The term spoofing, in cybersecurity, means some kind of impersonation attempt made by cybercriminals pretending to be a name or personality that is easily trusted by the victims. This way, targets willingly reveal confidential information to the scammers.
The scammers…
Daniel Kahneman, a notable psychologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences introduced the concept of “WYSIATI.” It means “What you see is all there is.” Fact-checking is the process of investigating an issue to verify the facts…
SQL Injection involves the execution of malicious SQL statements in applications using SQL databases like MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc. Criminals and attackers inject malicious SQL statements to gain control over a database server of a web application. The SQL Injection…
Many of us might have come across the term adware before but may not be clear with what it exactly is: how it impacts our systems, how it acts as a threat to cybersecurity, and most importantly how to remove adware from our computers?
Adware is a type of program that…
Exploit kits can be described as automated programs that cyber exploiters use to exploit existing vulnerabilities in the systems or apps. Secret attacks can be launched when the victims are simply web browsing. Ultimately, some kind of malware is delivered and executed…
Cryptojacking or cryptocurrency mining involves the unauthorized use of someone else’s computer to mine cryptocurrency.
According to Avast report, cryptojackers commonly use GitHub as a host for cryptocyrrency mining software.
Comodo Cybersecurity found a malware…
Browser hijacking is the addition of small programs to the web browsers that we use to surf the internet. Hackers or software companies add these add-ons to the browsers without the consent or knowledge of the users in order to acquire information about the users. Here are…
Would you leave your card or money out in the open to be looted? No, that’s right! So, let’s try to understand how to protect your money from card skimming attacks.
In this era of the modernized banking system, monetary transactions are mainly conducted either with…
Perhaps the most prominent recommendation about maintaining your system performance is to regularly update the operating systems and apps of the devices you use. However, you need to know how to avoid fake software updates.
An essential step is to patch security holes to…
Do you know what’s in stock for cybersecurity breaches and security threats in this decade? What could be the possible outcomes and what would be their best solutions? Which future security threats are the most dangerous?
As per expert predictions, multitudes of…
