Sensuous Queen Trisha Krishnan has emerged the hot favorite among cyber criminals. She has been named the most dangerous celebrity based on the risk quotient of Kollywood stars in Indian cyberspace.cybercriminals have created about 80 infected websites in her name that lure unsuspecting fans to sites laden with malware to steal digital information, reveals a study by a security technology firm.
In Tamil Industry top five celebrities whose names have been used to create such fake websites are Arya (63), Surya (62), Samantha (55) and Vijay (50), says security tech firm McAfee that researched Tamil culture’s most famous people to reveal riskiest celebrities across the web.
This year, searching for a celebrity name coupled with the search terms ‘wallpaper’, ‘videos’, ‘nude pictures’ resulted in the highest instances of malware-laden sites.
“In India where celebrities are given the status of demi gods, cybercriminals often use their names to lure people to sites that host malicious software designed to compromise personal details and disrupt devices,” said Mr Venkatasubrahmanyam Krishnapur, vice-president of McAfee India Centre.
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