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Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:59:51 +0000

In yet another incident of bank fraud, Paul (name changed for privacy reasons), a Mumbai-based man lost Rs. 1.3 Lakh from his bank account. Here’s what happened based on the story narrated by him in a Facebook post. After linking our Aadhaar card to bank accounts and PAN, we are…

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MalwareBytes Security

October 11, 2017 admin

A new kind of Apple phishing scam

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:15:19 +0000

A new method for phishing Apple ID passwords on iOS would be indistinguishable from a real iOS password request—what are the ramifications?

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October 11, 2017 admin

How a ransomware infects your computer [INFOGRAPHIC]

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:11:19 +0000

Education is a constant process – it never stops. While we have spoken about ransomware at great lengths in the past, there is no reason why we should not be doing that again. Ransomware is probably the most dreaded cyberthreat that can strike anyone and at anytime unless we prepare…

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October 10, 2017 admin

How does a ransomware infect your computer [INFOGRAPHIC]

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:11:19 +0000

Education is a constant process – it never stops. While we have spoken about ransomware at great lengths in the past, there is no reason why we should not be doing that again. Ransomware is probably the most dreaded cyber threat that can strike anyone and at anytime lest we…

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Independent MotherBoard Security

October 10, 2017 admin

The iPhone’s Constant Password Popups Are a Hacker’s Dream

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:06:10 +0000

PSA: be careful where you type your Apple ID password.

Independent MotherBoard Security

October 10, 2017 admin

Beware the iPhone’s Constant, Easy-to-Phish Password Popups

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:06:10 +0000

PSA: be careful where you type your Apple ID password.

MalwareBytes Security

October 9, 2017 admin

A week in security (October 02 – October 08)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 20:26:06 +0000

A compilation of security news and blog posts from the 2nd of October to the 8th of October. We touched on the VB2017, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and more.

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Tags: adware IoT malware phishing VB2017

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October 6, 2017 admin

Out of character: Homograph attacks explained

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 15:00:10 +0000

Online and on traditional media, we hear and read about different kinds of cybersecurity attacks that sometimes we get overwhelmed with the terminologies. Most of us grasp what phishing attacks and denial of service (DoS) attacks are, but how familiar are we wit

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Tags: Explained homograph attacks phishing script spoofing Social Engineering typosquatting visual spoofing

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