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Feb 22 2019

What is Malware?

Cybersecurity 0 Last Modified on 2021-01-29
Malware is software that can cause potential damage to your computer services and network. It stands for "Malicious Software" and is designed to disrupt the target's computer. Malware gets installed in the target system by unauthorized access, executable code, scripts, or software.

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Feb 18 2019

What is Catfishing?

Cybersecurity 0 Last Modified on 2019-02-18
With increasing social media presence, terms such as catfishing have come into existence. The name Catfishing was picked from the 2010 documentary film "Catfish", which introduced the term. Catfishing is a behavior where a user pretends to be who they are not.

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Feb 18 2019

What are Captcha and ReCaptcha?

World Wide Web 0 Last Modified on 2019-02-18
With hacking attacks going to the next level, most websites have become more vigilant to shield every possible cyber-attack. Captcha is something that has been around for some time now and several top websites incorporate captcha. Captcha is a challenge-response test provided over the website. This is used to determine if the user is a human or an automated bot. Captcha was first formed in 1997 and was officially introduced in 2003 by John Langford, Nicholas Hopper, Luis von Ahn, and Manuel Blum.

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Jan 28 2019

What is phishing?

Cybersecurity 0 Last Modified on 2019-06-28
Phishing attacks are something that is very common these days. While its evident that phishing attacks can have several repercussions, not many are aware in terms of what exactly gets classified as a phishing attack or is termed as phishing.

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Jan 27 2019

What is a web browser?

World Wide Web 0 Last Modified on 2019-01-28
A Web browser also referred commonly as "browser" is a software which is used to access World Wide Web (www). The browser identifies individual URLs and displays the corresponding page on the user's device.

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Dec 20 2018

VyprVPN becomes the first VPN provider to be publicly audited as a No-Log VPN provider

Virtual Private Network 0 Last Modified on 2019-01-29
It's easy for a VPN provider to claim they do not log your IP address or any other information when using their service, unfortunately when they do make these claims you have to take them on trust. However, with the recent high-profile cases of two leading VPN providers being caught lying about their no logging policy we've started to see some VPN providers take steps to have their services independently audited to prove they are in fact not logging.

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Dec 11 2018

What is a Web Bug (Beacon)?

IP Address 0 Last Modified on 2018-12-11
A web bug is also referred to as web beacon, pixel tag, clear GIF, invisible GIF. It is one of the techniques used in emails or web pages to check what the user has accessed. These are in most cases invisible and are used for web analytics. In most cases, web bug arrives in the form of an image and can be detected by the user only if the source code is checked. A web bug is small graphic and hence can work easily with low bandwidth or weak network connection.

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Nov 20 2018

How do you spy on someone's IP Address?

IP Address 0 Last Modified on 2024-02-12
Most of us believe that our IP address can be tracked only by the Internet Service Provider. Did you know that there are multiple ways in which someone can spy on your IP address? Anybody knowing one of these techniques can easily reveal your IP address. To spy on your IP address, they do not need your permission. Spying on someone's IP address can be used to trace cyberbullying as well as bad intentions.

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Nov 18 2018

What is Web 3.0?

World Wide Web 0 Last Modified on 2018-11-20
The web has evolved several changes since its inception, starting from Web 1.0 which forms the most rudimentary form of a web. Next going on to more advanced forms of Web which were called as Web 2.0.

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Oct 17 2018

What is JSP?

World Wide Web 0 Last Modified on 2023-05-22
JSP is also referred as Java server pages. It is a language used for web development and is similar to PHP or ASP. It is used extensively for dynamic web page generation. JSP was first released in 1999 by Sun Microsystems.

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