Staying Safe Online This Social Media Day

Social Media Day Social media is an integral part of almost everybody’s life today. Be it to connect and communicate with friends, to run our businesses or to promote a product, event or cause. Mashable recognized the role that social media plays in our lives back in 2010, commemorating the first Social Media Day on

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Microsoft’s Ramps Up Windows XP To Avoid Cyber-Attacks

One cannot easily forget the recent WannaCry ransomware attack. The cyber-crime messed with machines with older versions of Windows. It affected around 250,000 computers in over 150 countries. With this, it has become very important to think about what could be the future internet security threats. And how to deal with them. Microsoft’s Step To

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“Tweet” Like A Bird. Not Like A Bully.

Twitter is a very successful social networking platform based in San Francisco, California. Through Twitter, people tap into the lives of their friends and big shot celebrities. The social networking platform is also helpful to communicate with other users. However, some regions have put a twitter censorship in place due to several reasons. Tweets Any

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Australian Government Allots A$15 Million Funding For Cyber Security

Small businesses are the easy targets for e-crimes. The Australia government gives A$15 million funding to discourage cyber security threats for small business. The world has indeed turned into a global village. Thanks to the easy availability of internet and the recent innovations in the field of technology. We are very much dependent on the

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Indian Government Steps Up Vigil On Bitcoin Transactions

The Indian government is keeping a watch on the companies dealing with bitcoin. The main reason for this is to protect the common man. Cryptocurrency’s Strengthening Value A while ago, hackers demanded bitcoins as a payoff to disinfect the hacked computers. At this point, the cryptocurrency started gaining a limelight. As a result, the value

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WannaCry Ransomware Cyber-Attack

Virus attack, malware, spyware, adware, etc., are some of the well-known threats in the cyber world. But in the recent times, ransomware is much in debate. This is the deadliest infections of the all. WannaCry ransomware cyber security attack is the most recent one. This badly affected computer networks in more than 150 nations. These

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President Donald Trump Signs Executive Order On Cyber Security

Why Is Cyber Security Essential? Cyber security is vital for everyone. As almost all of us share important information over the internet. Such sensitive data include bank account details, company information, important trade figures and other personal data. But, the hackers are smart enough to even target the companies offering the digital security services. Such

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Facebook And Google Face A $100 Million Phishing Attack

With almost everyone becoming internet savvy, internet security has become a major cause of concern. The internet security is of utmost importance to everyone as the data are extremely vulnerable in today’s world. We hear news related to phishing, frauds and other problems. These issues not only plague common people, they target big corporate as

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Google Averts G-Docs Phishing Scam

About 1 million Google Docs users became the target of a dangerous phishing scam recently. However, the company was able to effectively neutralize the phishing email attack within an hour. In order to stay safe, you should refrain from giving away your user credentials on any such website, as it may only be a phishing

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Financial Firms Lose Half A Million Pounds Per Cybersecurity Incident

Kaspersky Lab and B2B International have released new data from the Financial Institutions Security Risks 2016. The report reveals that the expenses related to cyber-attacks on the financial firms are mounting as the firms face increasingly modern threats. For each cybersecurity incident, financial firms witness losses of over half a million pounds (£742,003) on average.

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