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Google Translate A New Tool For hackers to Steal Your Data

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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...

Jaxx wallet phishing campaign: Cryptocurrency Miners Swindled of Blockchain Assets

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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...