The story of Sony warfare attack! Cyberwarfare has been defined by Wikipedia as “actions by a nation-state to penetrate another nation’s computers or networks for the purposes of causing damage or disruption”. Most of such cyber-attacks in history were undeclared secretive operations by nations. However, such attacks can be performed by terrorist groups, extremists, hacktivists,…
Encryption is a process of coding plain text to create ciphertext to secure data. Symmetric Key Encryption This type of encryption uses the single shared key for: -for encrypting information -for decrypting information Symmetric encryption is very fast but managing the key is a challenge because if the key gets lost or stolen one can…
Microsoft periodically releases software updates (also known as patches) that are important for your software after release. Microsoft has product teams that are responsible for continually monitoring and improving their software through developing updates and resolving issues. These updates can prevent or fix problems, improve the performance of your computer or enhance your computer experience….
POP3 & IMAP protocols are used to retrieve emails from and email server on a mobile, tablet or PC. Whereas SMTP is a protocol used for sending emails to email servers POP3 (Post Office Protocol) POP3 is abbreviation which stands for Post Office Protocol 3. It is a very simple protocol in the sense that…
When your phone freezes, it could be annoying as the touchscreen could become unresponsive at times. In some cases, buttons do not register anything with the mobile phone. This could happen due to a variety of reasons and it is often very difficult for even techies to identify the exact reason behind it. Most technicians…
BYOD is an organizational policy abbreviated for “Bring Your Own Device”. Organizations that are in favor of BYOD policy allow their employees to bring their own mobile devices to their work and connect to IT infrastructure. At the same time, some companies think allowing personal devices to organizational networks and resources is a big risk….
You must be aware your computer has two different IP addresses that must be the reason you clicked on this blog to learn more about them. Well if you didn’t know it earlier, it doesn’t matter we will tell you about it. So, let’s start by telling you that there are two types of IP…
So, you think your IP Address is not known to the public on the internet, you are not quite 100% correct. There are ways people on the internet and people who intend to do so can capture your IP address if they have some technical knowledge. Your Internet Service Provider is not the only one…
Malware is a broader term used in the computer field for most unwanted malicious software. This software’ may get installed onto your computers with or without your permission and can harm your computer system or steal your confidential information in some way. We will discuss few terminologies used in the computer field to describe this…