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Beware! Email attachments can make you victim of spear phishing attacks

  • Prashant Tilekar / 7 years
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  • 5 min read

In the last few months, we’ve seen a sudden increase in Spear Phishing attacks. Spear phishing is a variation of a phishing scam wherein hackers send a targeted email to an individual which appears to be from a trusted source. In this type of attack, the attacker uses social engineering tricks and some business transactions or deals to […]

The website I visited behaves weirdly. I wonder if I’m hacked?

  • Pankaj Pachlore / 7 years
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  • 3 min read

After a busy day at office or business, you settle down on the sofa at home with coffee and you want to catch your favourite show on your phone or TV. While streaming you want to make a payment for your bills that are due. You connect to your Wi-Fi network. Hey, wait! Are you […]

Beware! The padlock icon and HTTPS are no more indicators of safe website

  • Sushmita Kalashikar / 7 years
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  • 3 min read

The evolving cyber threat landscape has taken a new leap. The recent past shows a startling rise in the number of incidences of phishing attacks, where visitors have been lured into clicking fraudulent links, under the cover of security marks like padlock icon and ‘HTTPS’. Considering the rising number of fraudulent websites pretending to be […]