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Cleaning the computer’s hardware and software is very important for several reasons. With the prolonged usage of computer and without its regular cleaning, several dust particles may stick to its body which affects its working. With the regular cleaning of hardware, your computer will run smoothly and its longevity is extended for a few more years which can save time and money. With the effective regular cleaning, you move a step forward in saving your investment and your data. While wiping off the screen and empty crumbs from your keyboard, you are reducing its various risk factors by increasing its…

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To spread viruses on a wider level, cybercriminals look for famous online sites or services to exploit, like Google or Yahoo Mail. As per news report from Bleeping Computer, a realistic but phony Office 365 website is one of the latest. The main motive of this is to trick you into downloading malware. When you get to that fake site, a pop-up message is shown after few seconds regarding updates of any browser like Firefox. And, you are asked to click here which upon installing steal login usernames, passwords and more. Thus, to avoid such situations, there are two options:-…

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What do you know about GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)? GDPR is for protecting data, released by the European Parliament and the European council in 2016. Due to this GDPR, European citizens have more control over their data. GDPR holds the responsibility of customer data protection and requires firms to have an all-round approach for implementing regulations. Identifiers like genetic, mental, cultural, economic, or social are included as the identity of an individual. Individuals have complete right over their personal data. These rights are: The right to be forgotten The right to data portability The right to object to profiling,…

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Hi Folks! Till now, you have read my blogs over cybersecurity for your business or your systems. Today, I am going to talk about your home security. We can’t neglect this part of security as “Charity (security) begins from home”. That’s a good line though…. Okay, let us find out some unique ways to protect your home from burglars. Burglarproof Windows: Windows are the hotspots for burglars to enter a house. Thus, it becomes necessary to make your windows secure enough against thieves. For this, you can do a couple of things such as: Install window sensors Strengthen window with…

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In this technological era, account hijacking has become a pain in the neck. Instagram is continuously facing these threats and that’s why it decided to take strong action against it. Instagram started with small and simple methods. They founded the way to get locked out of hacked Instagram accounts with a 6-digit code sent on email or phone number that was originally used to open the account. In addition to this, the problem of identity theft like a name is also gaining ground. What hackers actually do with this identity? Cybercriminals upon hacking Instagram account; change the settings including password…

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You all might be aware of the RSA conference that held this year in March in San Francisco. This brought many cybersecurity tools in limelight. The features of these tools are very interesting that I cannot resist myself in discussing those with all of you through this article. Let’s have a look at some of them: Areca Bay Force Field — It is a 3 step process i.e. discover, monitor, and secure all APIs. This is a helpful tool that provides coverage to all your applications like legacy, third party, virtualized, and server-less. It enables the security team to deploy…

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Data breaches have made a remarkable impact on some well-renowned companies. In the year gone by, many companies were imposed by heavy penalties. Let’s have a look at them one by one. UBER: In 2016, 57 million accounts of users had been hacked. To keep this breach under wraps, uber paid a heavy sum to the perpetrator. Due to this, the company was asked to pay $148 million dollar as fine. This proved to be the biggest data breach penalty so far. YAHOO: In 2013, Yahoo suffered from a massive breach of about 3 billion accounts which it didn’t unveil…

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There are many security tools in the market. But, choosing one of them is very critical to decide. It is not necessary that each and every tool is good and effective. There might be some that are not worth using them. Hence, this leaves some individuals with the option of no security tool at all for their systems. Whether it is good to have none of the security tools than to have an ineffective tool? Well, every person has different views regarding it. It is a well-known fact that it is better to have something than to have nothing, therefore,…

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A sandbox is a testing atmosphere that allows users to run programs without affecting the application, system or platform on which they run. Software developers use sandboxes to check new programming code. Cybersecurity professionals use sandboxes to check potentially malicious software. Without sandboxing, an application or alternative system method may have unlimited access to all the user information and system resources on a network. Sandboxes are also accustomed safely execute malicious code to avoid harming the device on which the code is running, the network or alternative connected devices. Employing a sandbox to notice malware offers an extra layer of…

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CISSP – A Certified Information Systems Security Professional is a certification in data security driven by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2. The CISSP offers security professional’s technical skills and hands-on experience in implementing and managing a security program. Organizations often look for candidates who have cleared the CISSP exam because they hold sufficient knowledge about cybersecurity and have hands-on experience and formal CISSP training. How to get a CISSP certification: First and foremost, candidates must attain a minimum of five years of full-time, hands-on experience in at least two of the eight cybersecurity knowledge domains. The (ISC)²…

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