Tag: #InformationSecurity
Conventional Phishing attacks involved tricking potential victims to enter their respective usernames and passwords on fake websites which resembled the genuine websites. Once the login credentials were captured, they were used to steal business as well as personal data. A new trend that has emerged is to trick users into downloading malware that once downloaded […]
A new way to take over Instagram accounts has emerged lately. Hackers used VPN (Virtual Private Network) to communicate with Meta’s AI Bot to avert activation of Instagram’s security systems. Thus, the hacker appeared to be in the same geographical zone as the user of the targeted Instagram account. Hackers took over certain Instagram accounts […]
In 2025, researchers uncovered a massive pool of exposed login data. Billions of usernames and passwords were found circulating online, collected over time from breaches and malware. It wasn’t one incident. It was years of compromised data coming together in one place. At the same time, phishing has become harder to spot. Emails sound natural. […]