Category: CyberSecurity For Beginners
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I swear, my Boss asked me to transfer $20K to someone…it wasn’t my Fault!
Lydia who is a Personal secretary to the CEO of a Small Size Organisation, ABC Corporation Ltd, received an email from her Boss to transfer $20K to an account number mentioned in the email. She realised that the payment request via email along with the beneficiary details were little bit suspicious. However since her Boss was away…
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Pay us or forget your DATA forever!
Hectic Monday…. On a typical hectic Monday afternoon, Joe who works for a reputed Organisation was doing his routine task of replying to customer emails, and was shocked after he clicked on a link in a customer’s email. Dramatically, as it may sound, within a jiffy, his computer flashed a note, “To get your data…
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Someone stole my Identity and withdrew a Personal Loan on my behalf!…
Newly married happy couple… One fine day Kabeer was surprised to find some letters from ABC Bank in his letter box, marked to his newly wed housewife Meera. He asked Meera, since when did she start banking with ABC Bank to which she denied. And giggled at him by asking what’s wrong with him?? …
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Unsubscribe Spam emails by clicking this link… Never Ever!!
Almost all of us are bombarded by a barrage of spam emails everyday i.e., from senders we never knew or subscribed to. What happens when we click to see the content ? At times, we do check what’s this email about, what’s in it and in response to your action the sender knows that you…
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Wow!!Free Open Wi-Fi Connection…Oops! Could there be an Evil Twin?
The Free Wi-Fi Scenario When one visits a Public place viz., Coffee shop or a Restaurant or a Railway station, most of the internet (mobile, laptops etc.) users look for a free/complimentary Wifi connection! Don’t we ?? For convenience purpose, the coffee shop owners etc., either keep their Wi-Fi connections open (no password) or…