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FREAK Attack – Android and Apple Browsers at Risk

Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
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4 min read

A new Internet vulnerability is affecting popular SSL clients across the web. Eerily named FREAK, this flaw allows malicious parties and attackers to force servers to automatically downgrade to weakened ciphers. Once this is done, the attackers can easily crack all encrypted communications of these weakened servers through advanced Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) attacks. If all that […]

You’ll Love These Simple Ways to Improve Android Battery Life

Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
37
4 min read

Extending the battery life of Android smartphones and tablets is not only a major point of concern for Android users, it is also a crucial aspect for phone manufacturers to keep in mind. Screen sizes of phones and tablets are getting larger, and this increases the load on battery performance. In this post we will […]

Lenovo Users – This is how you can remove the Superfish Adware

Sakshat Karkare / 11 years
2
3 min read

In case you are unaware, Lenovo has been shipping some of its consumer notebooks with a preinstalled adware called Superfish. This software makes it possible for hackers to steal sensitive user data like passwords, banking information, etc. Scroll down to know more about this adware and how to remove it from your PC. Chinese computer […]

10 Tips to Stay Safe Against Cricket World Cup Online Scams

Sakshat Karkare / 11 years
56
3 min read

This Cricket World Cup, stay safe against hackers and online scammers by following these few simple security measures. If there is anything that the entire world eagerly awaits after FIFA World Cup, it is the ICC Cricket World Cup. Held every four years, it is rated as one of the world’s most viewed sporting event. […]

How to Reset Your Browser – Chrome, Firefox & Internet Explorer

Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
35
3 min read

Several of our readers often write in to us asking about popup ads that cannot be disabled, adware applications that take over the default search engine and home page of their browsers and other such questions. In cases where running a scan and deleting the malicious program from the PC also does not help, we […]

Alert: Ransomware Infections on the Rise

Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
91
7 min read

Overview: Over the last year or so, there has been tremendous growth in the number of ransomware attacks that have been spotted in the wild. Cybercriminals have effectively cracked this ‘business model’ and are generating a significant amount of money through this attack mechanism. What was once an attack technique that was aimed solely at […]

The Best Password Managers and Why you Should Get One

Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
15
5 min read

When it comes to web passwords, an average Internet user holds about 26 different accounts, but only has 5 different passwords to access them. This is an alarming statistic as it leaves almost all online accounts of users vulnerable to hackers and password leaks. Now we understand that creating passwords that are hard to crack […]

LinkedIn Phishing Email Scam Alert!

Sakshat Karkare / 11 years
38
3 min read

This is security advisory for our readers who have LinkedIn accounts. We have been made aware of a phishing email scam that is targeting LinkedIn users. Scroll down to read more about this. Users of the popular business-oriented social networking service LinkedIn are apparently receiving emails that seem to be from LinkedIn support. In these […]

Data Privacy Day – Tips to Protect Your Data and Privacy

Sakshat Karkare / 11 years
27
4 min read

Last year, if our readers can recall, we had an interesting discussion on Data Privacy Day (DPD) and also shared some useful tips on how to keep our data safe. Well, we are here again. To refresh our memory, DPD is observed across the world with a centered approach towards respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and […]

WhatsApp Plus Users Face Temporary Ban by WhatsApp

Sakshat Karkare / 11 years
42
3 min read

If our readers can recollect, last year we had a blog post about the arrival of WhatsApp Plus, a third party/modified version of WhatsApp. Just yesterday, we were made aware of an interesting incident about this app. Read all about it below. A couple of days ago, users of WhatsApp plus were greeted by the […]

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