Adequacy of Internet Filtering Questionable

It’s risky to allow kids surf Internet without any restrictions. So, Internet filtering is vital to protect kids from the unsafe side of the cyber world. The whole new world of Internet fascinates kids these days. As sad as it sounds, to half of the population, the Internet is everything. They depend on the Internet

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Financial Firms Lose Half A Million Pounds Per Cybersecurity Incident

Kaspersky Lab and B2B International have released new data from the Financial Institutions Security Risks 2016. The report reveals that the expenses related to cyber-attacks on the financial firms are mounting as the firms face increasingly modern threats. For each cybersecurity incident, financial firms witness losses of over half a million pounds (£742,003) on average.

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Facebook’s Live Location raises privacy concerns

Facebook has added a new feature ‘Live Location’ to its Messenger texting app. Although the Live Location is making it easier for your friends and family to know your whereabouts, it is also raising Facebook privacy concerns. The feature allows you to convey your live location to the loved ones for a specific time. Facebook’s

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Information Security May Go For a Toss in the US

Have you at any point contemplated how critical is the web for you? The appropriate response must be yes! Each of us, some way or the other, is particularly dependent on the internet. Life has turned out to be so natural with web based shopping, web based banking, online administration, and so forth. With such

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How to Ensure Data Security

Data theft mainly involves stealing of sensitive information. It is important that you take appropriate measures to maintain data security. Your data becomes more vulnerable when your devices are connected to open public Wi-Fi hotspots. In order to keep your data secure, it’s important to have a clear idea about data theft and how to

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What cybercrime is all about

With so many fraud cases in the spotlight recently it’s hard to figure out how to protect yourself. International internet fraud, virus attack or identity theft on Facebook … cybercrime has many faces and still continues to grow. Here is a focus on what internet fraud is and how to protect yourself against it. Internet

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Gamers are a key target for cybercriminals

Gamers start becoming indeed key targets for cybercriminals: they steal their data from their game accounts and those of their virtual objects whose value may reach thousands of dollars for some of them. One of the biggest hacks of all time, of Sony’s PlayStation Network in 2011, reportedly resulted in 77 million account holder details being

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Russian underground market for phishing campaigns

Phishing paswword: how to protect yourself from this! Sadly but not surprisingly enough, Russia enjoys one of the most active underground markets for cybercrime: there, cyber hackers can fix their all sophisticated scams and necessary tools to arrange cyber attacks. Recent investigations have unveiled how this is a well-organized market, especially for phishing activities. Researchers found

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Last McAfee security report or how everyone can easily become a cybercriminal

IT security is becoming always more important. In its latest report on cybercrime, McAfee explains why cybercrime is growing and how hacking or “piracy on demand” contributes to this development. In September 2016, the McAfee Labs researchers provide an update on the changes that have allowed anyone to simply become a cybercriminal. You just don’t

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