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LinkedIn phishing attacks, new ransomware and other IT security news

Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
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In this week’s IT security news, LinkedIn users are increasingly under threat of new phishing campaigns. A new form of ransomware has been discovered and several other interesting developments have taken place. Keep reading for some insights into these news stories. LinkedIn users under threat by new phishing campaign This campaign is designed to divert […]

Have you used the ‘last account activity’ feature of Gmail yet?

Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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3 min read

Gmail users have several security features at their disposal to prevent hackers and other malicious attacks. If you are suspicious that your account has been hacked you can make use of the ‘last account activity’ feature to check for irregular account behavior. In the past we have highlighted how to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) for […]

Round-up of the security news updates

Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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2 min read

Website collects addresses of users who tweet the word ‘home’ This interesting website scans user tweets for the word ‘home’. If the person who tweeted the word has location tracking switched on, the website uses the location data and saves it as the address of that user. This information is then published on the website […]

Security news updates from the last week

Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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2 min read

Indian power grids are vulnerable to cyber-attackers The recent power outage in North India caused mayhem and now officials have said that it is possible for cyber-attackers to hack into the Indian power grid. There is a surprising lack of defense protocols in this sector and this is the cause for tremendous alarm. CERT-IN (Computer […]