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Beware! 12.5 million emails hiding a ransomware have been let loose by Necurs botnet

  • Sakshat Karkare / 8 years
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If you weren’t careful with your incoming emails, then it’s time you should. Attackers have released 12.5 million emails hiding a ransomware called the Scarab malware. And Necurs botnet, the world’s largest email spam botnet, is being used in this attack. First, what is a botnet? A group of computers called zombies (these could also […]

INFOGRAPHIC: What is Phishing?

  • Sakshat Karkare / 10 years
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If truth be told, phishing has been one of the oldest and most effective tools for cyber criminals. Phishing scams are known to have started around the year 1995 and they have only grown fiercer and sneakier with time. While we are not deep-diving into this topic today, we have a simple infographic for our […]

5 Reasons Why You Should Not Unsubscribe from Spam Emails

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 11 years
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  • 5 min read

Do you receive a lot of unwanted and advertisement-filled emails in your inbox on a regular basis? If so, then you are certainly not alone as there are several people who receive plenty of such emails on a daily basis. Hackers and attackers usually receive email addresses in bulk from their sources or even send […]

Work from Home Scam

  • Soumya Patnaik / 13 years
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  • 3 min read

Yet another kind of social media scam that has come under the radar of security officials is the “work from home scam”. This blog explains how such scams work, and how can you steer clear from them. Work from home scams are mostly linked to people who are unemployed and look for jobs that can […]