The internet has certainly reduced the world to a global village today. Today, we can stay in connection with someone living in a different corner of the world. All thanks to the internet and social media. However, have you thought about how risky it is? To allow the internet to control a major part of
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Data theft is increasing day by day, with the growth in the use of cryptocurrency. According to recent news, a Tokyo based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck became a victim of a hack. It is obvious that financial institutions, including currency exchanges, opt for a great level of security. And if despite stringent security measures, Coincheck faces
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Your IT infrastructure calls for enhanced security, privacy, and customization. In the recent days, we have come across news where hackers install malware that logs your keystrokes. As a result, they easily hack your personal details- including banking and credit card details. That’s not it. You may also fall prey to cyber criminals who virtually
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The Indian government is keeping a watch on the companies dealing with bitcoin. The main reason for this is to protect the common man. Cryptocurrency’s Strengthening Value A while ago, hackers demanded bitcoins as a payoff to disinfect the hacked computers. At this point, the cryptocurrency started gaining a limelight. As a result, the value
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Internet security is one of the major concerns among the techies. The tech giant Google has shown this by rebuking the Symantec cryptographic certificates. The Google Chrome developers say the biggest suppliers of HTTPs credentials has mis-issued over 30,000 certificates. Therefore, bringing into immediate effect, Chrome has stopped recognizing the Symantec-owned certificates authorities. Hence, the
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Ransomware refers to this type of attack where a hacker locks a computer or file and unlocks it only against a ransom. This is the type of attack which is unfortunately most common, according to Europol, and it will get worse. In its annual report on cybercrime, Europol analyzes new threats that might affect online
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Dropbox has just revealed that 68 million emails and user passwords were stolen in 2012. A new leak which will certainly not be the last one. Dropbox, a US company that stores data in the cloud, announced last week that more than 68 million users’ accounts had been stolen, ie email addresses and passwords. The
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Kaspersky Lab’s latest report “Financial Cyber Threats in 2013” refers to cybercrime affecting this virtual currency. According to the “Financial Cyber Threats in 2013” conducted by Kaspersky Lab, malware targeting Bitcoin were quite frequent in 2013. The number of attacks against the crypto- currency has actually increased by more than 2.5 to achieve 8.3 million
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Orange is a major player in the French surveillance system. This has just been revealed by an internal document of the British secret service (GCHQ). Indeed, in this note, it is said that the French secret service (DGSE) has worked closely with “a French telecommunications operator.” But the description of the telecom company specific skills,
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