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What is Phishing? A Deep Dive into the Phishing Attack Mechanisms with Tips

  • Amruta Wagh / 4 years
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Phishing is a technique used to steal credentials, personal information & financial details of a user. The attacker sends email or text to spoof the target, luring them to open malicious links or attachments. The most prevalent ways attackers attempt phishing attack are through social networking sites, SMS, and email notifications. We see a sudden […]

Imgur security breach: If you use Imgur, then change your password immediately!

  • Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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Popular image-sharing site Imgur has issued a notification through its official blog about a security breach that impacted 1.7 million users. This breach had occurred back in 2014. The company learned about this from security researcher Troy Hunt. What was compromised in the Imgur security breach? Data of 1.7 million Imgur user accounts was compromised in […]

Common Password Mistakes

5 common password mistakes and tips for creating stronger passwords

  • Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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While technology has leaped from earth to the extraterrestrial, we have not given up on our habit of taking passwords casually. In this post, we have outlined some of the most common password mistakes that people make and some really simple tips for creating better, stronger, and secure passwords. 5 common password mistakes most of […]

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INFOGRAPHIC: The State of Passwords in 2015

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 10 years
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UPDATE – May 5th, 2016 Achieving cyber security is getting harder every year, and the most critical aspect of this process is passwords. With so many different passwords to remember for every individual, there are several loopholes which need to be secured. Have a look at the infographic below to know the Do’s and Don’ts […]

Security Habit to Make: Strong Passwords for Stronger Security

  • Antara Biswas / 10 years
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In continuation to the first part of Security Habits to Break and Make in 2016, this one is the second part that talks about choosing strong and not-so-constant passwords. No.2 Security Habit to Break: Having devices that are not password protected. No.2 Security Habit to Make: Create complex and strong passwords for your device and […]

Dropbox Security: How to Activate Two-Step Verification

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
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Dropbox is a file hosting service with more than 300 million users all over the world. Simply put, it is one of the most well-known and widely used cloud storage services around. Available on all desktop and mobile platforms, Dropbox is also the cloud storage service of choice for thousands of business enterprises. However, there […]

Your Passwords Are on the Way Out, Leave it to Twitter

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
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If there is one thing we could change about the Internet today, it would most certainly be the dissolution of the need for passwords to access web-based accounts. An average Internet user today has around 10 passwords that he needs to remember at all times. Moreover, these passwords need to be unique, hard to remember […]

5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked and Other IT Security News

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
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This week the world was rocked by the news that close to 5 million Gmail passwords were released in a Russian forum by a hacker. Google claims only a small percentage of these are valid accounts. However, the threat is real and all Google users should change their passwords as soon as possible. Read on […]

1.2 billion passwords stolen and other IT security news

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
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A massive data breach was discovered in Russia recently wherein more than 1.2 billion passwords have been stolen. This is one of the biggest data breaches in recent memory, and we recommend that online users change their passwords immediately. Read on for other IT security news from the week gone by as well. Kanpur Police […]