2020 will be remembered for a lot of sweeping changes and online classes are definitely on top of that list. Even the idea of teachers using Zoom or Microsoft Teams to teach their students would have been laughable as early as February 2020. When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered down the entire world, schools and educational […]
The end of a year is a time for celebration and hope. As 2020 draws to a close, the world will hope to ring in the New Year with a prayer that 2021 will provide a break from the chaos of the current year and provide the normality that we all deeply crave. And so, […]
“What are my kids doing online?” It’s a question that can give parents sleepless nights. With every generation, the devices become smarter and the kids even more so. Your teenage son or daughter probably knows far more about different social media platforms and how to use them than you. But you’re scared as well. As […]
A software engineer wanted to sell his washing machine. He placed an advertisement on an e-commerce website and was approached by an interested buyer who offered to buy it for INR 16,000. The buyer who had called the software engineer told him that he would transfer the money online. This buyer sent an engineer a […]
If you’re a parent and haven’t been in touch with gaming for a while, you’d be surprised at how much it has changed. Gaming is no longer the single-user experience that you may remember from the 1990s or the early 2000s. Today’s games are full-blown experiences centred around communities that see players participating in the […]
Like most things in life, starting early gives you an advantage, even when it comes to cybersecurity. Today’s kids are no strangers to digital devices. They grow up surrounded by an array of laptops, tablets and mobile phones around them. A recent study suggested that most children owned a mobile phone by the age of […]
Apple has come up with a new OS called Big Sur 11 which has been released on 12 Nov 2020. This post lists some of the highlights of this OS and compatibility with Quick Heal products. Key highlights 1. Biggest Design Upgrade Since the Introduction of Mac OS X 2. A Faster, More Personal, […]
The Internet is full of the dangers irresponsible social media usage can cause. Here, at Quick Heal, we have written at length about how social media is used to commit financial frauds and how you can check that your social media accounts are safe by answering a few questions. For all the fear around social […]
Here’s a hypothetical scenario. You consider yourself a model user in all matters of cybersecurity. You have an active, updated antivirus solution with a strong firewall, your operating system is patched with the latest updates and you run scans regularly to ensure that you’re never at risk. You also follow proper cybersecurity hygiene by maintaining […]
Phew, an unprecedented year finally seems to be coming to an end. To put it mildly, it’s been a year of crises with the biggest one, the COVID-19 pandemic, changing the way we live. But finally, there’s a little bit of celebration in the air as the sounds of Navratri/Durga Puja, the lights of Diwali, […]