Tag: security

The use of Artificial Intelligence has helped IT professionals to predict and react to cyber attacks quicker than ever before. AI seems to have taken over everything from ordering food at a restaurant, speech recognition and task automation. One of the areas where AI has touched is cybersecurity. Experts argue that it has opened the doors for defenders and...

If you are using Google Chrome, this post is for you! And, it requires immediate action!!Update Chrome browser right now!! and save your OS. Google identified a "Zero-Day" vulnerability that could directly throw in and run malicious code impulsively into your operating system. Google named the threat as "Zero-day" vulnerability because the malefic works of hackers are executed in zero...

For billions of internet users, the phone number is the key to unlock their digital profiles. The Facebook users, however, find it more annoying that their number could be used to 'look into' users' profile and take over their personal information which is highly infectious and intolerable. Despite claiming to use phone number only for two-factor authentication (2FA) process to secure...

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,...