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With the increased intrusion of technology, the threats of security breaches into out internet-governed lives have increased manifold. Each day we get tons of spam messages, emails and phone calls from the phishing attackers who want to penetrate your accounts and personal information. Talking on the same line, today I’m going to tell you about […]
Since the last two years, the privacy focused search engine DuckDuckGo has witnessed a phenomenal 600% growth. The search engine was launched back in 2008 by Garbiel Weinberg and nobody expected to make any impression on the search market dominated by Google. Now after the seven years of its launch, this Philadelphia-based startup DuckDuckGo has […]
Microsoft’s dedicated website to fight the US government surveillance and privacy breachings has just been hacked. While Microsoft is aiming to bring improved security features to the users in Windows 10, it looks like the company forgot to secure its own systems. The website named Digital Constitution was launched in 2013 by the Redmond just […]
Just when you thought that you’ve had enough social networking today and you definitely need a new social network around, here comes another one that promises to be different in a different manner. Minds.com takes aim at the confusing privacy features of Facebook calls itself the first open-source and encrypted social network. Just like a […]
The vintage Ask toolbar that you can spot in your computer’s web browser has now been termed as threat to your PC as Microsoft has said that it can limit the amount of control you have over your search. This has been made clear as an update to Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center Site earlier this […]
In a report earlier his month, it was reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is flying spy planes over the American cities regularly. They fly over your homes and disrupt the phone services apart from collecting your data. Well, this hasn’t been received as a surprise as the government agencies are known to […]
DDOS aka Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources. Attacker target a wide variety of important resources and present a major challenge to making sure people can publish and access important information. We have seen many DDOS attack in past few […]
It was just the last week when people found out that iPhone could be crashed just by sending a particular text message. In the wake of this iPhone flaw, here comes another security concern regarding the Apple Computers. This problem leaves most Macs at-risk is sleep state without detection. These Macs that enter a hibernation […]
From the stage of Google I/O 2015, Google’s Regina Duggan introduced something that wants you to forget the passwords and become one yourself. Google’s Project Vault is a secure computer that is entirely contained on a micro SD card. According to Google, this micro SD card format makes sense because mobile is the future and […]
Do you know that not all web sites honor the native Do Not Track feature of your web browser? Even in the incognito mode, websites can still collect some data from you. Recently in a blog post, Mozilla wrote that with the Tracking Protection feature enabled, the decrease in page load time is as high […]
As a result of a midnight session, the American Senate has voted down the USA Freedom Act- the basis of NSA’s mass surveillance programs. Without its renewal, the National Security Agency won’t be able to collect the bulk phone records of the people. During the session, the Senate debated to reach a consensus to reform […]
Are you good at programming and do you call yourself a computer expert? Here’s a chance to earn a million miles and spend it on traveling by air. The United Airlines is willing to reward you with free “miles” for your expertise if you are able to find a bug in United Airlines’ site. The […]
Lack of some elementary security measures can risk your router’s security and this has stemmed to grow into a large-scale denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks using these hacker-controlled routers. A web security firm Incapsula has discovered a new router based botnet Mr Black while investigating some DDoS attacks against its customers since this December. Hackers exploited routers’ […]
TunnelBear is one of the most loved VPN (Virtual Proxy Network) services because of its simplicity and clean interface. Now, the company has decided to make this service even handier by launching an extension for your Google Chrome browser. So, now you can maintain your privacy more easily. Keeping aside the advantages of the anonymity, […]
In a surprising development, Russia and China have signed a cyber-security deal this Friday when Xi Jinping visited Moscow this week to celebrate the World War II’s end. According to the experts, these countries have signed a treaty to agree on not to conduct cyber-attacks on each other. It should be noted that recently China […]
With its upcoming Windows 10 release, Microsoft is focusing on security more than ever. At this year’s Microsoft Developers Build Conference, the software company tried to reaffirm the same notion. One of the new systems launched at Build 2015 is Windows Hello. What is Windows Hello? Windows Hello is company’s brand new biometric security system […]
In the recent past, Facebook has brought more power to the users and now they can control all the information they’ve shared on their Facebook accounts. You can go to your Facebook privacy settings and limit the visibility of posts, pictures and whatnot. Many of you would have set the privacy of your friends list […]
Google’s recent study shows the effect of the Ad Injection in our digital media. We already know and hate the ad frauds, ad blockers, and ads that aren’t viewable. Now this dreadful list is extended with one new component for scammers to earn revenue from the internet users – Ad Injection. In basic terms, it […]
Cyber criminals and security researchers face each other each day in a never ending battle. Both are two sides of a single coin – one tries to create hazardous programs and malware, and the other one works to find better ways to secure the networks and systems. The threats faced by the security systems continues […]
Here’s a news that will cheer up all the activists, criminals, activists and whistle blowers. Now they have got a new tool called USBkill to save themselves by shutting down the computer before the sensitive information will be examined. USBkill turns your USB into a kill switch once activated. It’s a program – a computer […]
The hacktivists of Anonymous are once again back in the news with their latest attack. A hacker claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous broke into the World Trade Organization database and made the personal information of thousands of officials public. Hacker injected malicious code into the flawed ecampus.wto.org domain. This website provides online courses in […]