Cyber Security Tips Archives

  • 12
  • Jan2021

Blackmail Investigation: A Case Study

Blackmail Investigation: A Case Study

In today’s digital world, online dating is very relevant in the lives of many individuals worldwide. Relationship fraud is one of the fastest growing crime types and is becoming a scary reality. It is a confidence trick, where the scammers will contact the victim through social media networks, dating sites, or other means, and will […]

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  • 08
  • Mar2020

Attackers Spread Malware via Fake Website Certificate Errors

Attackers Spread Malware via Fake Website Certificate Errors

In the recent days, cybercriminals are found to distribute malware by using a new technique of inviting victims to install a malicious “security certificate update,” when they pay a visit to any compromised websites. Yes, the attackers distribute security certificate update requests, making an attempt to damage the victim with backdoors and Trojans by making […]

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  • 10
  • Dec2018

A Glimpse on the Blockchain Security – Its Trends and Implementation

A Glimpse on the Blockchain Security – Its Trends and Implementation

All of us have stored our data online in some way or other. There are many times, where we share our utmost private information in the platforms that we use every day, without even being aware that our data is being collected. There are many users, who conceal their most valuable data with a weak […]

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  • 28
  • Nov2018

Social Media Protection – A Checklist of Practical Tips

Social Media Protection – A Checklist of Practical Tips

Awareness is necessary when it comes to Social media protection and cyber blackmailing. By following the below steps, you can make sure to be protected against them. Set up your social media pages (even if you don’t plan to be active), and keep them updated. Enable two-factor authentication for all your social media accounts and […]

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  • 19
  • Nov2018

Make Your Organization a Harder Target for Cybercrime

Make Your Organization a Harder Target for Cybercrime

Cyber-threats have become a scary reality for practically in every business field. We must also be aware of Spammers, who attack and hack into to take over a user’s account. Hackers carry out activities like Bulk messaging Spreading malicious links Fraudulent reviews Sharing undesired or excessive content Click baiting Phishing Malware attack System hacking By […]

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  • 14
  • Nov2018

Clues to Spot “Fishy” Emails – Phishing Awareness

Clues to Spot “Fishy” Emails – Phishing Awareness

This real incident happened in the year 2016 – ‘Three employees at the University of Kansas failed to receive their recent paychecks, only later they realized they were deceived by the fraudsters.’ One day, the employees at the University of Kansas received an e-mail, asking them to update their payroll information. The scammers had used […]

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  • 12
  • Jul2018

Did you know – Your Whatsapp Account can be hacked in 30 Seconds!

Did you know – Your Whatsapp Account can be hacked in 30 Seconds!

Did you recently get a request from someone from your contacts list on Whatsapp asking for a verification code? Beware! It could possibly be a scammer, on your contact’s Whatsapp, who is making the request, just to invade into your Whatsapp account. This is a new variant in scam, here the scammers get hold of […]

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  • 26
  • Jun2018

Never Use your Office Laptop for ‘Personal’ browsing – Beware!

Never Use your Office Laptop for ‘Personal’ browsing – Beware!

When you browse your personal data on your Office Laptop, think twice!!! It is because your personal data is never safe on the office laptop! Though you might try hard to keep your personal and professional lives apart, there is one place, where many people slip – their office laptop! You might think that you […]

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