a short span of time. It could be done through offensive posts, messages, videos, memes and the like. Cyber criminals can also disclose the victim’s personal information on various immoral websites.

Digital Impersonation is one of the worst forms of online reputation tampering in which someone else assumes your identity online. The impersonator could hack into your real accounts, or post objectionable contents purporting to be you.

It could be quite emotionally exhausting to have someone stalk and harass you in the cyber world. Often law enforcement agencies do not have the know-how and training to investigate such cases, and that is where IFF Lab comes into the picture. Our team of investigators, forensic analysts, hacking professionals, and litigation support team, help in the establishment of legitimate evidence that could be taken to the court of law or be used to initiate a lawsuit.

Have you off lately observed any unusual changes in the behavior of your child or next of kin? Beware, he or she may be a victim or a potential victim of cyber bullying!

“Children in India reported the third highest online bullying rate, after China and Singapore.”

“Blue Whale – a notorious suicide game played online has been linked to at least 130 teen deaths across Russia and has claimed at least 3 teen lives in India since the beginning of 2017”

Cyberbullying is when one is tormented, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, threatened or targeted by another child, preteen or teen through the Internet, on any of the available digital platforms.

The widespread reach of the Internet has endangered our civilization, especially children, in many obnoxious ways, one of which is the sexual targeting and abusing of children online.

In February 2009, the Parliament of India passed the “Information Technology Bill” banning the creation and transmission of child pornography. However, children all across the globe continue to fall prey to pedophiles, in complete obliviousness of their guardians.

This has emerged as a notoriously widespread tool to take revenge against women by jeopardizing their modesty and reputation online. Perpetrators usually make illegitimate use of the victim’s online identity and communicate as a sexually explicit person using their real name and photograph.