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Here's an attack on Chris Gayle, not by any bowler, most of whom he demolished easily this IPL season, but by malicious code makers. According to security technology company a McAfee's study on 'India's Most Dangerous Cricketer' which researched this season's top celebrities of the cricketing world on their risk quotient in the Indian cyberspace Christopher Henry 'Chris' Gayle, took the top slot. He was followed by Brett Lee and S Sreesanth, according to the security technology company McAfee.
Commenting on the findings of the study, V Krishnapur, vice-president of engineering (CMSB), McAfee India Centresaid, "Cyber criminals constantly leverage famous personalities and very cleverly time their attacks to coincide with popular events in luring people to websites with malicious software. In the context of the ongoing cricketing leagues, cyber crooks are leveraging famous cricketers for their nefarious gains. During such events, eager cricket crazy fans are motivated to search for photos, videos, score and stories of their favorite cricketers online and in that moment of weakness they are lured into clicking malicious links that puts them at considerable risk."
Cyber criminals follow the latest trends, often using the names of popular celebrities to lure people to malicious sites designed to steal passwords and personal information. Fans looking for results on search engines using strings such as 'name of cricketer' combined with words like 'free downloads', 'hot pictures', 'wallpapers', and 'videos' are at risk of running themselves into malicious sites.
The study for 'Most Dangerous IPL Player' used the McAfee website rating which indicates the sites that are risky to search for cricketing celebrity names on the web and calculate an overall risk percentage. The top 10 cricketers with the highest risk scores in the Indian cyberspace are:
Rank/Celebrity
1) Chris Gayle - The famous Jamaican player and former captain for the West Indies team, best known for his inimitable Gangnam style jig is ranked no. 1 with a total of 32 infected search results.
2) Brett Lee - The Smiling Assassin and one of the fastest bowlers, Brett Lee ranks 2 nd with a total of 31 infected search results.
3) S Sreesanth - The all-rounder who has recently been in the news for spot fixing charges, ranks 3 rd with 30 infected search results.
4) Yuvraj Singh , the famous Indian cricketer and cancer survivor, ranks as the 4th Most Dangerous cricketer with 29 infected search results.
5) David Miller, A powerful middle-order batsman and an outstanding fielder who smashed a 38-ball century in IPL 2013, is the 5th Most Dangerous cricketer with 28 infected search results.
6) Dale Steyn, South Africa's express bowler ranks as the 6th most dangerous cricketer with 27 infected search results.
7) The 7th slot is a tie between two star batsmen - Kevin Pietersen and Kieron Pollard with 26 infected search results each.
McAfee reveals Chris Gayle as this season's 'Most Dangerous Cricketer' in Cyberspace - The Economic Times
Commenting on the findings of the study, V Krishnapur, vice-president of engineering (CMSB), McAfee India Centresaid, "Cyber criminals constantly leverage famous personalities and very cleverly time their attacks to coincide with popular events in luring people to websites with malicious software. In the context of the ongoing cricketing leagues, cyber crooks are leveraging famous cricketers for their nefarious gains. During such events, eager cricket crazy fans are motivated to search for photos, videos, score and stories of their favorite cricketers online and in that moment of weakness they are lured into clicking malicious links that puts them at considerable risk."
Cyber criminals follow the latest trends, often using the names of popular celebrities to lure people to malicious sites designed to steal passwords and personal information. Fans looking for results on search engines using strings such as 'name of cricketer' combined with words like 'free downloads', 'hot pictures', 'wallpapers', and 'videos' are at risk of running themselves into malicious sites.
The study for 'Most Dangerous IPL Player' used the McAfee website rating which indicates the sites that are risky to search for cricketing celebrity names on the web and calculate an overall risk percentage. The top 10 cricketers with the highest risk scores in the Indian cyberspace are:
Rank/Celebrity
1) Chris Gayle - The famous Jamaican player and former captain for the West Indies team, best known for his inimitable Gangnam style jig is ranked no. 1 with a total of 32 infected search results.
2) Brett Lee - The Smiling Assassin and one of the fastest bowlers, Brett Lee ranks 2 nd with a total of 31 infected search results.
3) S Sreesanth - The all-rounder who has recently been in the news for spot fixing charges, ranks 3 rd with 30 infected search results.
4) Yuvraj Singh , the famous Indian cricketer and cancer survivor, ranks as the 4th Most Dangerous cricketer with 29 infected search results.
5) David Miller, A powerful middle-order batsman and an outstanding fielder who smashed a 38-ball century in IPL 2013, is the 5th Most Dangerous cricketer with 28 infected search results.
6) Dale Steyn, South Africa's express bowler ranks as the 6th most dangerous cricketer with 27 infected search results.
7) The 7th slot is a tie between two star batsmen - Kevin Pietersen and Kieron Pollard with 26 infected search results each.
McAfee reveals Chris Gayle as this season's 'Most Dangerous Cricketer' in Cyberspace - The Economic Times