Shahrukh Khan, Taapsee Pannu, Anushka Sharma Named In Most Dangerous Celebrity List 2020; Know What It Means

According to a recent study, these 10 celebrity names are being used to target users with the riskiest online search results in India.

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New Delhi: Portuguese striker Ronaldo has topped McAfee's Most Dangerous Celebrity list 2020. Other popular celebrities on the list include Shahrukh Khan, Taapsee Pannu, Anushka Sharma, and Arijit Singh.  Renowned Computer security software company McAfee has revealed the results of its research that aimed to identify the top 10 popular celebrities who are being used for the riskiest search results online in India because of the malicious sites and viruses linked to pages when their names are searched. According to the India-specific study, the top 10 celebrities from this year are:

• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Tabu
• Taapsee Pannu
• Anushka Sharma
• Sonakshi Sinha
• Armaan Malik
• Sara Ali Khan
• Divyanka Tripathi
• Shahrukh Khan
• Arijit Singh

Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the online activity of people in India and in other countries across the world has seen a significant increase, as besides work-related searches, people also are heavily relying on the web for their entertainment. So seeing the opportunity, hackers have also taken advantage of this trend on the basis of consumer behaviour to execute their scam strategies. Hence, people are advised to not go to any anonymous websites, click on an unknown link or download any media file sent by strangers, to protect their digital security. WATCH | Sushant's death a suicide, says AIIMS report