For students and young adults

Cyber Safety for Students

Protect your accounts, learning, opportunities, and reputation while you study and build your digital life.

Recognise the risks

Threats Students Face

  • Fake scholarship scamFraudulent websites collect personal details by promising scholarships.
  • Social media impersonationFake accounts pretend to be friends or teachers to extract information.
  • Online gaming fraudFake free-diamond or UC offers are used to steal login credentials.
  • SextortionBlackmail using screenshots or edited media is a crime. Report it immediately.
  • Fake job offersA part-time job that asks for money upfront or bank details is a warning sign.
  • Online relationship manipulationSomeone builds trust, requests intimate photos, and then threatens or blackmails you.
Everyday protection

Digital Hygiene Tips

  • Use a strong, unique password for every platform.
  • Enable two-factor authentication on important accounts.
  • Do not open links in direct messages from strangers.
  • Check the URL before entering login details.
  • Treat any job asking for money first as a likely scam.
  • Verify fee requests through official college channels.
  • Avoid banking on public Wi-Fi.
Account and reputation

Social Media Safety

  • Keep Instagram and Facebook profiles private.
  • Do not publish your live location.
  • Assume that any chat can be screenshotted.
  • Never share intimate photos with anyone online.
  • Report and block impersonation accounts quickly.
Build better credentials

Password Strength Guide

  • Weak — ram123, password, abc123, 123456
  • Strong — R@m!Kerala#2024 — 12+ characters with mixed case, symbols, and numbers
  • Useful approach — Use a memorable phrase and make it unique to the account.