Author: Andrew W
What is Phishing? In recent years, cybercriminals have become very innovative in committing their crimes and came up with many ways to achieve their goals. One of the most prevalent types of cybercrime is Phishing. Phishing can be defined as fraudulently posing as a legitimate or trustworthy source in order to influence their target into surrendering their sensitive information. Cybercriminals mainly employ the use of email and fake websites in their phishing attempt, however, some of them also make use of telephone and text messages. They usually focused their energy to get their hands on banking details, credit card details, and passwords.…
Why is it important to manage your password? With the advancement of technology, many aspects of people’s lives are supported by the internet and the internet placed a strong emphasis on authentication to ensure that everyone can never have access to things that they are not supposed to. The most widely used method for authentication to be enforced is the use of a password. However, many if not most people around the world tend to utilize simple passwords such as their names or simply “password”. When someone manages to gain unauthorized access to your password, it gives them the ability…
A short summary educating people how they can avoid being hacked
What are Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) Potentially Unwanted Programs or PUPs have been referred in many ways such as bundleware, junkware, adware (that displays advertisements), Spyware, Potentially Unwanted Applications(PUAs), and a few others. All of these terms can be used to refer programs that do certain activities originally unwanted by the computer user. Having said that, it may or may not cause any harm to the computer directly depending on what is it designed for. PUPs often get into a computer through free legitimate software packages and in most cases are mentioned in the obviously long information sections of the…
What is a Trojan Horse? The name Trojan horse or Trojan came from the famous war story between Troy and Greeks. In this war, the Greeks achieve great success through deceiving their enemy by sending a gift of a horse structure, that their enemy gladly receives and taken inside their city. However, it turns out that the structure hides some space containing some Greek soldiers who are ready to ambush their enemy and provide the Greeks a chance to win the war. Throughout the years there have been some adaptations for this event and the most recent Movie adaptation is…