Tag: security

Google celebrated the Safer Internet Day on February 5, 2019 by gifting a new security tool which automatically warns Google Chrome users if it suspects a data breach.With password hacks and other data breaches becoming a daily occurrence, a huge amount of user data is compromised every day. To put things in perspective, personal details of 30 million Facebook...

If you are one of those active users of PayPal, this could be alarming for you. There's a new trojan virus on the prowl now. And it plans to take all your money away from you through the Paypal app. Let us sit back and look at this digital nuisance a bit more clearly.The most important thing about computer viruses, especially...

Good news for all WhatsApp users! For all the users who were tired with the spam links forwarded on WhatsApp, that more often than not contained malicious downloads, you all can heave a sigh of relief. WhatsApp has finally stepped up and solved the prolonged issue of receiving such spam links. Amidst increasing concerns regarding the circulation of fake...

How easy is it for tech-giants like Google, Microsoft and Facebook to deceive and nudge users into divulging their private details?It is a cakewalk! Cloaked in the illusion of providing a privacy-control measure, they manipulate users, with take-it-or-leave-it choices or obscure privacy intrusive defaults.According to recent findings by a consumer advocacy report by the Norwegian Consumer Council, Google and Facebook are allegedly manipulating users into...

In the era of internet and mobile, it's next to impossible that one can refrain himself from carrying multiple digital presences. According to a recent study, on an average, each internet user has 7.6 active social media accounts, and the figure increases when we screen only the young internet users, aged between 18 and 24 years. But, how serious these...

A groundbreaking new experiment, conducted by scientists from Hefei University in China, has now made the possibility of a fully secure internet a reality. The team, led by Professor Jian-Wei Pan, have managed to set a new distance record for beaming a pair of entangled particles. These particles are photons of light whose quantum state is dependent on each other. What this...

Internet security has always been a major concern for the stakeholders in this digital era. Billions of users are active on different social media sites which involve their credentials, personal information, personal messages and pictures. To keep the users' accounts safe, Facebook is reportedly buying leaked passwords from the underground black market. Facebook is working round the clock to...

The celebrations of 500 million monthly active users on Instagram didn’t go the way Mark Zuckerberg would have thought. The Facebook founder shared a photo of his to mark the celebrations of the new milestone. But the moment that made Zuckerberg talk of the town was when some of the observers noticed that the Facebook founder had put tape around his...

It is no secret Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is graduating with each passing day by introducing new features and carving a niche to enclose its users, and transform itself into a one-stop destination for all type of internet users, be it advertisers, marketers, brands, or avid content readers. With everything under one roof, it is imperative for Facebook to ensure the...

In an attempt to heighten the security features in the Android OS, Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is reportedly offering data encryption in its upcoming Android platform - Android L, by default. Simply put, only someone with decryption keys can decrypt the available data which may include photos, text and other media communication. With encryption enabled out of box, it will give...

China has a history of banning world’s leading tech companies in the country; In case of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) the only difference is it’s not done yet, but apparently its heading towards the same faith. In a recent development, Chinese media have accused Apple iPhone for being a threat for the national security because of its ability to track...

Last month, we discussed why Google Play Store is more vulnerable in security aspect than Apple App Store. The main reason why users more rely on Apple App Store is that the company pre-screens all apps prior to publish them. On the other side, Google Play Store does not pre-screen all apps before publishing, but provides permission list while...

Recently the malware threat level is sprouting in the Android platform. Hackers are targeting over the Android Platform to steal, earn and even spread Malware. For instance you can take a look back at the 100,000  Android devices in China that were attacked by malware (Trojan).Android market is has been doubled in Q2, 2012 compare to same time in 2011. In Q2 alone,...

In past few months Facebook has rolled out several updates and features to tap the attention of users as well as to increase users base which is currently more than 800 million. Today, it has introduced an option known as “Edit the Headlines”. This new option will help users to edit the headline of the links which they post on...

Yesterday, the largest U.S. telecom company-AT&T- announced that  hackers have targeted the company to access personal data of the company’s customers.  The company has also announced that hackers used so called auto-script technology to gain illegitimate access over customers' phone numbers. However, AT&T has tried to play down the incident by sending an email to customers to ensure their data...

Password plays an important role in determining the nature of users. Its strength determines how well user's mental status is and how much he/she is concerned about his security. Many of the users take password security lightly which led to increase in cyber-crime over internet. In last one decade, hacking of accounts on social networking sites or any other...