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With the advancement in technology where digital privacy is turning out to be a false notion, hackers are ranging over ingenious ideas to intrude in to user’s accounts & steal their private data. We all are well acquainted with spam mails that carry malevolent content. A mere click on these phishing scam e-mails can open up sensitive information of the users to the hackers. But now the users need to stay vigilant against the new phishing tools for hackers, the  Google Translate phishing hack . The New Phishing Tool: Google Translate A recent report by ZDNet revealed that Google Translate is the new tool in the hands of the hackers to  phish into user’s accounts &  steal sensitive information . Though the information is hard for many of the users to digest, the hackers are furtively using a flaw created in Google Translate & there are positives that the users might fall in to the trap! According to the report, the hackers are targeting phishing at...

Bomb in your building! Threatened? Well don’t be!  A wave of hoax bomb threats swept the United States on Thursday that rendered people in turmoil. Universities and offices all across the country witnessed the same threat that appeared in email inboxes. The message was delivered with the subject lines similar to: No Need to be Heroic Rescue service will complicate the situation My device is inside your building You are responsible for people. These emails proceeded to state that the sender has hired a recruited mercenary to place an explosive device inside the recipient’s building. It further threatened the victim to pay  $20,000  by the end of the day in-difficult-to-trace cybercurrency i.e. bitcoin to get the bomb deactivated or else it would be detonated. This extortion email campaign is known to have originated from Russia & is suspected to have been delivered from  194.58.x.x IP range and some from 193.124.x.x . Apart from the U.S.A; the em...

Instagram, the second most preferred social media platform among millennial has now caught the eyes of threat actors.   A recent string of Instagram Phishing Scam have terrorized Instagram users wherein cyber-maniacs target popular influencers – with over 100,000 followers. What is it about this app that makes it so wildly successful? Instagram is a popular social networking service owned by FaceBook where people share photos, videos etc.  As social media sites have grown in numbers by leaps and bounds, the following features give this online global network an edge over other social media platforms: The clever design choices, Implementation of fine filters to edit the pictures, Provision to tag people who hold an account on Instagram, Provide location information, People’s desire to connect to a growing revenue stream is met by Instagram better than any other social media platform. The popularity of Instagram has made it a prominent target in the cyber-cr...

Jaxx wallet phishing campaign aimed to drain user wallets Cryptocurrency miners! Are you in a state of dilemma of where to store the cryptocurrency you own? Are you wondering if the Jaxx wallet is a correct place to store the cryptocurrency you have bought? The official Jaxx cryptocurrency wallet has enmeshed in a phishing campaign designed to drain user wallets. Before we go in depth of Jaxx wallet Phishing campaign, let us get enlightened with  Cryptocurrency Wallets. Cryprocurrency wallets are necessary for trading  Bitcoin , or any other digital currency. Before you consider trading in cryptocurrency, you first need to know what cryptocurrency is and how it works. A crypto currency wallet comprises of two elements-  a private key and a public address. Private Key:  In order to access your cryptocurrency wallet, a cryptocurrency holder should own a private key.  This key if fallen in wrong hands can lead to the embezzlement of your cryptocurrenc...