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Going by the adage “Prevention is better than cure”, it’s high time we adopted the defensive approach in cybersecurity. Ask any sensible cybersecurity expert and he could endorse the view that it’s the defensive approach that works the best when it comes to cybersecurity. Kicking off the 2018 Black Hat Conference, Black Hat founder Jeff […]
Disabling ad-blocker at Forbes will unleash a malware Web publications usually ask readers to disable ad blockers if visiting their websites with AdBlock on. It is understandable since publishers rely upon advertisements for income and therefore, want users to not turn on adblockers. But for a reader, it becomes quite irritating to let adverts ruin […]
Hackers pieced together zero-day vulnerabilities in Flash and Internet Explorer 9+ to attack financial services and defense contractor employees visiting Forbes.com, according to security firm researchers, Invincea and iSIGHT Partners. In November 2014, the site’s Thought of the Day (ToTD) page, which is displayed briefly upon visiting the site, was compromised. On first visit to […]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only Indian in Forbes’ most valuable athlete brand list. He is ranked fifth after the likes of Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Phil Mickelson and Maria Sharapova. MS Dhoni landed on the list with a brand value (can also be called Dhoni’s Net Worth) of USD 20 million in […]
The hardcore supporters of Syrian President Bashar-Al-Assad from Syrian Electronic Army have hacked the American business magazine Forbes. As a result of hack, a story with the heading of “Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army” was added to the list of articles written by Forbes’ Travis Bradberry, Matthew Herper, Andy Greenberg, John Dobosz, Steve Forbes (the chairman and editor-in-chief of […]