Security Awareness Training by Abhay Verma

“ Not securing your web browser can lead to a range of computer troubles caused by anything from spyware being installed without your knowledge to intruders taking control of your computer system. ” Web Browser is a software that act as an intermediary application between the user and the internet. Some of the commonly known browsers are Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, etc. Browser   possess many vulnerabilities, from saved passwords to enabled location and third-party cookies. Each vulnerability is causing a privacy threat to you and your data. To connect to the internet, you need a browser. Browser is the first element with which we interact for various online tasks. We do play games, surf internet, watch videos, listen songs, connect with our friends and colleagues and take online classes as well, but have you ever thought about the related vulnerabilities with the browser. When the initial layer is not secure, then how can you secure the...

Social media has become an integral part of our daily life, especially the online messaging applications. In today’s era of digital communication, spreading of news and information takes place through the internet-based services and this happens at a very fast pace. Believe me, it’s faster than forests’ fire. The false news is what we call a FAKE NEWS . Image Source: https://www.homodigitalis.gr/en/posts/3336 Earlier, when news was shared person to person, it took more time to spread; but nowadays’ digital world these fake information gets viral and reaches millions in a very short span of time.  Every day we come across tons of social media news and information shared by number of peoples, in which some are true while some appears to be true. But what the concern is, we believe in every news we got in the social media. Ever thought WHY? Simple, because it is send by some of our family members, or friends, or any colleague. Then it must be true. We trust the person, so w...

W ith the advancement in the technology and the outreach of the internet services has developed a widespread net of e-commerce. e-commerce refers to the internet-based service that deals with the selling and purchase of the products with the use of internet. Shopping online is really a great experience where user encounters various deals and offers with home delivery which is a boon for the customer. Image Source: ISEA Online shopping from the e-commerce site is becoming more and more popular to purchase things ---smallest from diapers to largest furniture, electronics or even houses--- everything is available online nowadays with a comfort for the customer to get it at their home step. There is neither particular time to shop nor the limit of things to shop, which saves a very precious time of the customer and is preventing the long queue in the shops. Although online e-commerce offers a lot of advantages but there are major threats involved in the act, and the … INTERNET IS SOMET...

Malware or malicious software refers to the software that have malicious purpose i.e., it is intended to make harms on the computer system in some or other way. Malware is the combined term used for almost every type of mal codes(The bad software or block of code that want to damage your system). These includes Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Spyware, Botnets, etc. Image Source: AVG It is a general confusion with many people that virus and malware are same. They are the two different words for the same thing. Every sort of malicious program is referred to as virus for those who aren't aware of the malware categorization, but it is not like that, virus is the category of malware. The main purpose of malware is to either harm the computer system or to steal information. Every type of malware is made to do the thing in different ways so that it become hard for the antivirus programs to detect them. There is no particular path of the spreading of malware. Those can be have many so...