Cyberoam reports 70% of Spam Attacks are on Yahoo, FB and Gmail Accounts

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cyberoam reports 70% of Spam Attacks are on Yahoo, FB and Gmail Accounts

Cyberoam has announced a special feature of October 2011 Internet threats trend report, prepared in collaboration with Commtouch. The report has revealed that 70% spam attacks were launched on Yahoo (27%), Facebook (23%) and Gmail (19%). The fact highlights that the user of these mail accounts is prone to more attacks.

Abhilash Sonwane, Sr. Vice-President, Product Management, Cyberoam, said, "Trust is a major factor behind spammers switching tactics to email and social media. Most of us will click on a malware link, if it comes from a close friend on Facebook. The use of these attacks for spam and scams are expected to increase in future. Users must take basic precautions when they access these in public domains as well as observing sound password management."

Cyberoam recommends account-owners to consider using a password manager that stores all passwords, generates new ones and sync them between their PCs, laptops, smartphones and tablets. It is also wise to uncheck the "remember me" box when you log into your email or Facebook and not to follow links in Facebook that accompany some hysterical or generic text such as "check this out!" or scoop such as "Osama Bin Laden death video".


For More Details See

www.varindia.com

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

N Chandrasekaran appointed chairman of Tata Sons

Image
The board of directors of Tata Sons, at its meeting has unanimously appointed N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman, Tata Sons. N Chandrasekaran shall take charge from February 21, 2017. The board of Tata Sons said, “Chandrasekaran has demonstrated exemplary leadership as the chief executive officer and managing director, Tata Consultancy Services. We believe he will now inspire the entire Tata group to realise its potential acting as leaders in their respective businesses, always in keeping with our value system and ethics and adhering with the practices of the Tata group which have stood it in good stead.” Chandrasekaran was the chief executive officer and managing director of Tata Consultancy Services since 2009. A Tata lifer, he had joined the company in 1987 and was appointed as a director on the board of Tata Sons on October 25, 2016.
Read more

Visa buys NFT based CryptoPunk and paid $150,000 in Etherium

Image
Visa buys NFT based CryptoPunk and paid $150,000 in Etherium:  Leader in the digital payments   Visa   has purchased a digital CryptoPunk for $150,000, marking the company's first ever   NFT   purchase. The deal is clearly shows that, Visa is stepping into the world of NFTs with its purchase of   CryptoPunk 7610 .   Going forward, NFTs and Visa to align and integrate them in new brand strategy to gain a sizable market share. However, NFTs have often been compared to physical collectible items like rare trading cards and works of art.   The CryptoPunk 7610, which feBlatures a female punk with a mohawk and large green eyes. "We envision there could be a future where your crypto address becomes as important as your mailing address," Visa's Head of Crypto said.   An NFT - which stands for non-fungible token - is a unique digital asset designed to represent ownership of a virtual item. Unlike bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, NFTs can’...
Read more

Prizm Payment Services changes its name to Hitachi Payment Services

Image
Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd has changed its corporate name from Prizm Payment Services Pvt. Ltd (“Prizm Payment Services”) to Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd (“Hitachi Payment Services”). “The new name reflects Hitachi’s commitment to business expansion in India, and to build a strong global financial payments offering leveraging the expertise of the Prizm Payment Services acquisition. Hitachi sees immediate potential to grow in the Asian subcontinent markets with the epicentre of growth being India, and migrate into other markets. Also, the name change will have no change on Prizm Payment Services’ operations,” said Loney Antony, Managing Director, Hitachi Payment Services. “Hitachi had acquired Prizm Payment Services with the aim of accelerating global development of IT services businesses targeting financial institutions, particularly in the fast-growing Asian region, and the company has been the gateway of entering into the services business in India for Hitachi. We ...
Read more