( 2 min read ) Dangers of the Email Spoofer App App-savvy people beware. A new app is on the market that can launch a spoofing attack on you. 22-year-old Rupesh Bhandari was recently arrested for developing and deploying a Google Play Store App called Email Spoofer that can forge sender signatures on fake emails and steal money. The news […]
( 4 min read ) The Biggest ‘Cyber Heists’ of the Century Although we wish for the internet to be a safe place for our transactions and data handling, the bitter truth is that it’s not. While from one end, security providers are doing heavy RnD and advancements towards making the WWW bulletproof, there are hackers intensifying their counterefforts to […]
( 3 min read ) An update on the data protection law December brought in some good news as a hopeful end to 2019. With the whole security scenario getting more complicated by the day, the developments surrounding the Data Protection Law gave those of us involved in cybersecurity some much-needed morale boost. The Personal Data Protection Bill got the Union […]
( 4 min read ) With a little attention, as it turns out, one can spoof fake DNS responses using fragmented datagrams. How is it done? To match authentic DNS responses to their corresponding queries, resolvers and operating system check: Name of the query Type of the query Source/destination address Destination port (16 bits) DNS transaction ID (16 bits) The […]
( 2 min read ) Embracing cloud technology is no longer a choice but an inevitable business move. However migrating to cloud is not an easy step to implement. It requires an in-depth analysis starting from choosing the apt cloud platform for your business needs. With a lot of options available in the market it is really hard to narrow […]
( 2 min read ) Microsoft Office 365 is widely popular work office suite, among the SMBs. Hence, no doubt that it has become one of the favourite targets of cyber criminals for viruses, ransomware scams and phishing attacks. Last year we encountered some vicious ransomwares, like Wannacry and NotPetya, which had wreaked havoc across the globe affecting millions of […]
( 2 min read ) DDoS(Denial of Distributed Service) attack is a type of cyber attack that involves a large number of computers and huge volumes of traffic to overwhelm a server or network, slowing it or rendering it completely unresponsive. Victims of a DDoS attack consist of both the end targeted system and all systems maliciously used and controlled […]
( 2 min read ) Aadhar Card database is by far one of the largest government databases on this planet consisting of more than 111 crore entries of Indian citizens. It contains both demographic and biometric data of all the citizens across India. While the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has claimed its database to be secure with no […]
( 2 min read ) Cloud based security and analytics is a service model in which a key element of security or data analytics is provided through public or private cloud. Cloud analytics typically works on subscription pricing model or utility model (pay-per-use) pricing model. Key elements which make a service cloud analytics as per Gartner are- Data sources Data […]
( 2 min read ) Cloud technology has been growing for some time now and will become mainstream in near future. It has many advantages in terms of costs, flexibility, scalability and ease of deployment. It also has advantages in terms of security features but given the advantages there are multiple cons. The protection and data backup are major issues […]
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