It has been evident now that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sharp spike in digital payments. According to a report, mobile wallet transactions are expected to exceed USD 1.36 trillion by 2024 in India. An estimated 23.5 billion mobile wallet transactions were expected to be carried out in 2020. Another report stated that […]
This week too was quite an eventful one for the IT Security world, as the others in the past. It included a tale about how a $50,000 Twitter account was hacked, arrest of a CEO, Angry Birds, and ChewBacca – the new malware in town. #1. An interesting tale of how a man lost his […]
Anonymous recently used YouTube to declare an impending attack on Zynga (and maybe Facebook) on Guy Fawkes Day. That’s today, November 5. Notably, this is not the first time that Anonymous has caused concern on this specific day. Guy Fawkes has come to symbolize the online hacking community and the Guy Fawkes mask is the […]
Scammers behind this PayPal scam send PayPal users an official looking email asking them to verify their account or identity. The email is addressed as “Dear PayPal Customer” and the email looks like an official PayPal email. It also carries an .html file as an attachment. The mail misguides users by saying “You have added […]