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It is a fact that we never read privacy policies. And of course, that’s because they don’t seem to be actually written for you, or any of the other billions of individuals who click to comply with their inscrutable legalese. Instead, those millions upon millions of words are produced for the advantage of their authors, not readers—the lawyers who wrote those get-out clauses to shield their Silicon Valley employers. But one cluster of academics has projected the way to read the privacy policies: artificial intelligence that is fluent in the fine print. Today, researchers at Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology…

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In the present scenario, every business collects increasing amounts of information, whether it comes in the form of consumer info, plans for brand new merchandise in development, or surveillance video collected from connected cameras. All this information is worthy, and the rise of data collection among businesses of all sizes implies that major multinational firms are not any longer the first focus of today’s new breed of cybercriminals. Everyone seems to be a potential target currently, creating cybersecurity a topmost priority for businesses both large and small, whether non-public or public. The unfortunate truth is that it is not possible…

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Computer Worms!!! Just like earthworms, they keep on increasing by itself… What these are in actual? A computer worm is a threat that spreads numerous copies of itself into several computers without the need for any external software or human interaction. Processing of computer worms— These worms may arrive along with spam emails or instant messages and can also be transmitted through software vulnerabilities. When these spam emails are opened, it may take us to malicious link or automatically download the worm upon clicking which gets unnoticed and corrupt the system. Worms can modify, delete files, add another malicious software,…

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To influence present tech-savvy shoppers, you should prefer online sales marketing to expand your customer base and increase your revenue. E-commerce sector continues to grow with each passing year—and there’s no chance that its popularity will decrease at any time. Get in on this business growth potential by enabling your consumers to purchase your goods or services online. At the same time, you should also keep a vigil eye on the new security problems and risks that may arise with an online business. You should always keep security as your topmost priority when selling online. Customers are extremely cautious of…

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Single sign-on (SSO) is a user authentication service which enables the user to access several numbers of applications at just one set of login credentials such as name and password. In a fundamental web SSO administration, an agent module on the application server recovers the particular authentication credentials for an individual from a devoted SSO arrangement server while confirming the client against a client store, for instance- a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) index. The administration confirms the end client for each one of the applications the client has been offered rights to and disposes of future password prompts for…

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You might be wondering what you never had heard of zero-day any before. Is it real or not that a year has zero-day? Well to break the surprise… It is not any day in a year rather it’s a flaw in the software, hardware, or firmware. Zero-day is referred to an attack which has zero days between the discovery of a vulnerability and the first attack. That means when a zero-day vulnerability is made public, it is known as n-day or one-day vulnerability. Some zero-day attacks are attributed to APT actors (advanced persistent threat), hacking, or cybercrime groups connected to…

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A botnet is a collection of internet-connected devices, each of which is running one or more bots. A bot can be PC, servers, mobiles, and internet of things devices which are infected and controlled by common malware. A botnet is the combination of ‘robot’ and ‘network’ and is used with a malicious connotation. Botnets are used to perform DDoS attack, steal data, send spam, and the hacker can access the device and its connectivity. A botnet is controlled using command and control (c& c) software. Users cannot identify its presence in their systems. Botnet work on two kinds of models:…

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A denial-of-service attack(DOS attack) is a threat that switches off a machine or network, thereby making it inaccessible to its users. It is carried out by flooding more and more traffic towards the target or sending information to it so as to trigger a crash. In both cases, the DoS attack is deprived of intended users like employees, members, or account holders of the service or resource they expected. DoS attack does not result in any kind of theft or loss of crucial data, rather it cost the victim a huge chunk of money to stabilize and time. Methods of…

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It has been predicted that cyber attack will continue to rise in 2019. As per ISACA’s state of cybersecurity 2019 report, there are 3 main threat actors- cybercriminals (32%), hackers (23%), and non-malicious insider (15%). If we talk about this year’s 3 main attack vectors than phishing was found to be the most common type of cyber attack, whose percentage gone higher than the last year’s survey. The other 2 attack vectors were malware and social engineering. Despite the consistencies in threat vectors and actors, ISACA found that the frequency of attacks is likely to increase this year, as compared…

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Firstly, you might be aware of a physical firewall that acts as a barrier against any person/activity to surpass it. In a similar way, a firewall in the digital world is defined as a protective barrier that protects your system from external cyber threats. A firewall is software whose job is to limit the intake of information by an external source. All the data whether entering or leaving passes via a firewall which can allow or block the data on a security basis. What exactly a firewall does? It prevents your systems and networks from unauthorized users. It monitors communication…

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