Posts under Security tag.

Your Antivirus protection has expired. What next?

The discussion around anti-malware programs generates much heat than light. This makes it necessary for us to have at least some brief idea about the virus-fighting software and shun any wrong notions we have about them if any. First, when […]

Dangers of free public WiFi hotspots

Nowadays free Wi-Fi is available almost everywhere – in Cafe’s, Hotels, Offices – and even in the streets and general public places. Who does not get tempted to use free WiFi to check their mail and social media updates? Well, […]

How To Avoid Being Watched Through Your Own Computer

Am I being watched through my Computer webcam? Is this a question that is troubling you? Well, most offices, IT people keep on sniffing the data packets on the network to see what is going on in the network. Some […]

How to enable or disable USB Drives or Ports in Windows 10

How often have you witnessed blocked Pen drive or USB drive access in your workplace or college or school? I believe many times; in fact, every time you try to use the USB drive, you are not allowed, simply because […]

Bring Your Own Network (BYON) … Seriously?

We are living in an era where the IT departments of businesses are still trying to fit in the Bring your Own Device or BYOD model in a secure arena. In our article on BYOD implementations, we talked of two […]

What is ShellShock or Bash Vulnerability?

Bash is the basic shell of UNIX, a language that is used on many platforms: from different web hosting servers to modems, toys etc. If you are a Windows user, you need not fear ShellShock vulnerability as the chances of […]

ScanNow UPnP: Check for vulnerable Networks for Devices

A recent research revealed security flaws in the UPnP Protocol, used by the devices like Routers, Printers, etc. Of course the flaws put the user data at a risk of getting stolen or spying. ScanNow is a free tool that […]

HTTPS Security and Spoofing – Who is that Man in the Middle?

HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and is used widely on the Internet. It was okay during the initial years of the Internet for this protocol to ask login credentials etc. as there was not much danger of people […]

How to remove Bonjour from Windows 10/8/7

iTunes uses Bonjour for various tasks it carries out. For instance, it uses the program for locating ‘Shared Music Libraries’, devices for streaming music to and so forth. Safari, Apple’s own web browser uses the same program for finding devices advertising web […]

Tips To Secure Your WiFi Network – Who Is On My WiFi Review

Though routers come with their own security features, it is not impossible to hack into others’ routers. Once someone gains access to someone else’s wireless router, he or she can not only use their bandwidth but also gain access to […]

Take care, FileHippo starts offering downloads via Installers!

Among the safest popular download site which users trusted blindly to download software was FileHippo. But this looks about to change! FileHippo.com has started offering software downloads along with their Download Manager, which will offer to install 3rd-party software. With […]

Allow, block Pop Ups in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Opera

Pop-up ads are small – sometimes large – windows that open automatically on your screen, when you are browsing the web. They could be pop-ups or pop-unders. Pop ups open in front of your active browser window whereas a Pop-under […]

New Security Features in Windows Phone 8.1

The Windows Phone operating system is secure. But Windows Phone 8.1 goes several steps further and offers several security features that are useful to the home user as well as the enterprise user. All devices need to be safe and […]

What is Heartbleed Bug and How to Protect yourself and Stay Safe?

Nearly 70 percent of traffic on the Internet employs OpenSSL to secure the data transfers. That translates into almost all the major servers (read: websites) use OpenSSL to secure your data such as login credentials. However, someone from Google found […]

Will ATMs really be easy money for Hackers after XP End of Support?

Windows XP will reach End of Life on April 8th 2014, and there is already a lot of fear-mongering going on, on the Internet, about how ATMs are not ready for the XP Armageddon. But reading about Windows XP based ATMs, on […]

Script Defender: Security extension for a safer Chrome

Selecting the best and safest Chrome extensions has always been uncertain. I personally select the Chrome extension on the basis of its ratings and number of users but seeing recent reports of Chrome extensions injecting adware into web pages, one […]

How to keep websites secure. Threats and Dealing with Vulnerabilities.

Visiting a malicious website can be one of the worst things that can happen to people browsing the Internet, especially the ones interested in shopping online. Webmasters need to know threats for and of websites, and their devastating capabilities – […]

CrowdInspect uses VirusTotal, Web of Trust, Malware Hash Registry to analyze Processes

If you are one who likes to keep an eye open on all the running processes on your Windows system, you might just like CrowdInspect. CrowdInspect is a freeware portable tool that aims to alert you to potential malware on […]

How to prevent Automatic Sign-in after installing Windows Updates

It is well evident that after installing Windows Updates, Windows may makes a system-initiated automatic restart for the computer. Now if  a Windows 8.1 system makes a restart, the last logged in user, gets automatically logged in. Thus as far as security […]

Chrome offers to Reset browser settings if it detects a Browser Hijack

Google Chrome browser gets a new update. If it finds that your browser settings have been hijacked, it will offer to reset your entire browser settings. Let us see how this feature works. Let us say you download a software […]