As of 2021, Google Play Store has the 1 st spot with an estimated 4 million apps available for download to android users. In contrast, Apple App Store stands in the 2 nd spot with around 2.4 million apps available to IOS users. Both companies' inability to security audit every app being uploaded or available over the Stores leads to a severe threat. The threat is it provides bad actors with an opportunity to upload bogus/fake Apps. These bogus Apps are only intended to steal the data as soon as...
To look at your data from a black-hats view and know what they find on you in the global network, i.e., the Internet, you have to get in the shoes of a black-hat hacker and develop a hacker mindset . You will not find an article of this aptitude on any other site. I have shared my experience as an Ethical Hacker and cybersecurity expert . But a layman can't become a black-hat in a day or think, act, and behave like one over the global network. If it were that easy, everyone would have been a...
It appears quite usual (I mean not one a decade anymore) to witness the release of a new operating system from Windows. The new Windows 11 still lacks many expected features, which were implemented by other vendors, like better homeworking through free choice of mics or cameras, faster Windows update, and others. But I care mainly about another question – security . 📑 Table of Contents Microsoft claimed Windows 11 more secure than previous versions? Windows 11 exploit's the black market...
Ever since the inception of computing systems and devices, there have also existed many vulnerabilities in these systems as well. These vulnerabilities in the right hands lead to the improvement of a system, but in the wrong hands can cause many damages . In our article below, we will look at a particular type of vulnerability known as a Zero-Day vulnerability or simply a zero-day vulnerability. We would also be looking at the different markets where one could sell a zero-day along with the...
We were lucky to be born at a time when superheroes left the screens of cinemas and settled among us. Their job is to protect our privacy at all costs. They do not wear raincoats and bright costumes, but this does not diminish their merits in the least. These heroes are cybersecurity specialists who sometimes risk everything to save humanity from the hands of dangerous hackers who seek to disrupt our daily life. If you want to connect your life with information security , you have come to the...
