'Cyber security has come to hit us in a big way'

Pavan Duggal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India (Cyber law Expert)

“Just after 15 days of the WannaCry attack, a new malware called Adylkuzz has come in the vector which is going to attack our systems remotely. Our systems are said to still work but the malware will capture all the processing power so that it can be used for generating digital currency, Monero. Detected on 21st April, this malware is going to be even bigger than WannaCry. European news says that the malware has already collected a million Euros and it is going to be big. If we see the statistics across the globe, ransomeware has gone massive. Cyber security has come to hit us in a big manner. In India, Aadhaar is potentially the most unsafe thing that you can think of for the fact that India has not put in place adequate cyber security frameworks. It has been successful only in guarding the central data repository but the concern should be about the big Aadhaar eco-system.”

Pavan Duggal was enlightening the audience on the present cybersecurity situation in the country at the 15th VARINDIA INFOTECH FORUM held in New Delhi on 25th May. The VARINDIA INFOTECH FORUM entered its 15th year by bringing together the who’s who of the ICT industry, IT consultants and senior government officials and PSUs and setting up a platform for a day-long event consisting of power-packed sessions of technical presentations, panel discussions and discourses on issues impacting the technology landscape and, most importantly, business networking. The theme of the 15th INFOTECH FORUM was – “Digitization and Role of IoT for Next-Generation Enterprise”.