This week’s been quite an eventful one, with Facebook bringing in hashtags and Mumbai police force facing the brunt of cybercrime. Read on. Facebook Hashtags – Exciting or Worrying? If you never paid attention to your privacy settings on Facebook, then it’s time you started doing so. With the Social Media giant bringing in Mr. […]
Beginning of the school year is a delicate time for children and youth. If academic expectations are not enough, children seem to believe that they are expected to live up to peer-pressure as well. This is always accompanied by insecurities and complexes. There are helplines, guides and mentors that exist in the physical world, but […]
Already planning for the weekend, good! But first, let’s see what security news and updates various anti-virus experts have for us! Zeus – the Global Malware is Back! A popular fan book page – “Bring the N.F.L. To Los Angeles”, as New York Times has reported, is housing the notorious malware program of 2007 called […]
Let’s catch up on some important news and updates related to IT security. Guess What’s New on the Platter of Chinese Hackers? – U.S. Weapon Designs Looks like Chinese hackers are leaving no stone unturned; reportedly, they hacked their way into the designs of more than 2 dozen weapons of the United States. No identification […]
Here’s this week’s edition on some important and interesting news and updates on online security. Yahoo Japan Hacked – Officials Warned Users to Change Passwords After discovering a hacking attempt into its ID serves, Yahoo Japan has warned its users to change their passwords. According to the company, 22 million user ids might have gotten […]
Here’s a quick roundup of this week’s latest news on what cyber criminals are up to and what security officials are doing to tackle them. New York State Attorney General advises phone giants to beef up security In what may be called a thoughtful step to curb the black market, Eric Schneiderman, New York State […]
In an earlier post, we had discussed various tricks that cyber criminals use to get what they want. This infographic explains how the tricks are effectively executed to hack the human mind.
Cyber criminals can devise various ways to get what they want from you. Manipulating people into carrying out certain actions or giving away confidential information is known as Social Engineering. And this is a rampant form of exploitation. Why? If you can get access to anything you want just by deceiving someone, why waste time […]
Adobe Systems has released improved versions of Flash Player, Shockwave Player and ColdFusion to patch critical vulnerabilities in these. As stated by Adobe “these vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system” The new versions of Flash Player for Windows and Mac (Flash Player 11.7.700.169) and […]
This post is in continuation with our previous post on Instagram and will discuss how you can control your privacy in the app. In Instagram the key word is ‘public.’ Once an Instagram profile has been created, anyone can browse these online profiles and “follow” other Instagram users. Here comes the tricky part. How do you […]
