Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 16: At a one-day training program on “Recent Trends in Cyber Crimes: Challenges, Impact and Prevention, & New Laws in J&K” conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration, J&K Regional Branch, J&K Civil Servants were educated about the fast-emerging digital trends, new techniques & ‘innovations’ being adopted by the cyber scamsters.
First of its kind, the program was attended by thirty middle rung officers of the Administration besides a large number of Central Govt pensioners, members of the civil society and IIPA. The program was presided over by B R Sharma, State Election Commissioner & Chairman, IIPA, J&K RB and attended among others by Dr Ashok Bhan, Patron IIPA, J&K RB.
A well-known Cyber Expert and SSP CICE, J&K Mohd Yaseen Kichloo delivered a very illuminating lecture on new trends of Cyber Threats and Cyber Security with special reference to AI enabled crime like deep fake Digital arrest/pig butchering/ cyber slavery, Post quantum encryption.
Kichloo emphasised the need for awareness of the dangers confronting users of mobile and other technology driven gadgets. He listed many preventive tips to save users from cyber frauds and hacking.
Interesting part of the lecture was the practical session for checking whether mobiles of the participants were hacked. He advised to dial *#21# and said: “If it is disabled then it is okay but if it is not, then the * (star) call forwarding is enabled. If call forwarding is to be disabled then Dial ##21# to remove call forwarding.”
When the audience posted “ https.www,haveibeenpwned.com,” on their email, most of their email accounts were found to be compromised. This warranted a fresh and strong password.
Later, Joint Director Prosecution, Crime Headquarters, Laeeq Ahmad Dar talked about new Laws enacted recently by the Parliament.
B R Sharma in his presidential address, said that India suffered a financial loss of Rs 1740 cr in first three months of 2025 and there is a scary estimate that world over cyber-attacks would lead to loss of 10.50 trillion dollars by the end of 2025.
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