13 Tips to Avoid Online Scams this Festive Season

Before you get on a shopping spree with so many offers running rampant on the Internet, here are 13 tips to avoid online scams this festive season. Tip#1. Never click on pop-up advertisements, even if they look genuine. Tip#2. Don’t respond to unwanted or unexpected promotional emails, even if the sender looks familiar. Tip#3. Shop […]

“The Rock Passes Away!” – Beware of this Facebook Hoax!

Most of us are familiar with WWE superstar Dwayne Douglas Johnson, popularly known by his ring name ‘The Rock’. Although we miss watching him tussling with other wrestlers, we do get to see him in movies. But unfortunately, we will never get to know what the Rock is cooking, because according to a latest Facebook […]

This Week’s Quick Bytes on IT Security News and Updates

2,900 Online Banking Infections Hit India in the Second Quarter of 2013 Reportedly, the second quarter of 2013 witnessed a whopping 1,45,000 online banking infections globally. 2% of this figure, which comes to 2,900, appears to have occurred in India. Security analysts were able to detect a malware that redirects customers to phishing sites, where […]