Yes, you read it right! “123456” has been labelled as the most commonly used and obviously the worst password of 2013. SplashData, a California-based company, comes up with an annual list of the 25 most common passwords used by people online. The list for the year 2013 was topped by “123456” closely followed by “Password”. […]
Let’s have a quick look at what types of scrupulous plans and tricks cybercrooks came up with this week. #1. A recent scam that is doing the rounds on Facebook is a post that claims to show a footage of a zookeeper being swallowed by a giant snake. This is but a scam and there […]
As the tree of Facebook is growing exponentially and making the world even smaller, it is also getting crowded with scrupulous hoaxes and scams. For an unaware user, it is difficult to tell these hoaxes from genuine Facebook posts or status updates. In this blog post we have outlined some of the most common scam […]
The trend of online shopping has grown exponentially over the past few years, and odds are, it is only going to grow. If we talk about India, it has close to 10 million online shoppers. As of 2013 the country’s e-commerce market was worth $16 billion; 88% more than what it was in 2012. Although, […]
Thanks to a new feature in Gmail, anyone with a Google plus profile will be able to e-mail you, even if they are a complete stranger. And as obvious it is, you can also reply them back. Now if you think this new feature is not so cool, and would like to opt out of […]
Time for another roundup of the latest IT security news, updates, and alerts for this week. 1. Thanks to Gmail, strangers now can email you. Know how from this post. 2. Yahoo Mail finally gets 100% HTTPS encryption. Read more about it here. 3. Snapchat is sorry for the data breach of its 4.6 […]
This video will tell you in short why your Android device must have Quick Heal in it.
In an earlier post, we had shared some quick facts about the new and improved Quick Heal 2014 product series; particularly about its Advanced DNAScan technology. In this post, we will understand how this technology works. Gone are the days when malware were a mere recreation or whims of computer enthusiasts. At the present time, […]
Let’s have a quick roundup of some of the interesting news that popped up in the world of IT Security this week. #1. 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and phone numbers spilled online by hackers. More of this news here. #2. Notorious hacking group, Syrian Electronic Army has its first kill of 2014 – Skype! […]
The family of mobile devices may not be so happy by what is being predicted about them. Recent research has labelled them as the biggest enterprise security threat of 2014. It is not the first time that mobile devices have been treated as a security threat to individuals and businesses. Taking Android for instance, given […]
