Last year, hackers hacked and put down crores of websites in India were hacked. Furthermore, Lakhs of websites are blacklisted by search engines every week. Thousands of them get permanently banned. You must have received the warning – “This site … Read More
(1) Active X Active X is an add-on of the Windows Operating System that some websites require to view certain elements or take actions. Criminals use Active X to create or add malicious Active X controls to web pages to … Read More
When it comes to cyber security, attackers exploit the vulnerable areas of a target. The Cyber Blog India short-listed some mistakes we make on a daily basis. Downloading third-party apps: Several people download paid apps from third-party app stores and … Read More
Two-factor authentication provides an extra layer of security to your account. It provides a method of combining two different kinds of login approaches to add some extra security, but that’s not enough. 2FA is stronger than password-based authentication, but it … Read More
India is the third largest smartphone market in the world and the market still continues to grow every second. People change phones every 6 months. Roaming around with the latest gadgets has become the new definition of “cool.” With a … Read More
A video has recently gone viral about Samsung’s “secret chip” that breaches your privacy. It allegedly is stuck on the battery and it accesses your private videos and pictures and dumps them on to Samsung Servers. Preachers of this weird wild … Read More
Who doesn’t like a new method to lock apps? Some tweaking and figiting with your phone is always fun, isn’t it? How about using a touch screen “touch” pattern (Mind you, no drawing of patterns) or a volume button combination pattern … Read More
Facebook announces that it has introduced a new feature which will let the users add OpenPGP encryption keys to their profile so that Facebook can encrypt the emails it sends to them. Facebook has taken various steps in the past … Read More
With cyber crime rate on the roll across India, several organisations; both Government and private are working to help combat it. Along with the knowledge about these happenings it is quite necessary that one knows where to approach. The Department … Read More