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Google is having one of the major outages in recent times. Google services got disrupted, impacting thousands of users, and the majority of users are reporting that they are unable to login into their Google account. Gmail for mailing,YouTube for watching videos,Google Drive for saving data,Google photos to save photos, Google meets to attend meetings, […]
According to Visa, An e-commerce portal is a virtual place where the consumer can do more personalized shopping with a wide variety of options available. This whole experience has become very convenient. The key thing with e-commerce is that it is not just splashing big but is also changing very fast, -increasing security threats to […]
Cybersecurity professionals have approached their work with a specific focus on network perimeter in recent years. The idea of a Zero Trust-IT environment emerged and is one in which data, endpoints, and systems are protected by limiting access to them. Zero Trust isn’t a product or service but an approach to cybersecurity which means – […]
According to Microsoft, a hacker, or group of hackers, compromised the account of a Microsoft support agent between January 1, 2019 and March 29, 2019. The support representative handled technical complaints. Microsoft sent out notification emails on Friday to some Outlook account owners alerting them of a breach the company suffered. Below is the copy […]
Smart Devices users often get excited with the latest software & patch updates promising new functionalities and security benefits. What if the update is compromised at the source making your provider the distributor of the malware? That’s what happened with about a million users of ASUS products, first reported by Motherboard(vice.com). The servers of the […]
IT security in 2019 is no longer going to be just about protecting sensitive data and preventing hackers out of our systems. In 2018, ransomware attacks skyrocketed by 350%, spoofing attacks increased 250% and spear-phishing attacks increased by 70% in companies worldwide. If your organization’s cybersecurity is not up to the mark, it can potentially […]
For less than $20,000 in Bitcoins, any hacker can have access to some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites. Account records from this multi-gigabyte databases consist mainly of account holder names, email addresses, and passwords. These passwords are hashed or encrypted and need to be cracked before they can be used. […]
The war over how best to protect the US-Mexico border is severely impacting the nation’s cybersecurity and with the longest federal government shutdown in the history of this country underway, our cyber defense capabilities have taken a massive blow. While the short-term impact is severe, the long-term effects could prove even more catastrophic. According to […]
What Is GDPR and Why Should You Care As An American? What is GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation of European Union (EU) governing consumers’ private information which was adopted by European Parliament in April 2016 and came into action on 25th May 2018. How the firms approach data protection and […]
Cryptojacking is “jacking” or the unauthorized use of a computer system to mine cryptocurrency. There are many ways by which hackers can jack a system – the most popular being, an infecting website or getting the victim to click on an unsecured link via an email which downloads the malicious crypto-mining code on to the […]