Beware.
Katrina Kaif is beautiful but she is the most dangerous celebrity in
the Indian cyber space, followed by Deepika Padukone. That's
according to internet security company McAfee's the 'Most Dangerous
Indian Celebrity' study.
Commenting
on the findings of the report, Venkatasubrahmanyam Krishnapur, senior
director, McAfee India, said, "In a celebrity crazy country such
as India, cyber criminals find it very lucrative to use the names of
popular figures as keywords to lure people to websites with malicious software." "This year's study found movie stars top the
''most dangerous'' list, while sports stars and politicians are among
the safest,'' he said.
Fans
looking for results on search engines using strings such as 'name of
celebrity' combined with words like 'free downloads', 'hot pictures',
'screen savers', and 'videos' are at risk of running themselves into
websites with malicious software and online threats designed to steal
personal information. ''Searching for top celebrities continues to
generate risky results,'' said Paula Greve, director of Web security
research at McAfee.
''Consumers
should be particularly aware of malicious content hiding in 'tiny'
places like shortened URLs that can spread virally in social
networking sites, or through e-mails and text messages from
friends.'' The study for 'Most Dangerous Celebrity' used the
McAfee Site Advisor site ratings, which indicate the sites that are
risky to search for celebrity names on the web and calculate an
overall risk percentage.
The top 10
celebrities in India from this year's study with the highest risk
percentages are:
- Katrina Kaif
- Deepika Padukone
- Kareena Kapoor
- Saif Ali Khan
- John Abraham
- Priyanka Chopra
- Aishwarya Rai
- Bipasha Basu
- Aamir Khan
- Shah Rukh Khan
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