Priyanka topped the study which highlights how cybercriminals use celebrities to take advantage of fans
Mumbai:
Actress Priyanka Chopra has toppedthe list of the most dangerous celebrities in the Indiancyberspace this year followed by Bollywood superstars ShahRukh Khan and Salman Khan, according to a study.
Priyanka knocked off Sunny Leone, who topped the list lastyear but dropped to the ninth position this time, in the studyby security software maker McAfee.
Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar were in the top five inthe study which highlights how cybercriminals use celebritiesto take advantage of fans seeking more information about theiridols.
"In India where celebrities enjoy demigod status,cybercriminals often use their names to lure people to siteswhich host malicious software designed to compromise personaldetails and disrupt devices," McAfee India Centre VPEngineering (Consumer and Mobile Business Group)Venkatasubrahmanyam Krishnapur said.
This year, searching for a celebrity's name, withsearch terms like "wall paper", "videos" and "nude pictures"resulted in the highest instances of malware-laden sites.Chopra, showed 79 infected search results, while Shah Rukhwas at the second spot with 75 malicious sites, Salman rankedthird, with 68 infected sites.
The top-10 list was rounded off by Saif Ali Khan, megastarAmitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Leone and Hrithik Roshan
Priyanka knocked off Sunny Leone, who topped the list lastyear but dropped to the ninth position this time, in the studyby security software maker McAfee.
Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar were in the top five inthe study which highlights how cybercriminals use celebritiesto take advantage of fans seeking more information about theiridols.
"In India where celebrities enjoy demigod status,cybercriminals often use their names to lure people to siteswhich host malicious software designed to compromise personaldetails and disrupt devices," McAfee India Centre VPEngineering (Consumer and Mobile Business Group)Venkatasubrahmanyam Krishnapur said.
This year, searching for a celebrity's name, withsearch terms like "wall paper", "videos" and "nude pictures"resulted in the highest instances of malware-laden sites.Chopra, showed 79 infected search results, while Shah Rukhwas at the second spot with 75 malicious sites, Salman rankedthird, with 68 infected sites.
The top-10 list was rounded off by Saif Ali Khan, megastarAmitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Leone and Hrithik Roshan
