Popular messages can now be forward to a single person, down from five With the potential of private messaging apps to spread misinformation related to coronavirus pandemic, WhatsApp said it would place new limits on forwarded messages. From now on messages that have been identified as “highly forwarded” (sent through a chain of five or…
Tag: Data Security
Blog: Securing your Online Meetings
With the convenience comes a danger of leaking secrets and Malware. Simple caution now prevents many headaches later. As we have entered a new normal of working from home and remote meetings apps such as Zoom, GoToMeeting, Google Hangouts, Microsoft Teams and games streaming sites like Discord and Twitch, the convenience is amazing. We can…
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NEWS UPDATE: Attacker now target Educational Institutions after corporate entities and Hospitals
Education is a hot target for ransomware: Nearly 50 school districts and colleges have been hit in 2019 so far, and more than 500 individual K-12 (Online learning Provider) schools have potentially been compromised. Cloud security firm Armor has been tracking publicly disclosed ransomware attacks since January 2019. Of the 182 total victim organizations this…
Blog: Protection measures available today and shortcomings of Antivirus Software(s)!
What are the other protection measures available? About a decade ago, antivirus was the only way to keep your system safe. As of today, we have multiple protection layers to prevent worst situations from happening. Some of them are listed below: User Permissions: In early days with Windows, all of the softwares ran with the…
Blog: Antivirus software may make your computer less safe, but definitely not more than you!
Over the years we have been told and learnt that using your Computer without a Antivirus program is like keeping your house doors wide open for thieves and robbers to exploit! Do you remember your most important file being infected by virus and which makes it almost impossible to retrieve the data? Well almost everyone…
NEWS UPDATE: Ransomware Attack on Vashi Hospital Navi Mumbai, MH INDIA
NAVI MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA: MGM Hospital Vashi, had been under the target of hackers and ransomware attack. An hacker locked the data on the hospital’s IT systems mainly computers and sent them a web link demanding ransom in bitcoins to unlock the data. MGM Hospital’s management system had lodged a complaint with the cyber crime cell…