In the latest research it is revealed that, some of the latest TLDs (Top-Level Domains) such as .men, .work and .click are the riskiest and most misused domains over the internet. Ofcourse, there are many rogue .com and .net TLDs as well but research reveals these are lesser misused than the one mentioned before. Some […]
Stay protected from Domain Spoofing – Know all about it!
What is spoofing? Cyber criminal can easily impersonate or forges domains, IP or Email ids to steal confidential information . Such domains, IPs or Emails are just a lookalike of the original Authorized identity that carries no scope of doubt for the Recipient, making it impossible to identify the actual Fraud for which he will […]
How to differentiate rogue URLs from the authentic ones
How can you identify if the domain is authentic or impostor? The answer may depend on your knowledge of Domain Spoofing and your familiarity with the IDNs International Domain Names. But there is one more point where you can take care to authenticity of DNS, your web browser. Using punycode, registration of domains in foreign […]
Why Blockchain may not be the elixir to internet security
Every architect, builder and designer knows that the right tool can solve the most difficult problems in a jiffy but at the same time, that tool cannot be right for all the situations. There are a lot of confusions running around regarding Blockchain. Many consider it equivalent to bitcoins although both are different, bitcoin being […]
Top 3 cyber security concepts for 2018
Cyber security is taking a new turn every year. Its very crucial to stay updated with the latest cyber security concepts and solutions to thrive in the market. The 2018 RSA Conference was exceedingly productive and proactive in bringing out latest cyber security concepts instead of relying on the outdated, legacy ones. Here is a […]
Maintaining Control is vital to Data Protection
It is of prime importance to any organization to identify sensitive information and control access to it. Data Protection is one of the important 20 CIS Controls defined by Council on Cyber Security. A data classification scheme should be in place to recognize the sensitivity of the data and classify it into various levels. Once […]
Beware of Fake Email IDs
A lot of scams are happening via fake email IDs. Whether you are an IT employee, bank employee or a home maker, be careful while opening emails as well as replying to the emails. In the past also we have seen many such incidents where many people have become victims to such fake email ID […]
Internet Explorer Zero-day “Double-kill”
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code, host website and lead the victim to view compromised websites. Kaspersky and Qihoo360 independently discovered this zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2018-8174)Â for Internet Explorer […]
Cryptojacking Attack hits Aditya Birla Group
A big cryptojacking attack took place first time in the country last month. The target was the Aditya Birla Group – one of India’s largest business conglomerates headquartered at Mumbai. 2000 plus computers were infected by cyber criminals for cryptojacking – a cyber attack where hackers misuse the victim’s terminals and exploit their processing power […]
ODNS would be an internet security breakthrough
The DNS is essentially a phonebook for the Internet’s domain names. When any device makes the first request over the internet, the first step is typically is to look up to the domain name in the DNS for the corresponding IP address to send request to. Generally DNS query are sent in cleartext, revealing significant […]
