Do you know how a spear-phishing attack actually achieves the end result of acquiring loads of personal data? What is a malware downloader used in a spear-phishing attract? Let’s find a few answers.
The target organization, institution, or individual is sent emails in…
The world of the Internet is filled with cybercriminals and scammers who can take down anyone the moment they are off guard. “How can I be safe online?” – you may ask. You need to be cautious at every step as the virtual world is full of real threats…
The Internet of things can be an evil lair of cybercriminals whose prime objective is to steal money and data from people. One such way of harassing people is by using botnets. So, what are botnets and why are they dangerous?
A botnet can be described as a number of…
What is bot-driven traffic and how can we avoid it? The traffic on the ads and web pages that is from non-human sources refers to bot traffic. Such type of traffic usually belongs to software apps meant for running automated and repetitive tasks that are known as…
A lot of phishing and hacking attempts are based on what’s the most trending thing on the Internet. Perpetrators and online scammers use celebrities and big events for phishing attacks in order to exploit users.
Now, it’s important to understand how phishing…
Let’s take a deeper look at what is and how can we avoid ransomware.
Did you know that ransomware is a kind of malware that can encrypt your files that you can no longer access? You need to then pay a ransom as demanded by the perpetrators to have your files decrypted…
Phishing, in practice consists of email containing URLs (links) to doubtful domains. How do we avoid phishing via tricky domains? How can we spot them?
For instance, you receive an email (promting you to verify your account by providing any of the following: name…
Protective Measures Against COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Phishing Attacks: How To Stay Safe?
March 31, 2020
Cyber Exploiters wait for opportune moments to trick users and launch malware attacks, phishing campaigns and ransomware attacks on users. The reason behind this is that it is easy to take people into confidence during certain scenarios that impact the world massively.
Did you know that you can be a victim of malvertising while browsing on a legitimate site? Wondering what could be the consequences of it? Let’s have a look at malwertising and how can I protect myself against it.
Well, let me tell you that malvertising involves…
Malware, or also known as malicious software, is any piece of software or file designed by cyber-criminals with the sole intention to cause harm to a computer or server network without the user’s knowledge.Here are a few tips on what is malware and how to stay…
