February 2, 2017

Mobile App Security Issues with Android Stores

Due to its open source nature, hackers are recently targeting Android devices and App security became a big concern. Freely available source code makes it easy for anyone to have a close look into the core Android system. Recently we can see a big increase in the third party Apps available for the Android users; but that does come for a price. Recently, IT Security...

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January 29, 2017

Thousands of Linux Devices has been Infected by Trojan Virus

There is a general thinking among the IT professionals that Linux based devices do not get affected by malware or virus. Well this is not true! A recent report, published by a Russian antivirus company Dr. Web, showed that a cyber-criminal group has turned several thousand Linux-based devices into their proxy servers to do their dirty woks anonymously. A Trojan virus named “Linux.Proxy.10” has been...

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January 18, 2017

Beware of The Ongoing Dangerously Convincing Gmail Phishing Attack

Lately, a new phishing attack campaign has been going on especially targeting Gmail users. Cyber criminals has become so sophisticated with this attack that, it is good enough to fool even most tech-savvy people. It’s not a new threat, has been going on over for a year but in the recent weeks its activity increased rapidly. I will try to give a quick summary about...

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January 11, 2017

Corporate Security Best Practices

  In the previous article, we talked about some major corporate security risks and their solutions. In this article, we are focusing on corporate security best practices. There are many; but like stated before, we will talk mostly about those which are applicable from our country’s perspective. 1. Encryption Encryption is a process of securing data, information, and device in a way to prevent being accessed...

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