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Restrict Third-party data sharing: FACEBOOK

Most people in the world have at least one Facebook account, making Facebook one of the biggest advertising platforms. Facebook has faced a lot of criticism over privacy and data breach controversies, as it collects users information by tracking their activities on internet. Online apps and websit...
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Juice Jacking

A type of physical access attack on a Device or Data, Juice jacking also known as USB scam can be used to install malicious software through public charging stations. At times, using public charging stations is not avoidable, putting us at risk of getting hacked. A USB port can be used as power sock...
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Social Engineering

A clip from the new Netflix series Jamtara, doing rounds on social media shows how easily a retiree is getting conned out of his life savings through a simple phone call. This type of digital scam is known as social engineering. Social engineering is manipulating human psychology to maliciously gain...
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Windows 10 Critical Security Flaw

The existence of a major vulnerability in Windows 10 was confirmed on Jan 14 2020 by the NSA. This is a critical bug that impacts millions of windows 10 users worldwide. Ann Newberg, director cybersecurity NSA, disclosed the vulnerability to Microsoft. Reporting of vulnerability is considered an unp...
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