What is typosquatting or URL hijacking? Sometimes, we misspell a website URL in the address bar of the browser. And the browser takes us to a similar-looking but different website altogether. In most cases, these similar-looking websites are controlled by attackers,...
What are browser hijackers? I think almost all of us have encountered browser hijackers at some point. A browser hijacker is unwanted software that changes a web browser's settings without the user's permission. But, actually, a browser hijacker is much more serious...
What is the TLS or Transport Layer Security Protocol? When two hosts communicate with each other over an unsecured network and they want to transfer sensitive data between them, especially for bank transactions or e-commerce transactions, they must use an encrypted...
What is phishing? Phishing is a technique using which attackers can steal sensitive information like financial details or the identity information of victims. The attackers usually masquerade themselves to be trustworthy entities and deceive the victims into providing...
Almost all of us have heard the terms computer worm, virus, and trojan. What are worms, viruses, and trojans? How do they infect a system? And how can we prevent them? Let's discuss that in this article. What is malware? Malware is an abbreviated form of Malicious...
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