Cyber Security - Different Truths

April 14, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cyber Security

Keylogging: Boon or Bane

Keylogger is a hardware or software plugin which can secretly capture all the keystrokes entered through the keypad of a typing device without the knowledge and consent of the...

April 12, 2018
IPA Service
Cyber Security

Always Listening, Always Recording Masters of the Universe: No Matter Phone on or off, Snooping is on

Facebook has data about complete strangers, never logged, never clicked ‘like’ or ‘share’. That is the bigger cover-up. Tech giants like Facebook and Google, besides being evasive, are also...

March 31, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cyber Security

Beware of Fake Celebrities Created by SocBots

Social Networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc – recently Facebook has been accused of malicious electoral influence (though still in debates), it might probably have been made...

March 28, 2018
Mahima Sharma
Cyber Security

How to Secure Online Data in the Wake of Facebook Data-Leak Scandal

In the backdrop of the Facebook data leak scandal in the United States during Trump’s election, Mahima tells us how she has been securing her data since a long...

March 24, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cyber Security

Stay Alert against BlueSnarfing at Free Public Hotspots

BlueSnarfing is comparatively a topical cybercrime wherein attackers establish a clandestine connection with wireless gadgets via ‘Bluetooth’ technology, gain unauthorised access to victim’s device and remotely steal information...

March 17, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cover Story, Crime, Cyber Security, Security, Terrorism

Are you Helping Terrorists through Stego Videos?

Cyber terrorists have started exploiting Steganography as a gear to blast malicious contents beyond borders to spy on our digital habits like internet browsing history, device locations, standby timings,...

March 10, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cyber Security

Vishing Attack: Cybercrime over Voice

With the advent of telecommunication technology, the attackers have also come up with an innovative strategy to fool users through fake phone calls. It utilises similar deceptive techniques of...

February 28, 2018
Mahima Sharma
Cyber Security

Will Palm Vein Patterns become the New Identification?

A new identification technology based on palm vein recognition has been developed by a former army officer. Mahima finds out more about this innovative approach, in the weekly column,...

February 24, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Crime, Cyber Security

Dumpster Divers Can Bankrupt You the Easiest Way

A renowned cybersecurity consultant, Reetwika warns us against dumpster divers, who collects discarded items from a garbage bin (dumpster) and makes money by vending them to a reseller. A...

February 17, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Crime, Cyber Security

Does Your Smartphone Have Salami Theft Alert?

Salami thefts are aimed mostly against two types of targets – individual or organisation and that defines the course of the attack. Cases where individuals are targeted, their money...

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