In today’s expanding technological age, Cyber Crime has become a burning issue. It is increasingly becoming a common phenomenon which many experts and hackers can easily resort to. Hackers today have it really easy and convenient, where they can gain access to our computers and networking systems using really simple phishing techniques. They prey on […]
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Time to rethink apps security
Tech Wizard Steve Jobs didn’t understand the potential of third-party mobile apps that turned mobile phones into smartphones, instead advocating the usage of mobile web-pages accessed through iPhone’s Safari browser. Fast-forwarding to now, across Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, we see a flood of apps for everything, from turning your camera flash into a flashlight, controlling […]
Cybersecurity’s weakest link: humans
The conversation around Cybersecurity has taken precedence in the technological age among cyber experts like Arun Vishwanath of New York. And the recent burning issue in cybersecurity is Spearphishing Attacks. Incidents like the 2016 breach that compromised 20 million federal employee records at the Office Personnel Management, and the US ransomware attacks that in three […]
Its Not Just Fake News, Facebook and Twitter! It’s the Internet’s Dark Triad We Should Be Worried About.
Today’s technological age, with the incessant flood of information, is inevitably victim to malicious content in the form of fake profiles and fake news on social media. The rapid dissemination of news across the world has woken us up to the realization that such malicious incidents are occurring every day, giving us an intimation that […]
Why do so many people fall for fake profiles online?
In today’s age of technology, we see an unending surge of information, often more than we can handle, causing us to sometimes lower our defenses in cybersecurity and protection. In these situations, it becomes relatively easy for fake social media profiles to worm their way into our real-person network, and it has become a radically […]
How much cyber hygiene do you need?
Cyber Hygiene is a term that is frequently evoked in cybersecurity circles, especially when there is a threat to our infrastructure or a data breach. Arun Vishwanath of New York believes it to be the elusive elixir of every cyber expert, that users cannot seem to have enough of. However, there is no specific recognized […]
The Troubling Implications of Weaponizing the Internet
With the aggressive onslaught of technology today, cyber experts like Arun Vishwanath of New York are predicting complete domination and war-like uses of the internet. Cyberwarfare has suddenly become a public phenomenon. There has been a significant paradigm shift in the use of the internet, from a tool of socialization and information to an instrument […]
Improving People’s Ability to Work From Home During the Pandemic
The unforeseen 2020 COVID-19 pandemic shook the entire world to the core. And if not for the blessing of technology – the Internet – we would witness the combustion of economies all around the world. The reason we have managed to stay afloat in this challenging time is our ability to be connected online from […]
Why Do We Still Teach Our Children ABC?
Arun Vishwanath of New York, studying the diffusion of innovations, asks the far too relevant question: Why do we still teach our kids ABC? Today most preschoolers already know words like Xbox and Zoom, why do we waste time teaching them words like xylophone and zebra, that have no connection to their experiences and hence […]
How to protect yourself from online shopping scams
In the 21st Century, we live in an age where there is absolutely no dearth of shopping avenues. With the endless onslaught of technology and the recent COVID-19 crisis, fashion has found platforms of the exhibition right on our laptop and mobile screens. Online shopping is something we all do, from hip teenagers keeping up […]