Security

The deadline for filing your taxes is coming near and all the tax scammers are going to come out from their respective caves looking to cheat more people this season. Apart from these scammers, phishers also get busy this season because there’s lot of PII that’ll do rounds. Internal Revenue Service knows about these guys too and they have recently issued a notice: “As tax season begins this... Read More »

Who likes a slow computer? No one does. You wouldn’t like to open an application or a document and wait for it to open, right? This is not a movie, there’s no popcorn. Your computer needs to run fast! And there are ways to do it. To make sure that your computer is running at the fastest speed possible, you need to maintain it properly. Here are three easy ways to increase the computer speed. Malware... Read More »

Having antivirus software on your computer is a must. Virus destroys your computer and you always need to check for viruses on your computer if you want to stay safe. You can buy the antivirus software online but why buy software when you can use the free tools that are available on the internet. Here are five best free virus removal tools for your computer. Symantec Virus Removal Tool Symantec gives... Read More »

Evernote is one of those apps that looks so simple but achieves a lot. It allows users to store pictures, notes, documents, and other such things and helps in improving productivity of its users. Recently, the security team at Evernote detected a hacking attempt that was made on Evernote’s database. This database has personal information, like username, email addresses, and encrypted passwords of... Read More »

Top three ways to keep your computer secure Whenever you browse the Internet, remember, your computer is always at constant risk. At anytime your computer can get a virus infection and you won’t even realize it. And when your computer gets infected with a virus, the consequences can be really devastating. Getting worried? Here are five quick tips that can help protect your computer from all the... Read More »

Google is all geared up to improve its security settings with its next release of Chrome browser. It is now going to encrypt all search queries sent from the software. The next version of Chrome is now available in the beta channel and all searches will be encrypted using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL). When a browser uses SSL to encrypt any information from a browser to a website, then you get a green... Read More »

Wikipedia Foundation, the organization operating the popular online encyclopedia, has issued a warning to its users, telling them that if they are seeing adverts while browsing WIKIPEDIA site, it is likely that their computers have become a victim of malware infection. “We never run ads on Wikipedia,” said Philippe Beaudette, director of community advocacy for the Wikimedia Foundation,... Read More »

Lookout Mobile Security, a security company, has discovered an Android ‘drive-by’ malware that is used to infect Windows computer systems. Discovered on a number of websites, the odd Trojan is distributed using a webpage containing a hidden iFrame. How the malware infects? Any Android browser visiting an affected page (the attack ignores PC browsers) will automatically start downloading the malware... Read More »

Security solution provider Symantec Corporation has announced enhancements to its enterprise mobile security product. These include capabilities for mobile application management, data loss prevention (DLP), certificate management and code signing for developers. How the new features will benefit users? According to Symantec, the features will help IT cope with the rising Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)... Read More »

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and chat service Skype is investigating a potential security threat that can expose a person’s last known Internet Protocol (IP) address. “We are investigating reports of a new tool that allegedly captures a Skype user’s last known IP address,” said Adrian Asher, Skype’s director of product security. Steps taken by Skype Skype, which is owned... Read More »

Microsoft Corporation’s security research team has discovered a new malware that exploits an old bug in Microsoft Office. The strange thing about this malware is that instead of attacking the PCs, the bug is actually targeting Mac OS X systems. The vulnerability, which was categorized as critical when it was discovered and patched in 2009, allows the attackers to execute remote code, which enables... Read More »

The deadly Flashback malware recently shook up the entire world by claiming more than 600,000 Macs worldwide. Although the malware is now somewhat in control, but it was a real shocker for all those Mac users who used to boast about the impermeability of their PCs. But the new findings made by the antivirus firm Sophos have given a twist to the whole story. According to Sophos, a Mac computer is more... Read More »

The owners and webmasters of around 20,000 websites have been warned by search giant Google of possible attacks by hackers. The warnings were sent to the owners of those sites, which according to the head of Google’s anti-spam team Matt Cutts were doing the so-called weird redirects. “Is your site doing weird redirects? We just sent a ‘your site might be hacked’ message to 20,000... Read More »

Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, is showing a keen interest in learning how to hack into video game consoles. The recent deal of the U.S. Navy with Obscure Technologies worth U.S. $177,237.50 to develop tools for the extraction of information from video game systems is a clear indication of the recent development in Pentagon. The official description of Pentagon... Read More »

According to F-Secure Corporation, a computer security solutions providing company, a malware program called ‘Flashback’ had infected some computers made by Apple Inc. The malware program was capable of infecting Apple Macintosh systems through Java software, an element of programs developed by many companies. Apple released a statement saying that it has released a fix for the Java vulnerability... Read More »

If you own a Mac and still believe that your device is absolutely safe from cyber infections then it’s time to wake up. It’s also time to get active and take preventive measures if you want to save your Mac computer. According to a security firm, Dr. Web, a deadly malware named Flashback Trojan has affected more than 600,000 Mac computers worldwide. Out of these 600,000 Mac computers, more than... Read More »

Scammers always look for opportunities to con you online. Use of lucrative offers on the Internet is also not a new trick but people still fall prey to them. This time, cybercriminals are trying to leverage the popularity of ‘Draw Something’ app through Twitter. The popular app was recently purchased by the social game developer, Zynga. According to security firm Sophos, online scammers are using... Read More »

It came as a shock to the 19 million fan followers of Justin Bieber on Twitter when they saw the tweet “19 million my a** #biebermyb**ls” coming from Bieber’s account. To add to their dismay, many of them saw themselves being unfollowed and blocked by their favorite star. The content of the tweet in question suggests that the person who hacked the account was questioning the follower count... Read More »

If you are of the opinion that the Microsoft browser that you are using on your computer or tablet is absolutely safe then hold on! Here is something that will certainly make you think again. Even, the latest and safest browser from Microsoft i.e. Internet Explorer 9 is not totally hack proof. In a recent annual hacking event named Pwn2Own, a team of experts from VUPEN Security brought down Internet... Read More »

It seems that Twitter is all geared up for taking over businesses. After purchasing a cryptography startup in November 2011, Twitter has taken another step in the same direction. The micro-blogging social networking website, Twitter has recently acquired Dasient, a provider of anti-malware and web security suite. The plans are to use the expertise of Dasient and apply its technology and team to... Read More »

Windows defender alias Microsoft Antispyware, can really work wonders when it comes to remove the quarantine spywares. Not only removing but it is a spyware that can be very useful in detecting, preventing & getting prior information about these specific spywares respectively. If we take a look at its contents we can see that it is being packed by nothing but operating systems, naturally decreasing... Read More »

If we take up the account of the windows registry system, we will find out that it is a specific database that enables to operate your system’s settings & configurations. It includes everything including the movement of your mouse above the taskbar & performance settings too.  With more exotic features, Windows7 will improve the overall performance of your system including strong back... Read More »

According to the recent declaration of Microsoft, it requested its users to turn on the features for windows security since more & more malware is affecting the cyber tool at a very large extent. This is the recent warning being published by Microsoft according to recent computer world news that really made the computer buffs think twice before logging in. User Account Control (UAC) is the character... Read More »

Can you be 100% sure that there are no viruses or malwares lurking into your company network? The answers will always be a big NO. Those viruses or malwares must be working simultaneously with some legitimate application and there are chances that you are still not able to detect this infection on you network and application behavior. Viruses and Malwares have evolved a lot with time that even the... Read More »

Internet threats has been an old story now but threats with security breach is alwaysstood as an emerging cause for the user. The information customer has in its computer is more likely to be very important to an individual. The threats has always targeted Personal data, banking information, emails, financial transaction etc. and one would really think to work safely over the internet as well as to... Read More »