Hackers Infiltrate Stack Overflow Q&A site- no evident data breach One of the notorious question and answer site for programmers publically disclosed that an unknown hacker managed to infiltrate the sites production system on May 11, 2019. A flagship site of the Stack Exchange Network, founded by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky in 2008- Stack Overflow has about 10 million registered users along with 50 […]
Tremendous, Irreparable Damage Caused by the Most Significant Breaches Within the Past Three Years According to a Bitglass report, publicly traded companies who were a victim of the worst data breaches caused a 7.5 percent decrease in the stock price. The most extensive data breaches occurred over the last three years on pub.icly traded companies was researched by Bitglass to uncover cybersecurity trends and the amount of damage weak […]
Digital Footprinting and its Prevention You may have no idea from where they are deciding to hurt you. But that is the internet, and you cannot dodge the internet, but you can dodge these attacks by not leaving a Digital Footprint behind and by playing the smart game. You should show them that if they are smart enough to follow […]
What Type of Data Does a Website Collect About You and How Can You Prevent It? Perhaps the last thing on our minds whenever we browse through our social media feeds, is regarding the digital shadow we leave on the websites we visit.
Identity Theft an Open Gateway for the Acceptance of More Security-improving Friction The amount of individual ending up as victims of identity theft is increasing at an alarming rate. However, the financial crimes are unable to grasp the impact of the theft upon the victims. According to the president and the CEO of Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)- Eva Velasquez, “There are many victim services organizations that […]
Monero- Privacy Coin Promising Complete Anonymity Bitcoin is being forced to share the cryptocurrency market as developers are coming up with an array of alternative digital currencies. These coins are quick to gain popularity as the developers are laboring over to design digital cash that can be prominent in conventional commerce and finance. One of the most prominent of these “altcoins” […]
Hackers Exploit WhatsApp’s 0-day Vulnerability to Spy on Phones WhatsApp has recently patched up a flaw in its security system that allowed hackers to secretly install spyware on a few “selected” smartphones. The attacker spied on the user of the phone by simply placing a WhatsApp audio call on target phone numbers. This ‘Pegasus spyware’ is developed and weaponized by the Israeli company NSO […]
Cryptocurrency Hacks Still on The Rise – What will Happen to the Industry? Cryptocurrencies, which were once a close associate to hacker and underground network, have gone quite popular since the past two years. In 2017 they valued sky-rocketed to an impressive $20,000 but however declined the next year. But apart from the ups and downs faced in the market, the world’s most notorious cryptocurrencies are in much […]
Heedless of warnings,people don’t change passwords A recent survey carried out by Bilendi on behalf of GMX- the European email service provides alarming findings related to password usage. The study which was conducted with a total of 1,050 participants concluded that about 64% of people use the same passwords for most or all of their online accounts. Apart from that, there […]
Ivacy VPN Review- How Useful It Is? If you are looking for a VPN service which provides secure and anonymous browsing along with super-fast speed and allows you to stream the internet with complete freedom than Ivacy VPN should be your choice. Ivacy VPN is one of the leading VPN service available in the market these days and is enriched with all […]
