Don’t get tricked by Fake DP
A display picture, also commonly referred to as a profile picture or avatar, is an image that represents a user’s identity on social media channels. It is the image that appears next to a user’s name whenever they post, comment, or engage with content on the platform. It serves as a visual identifier and helps […]
Beware of Movie Rating Frauds
Movie review or rating fraud is a deceptive practise where individuals or groups manipulate movie ratings or reviews for various purposes, such as financial gain, promoting or defaming a film, or influencing public perception. While it is not uncommon for people to have different opinions about movies, fraudulent activities can artificially inflate or deflate ratings, […]
Growing concerns around deepfakes
Deepfakes are a type of artificial intelligence-based technology that allows for the creation of highly realistic digital forgeries, in which an individual’s face and/or voice is replaced with someone else’s. This technology can be used to create convincing videos of real people doing or saying things they never did. Deepfakes are a growing concern because […]
Task based WFH Job Frauds
Here are a few indicative task-based part-time job scams offered on social media and messenger services. (a) Free work-at-home opportunities (b) high-paying for likes and reviews (c) Phony social media influencers use investment and earning opportunity seminars. (d) part-time jobs with full-time pay via SMS, WhatsApp, and social media advertisements (e) Reseller opportunities with initial […]
Beware of Spoofing
Spoofing is the act of falsifying or disguising one’s identity or data to appear as something or someone else. It can refer to various types of deception in computer networking, including e-mail spoofing, IP spoofing, caller ID spoofing and website spoofing. Spoofing can be a serious threat to security and privacy, and it’s important to […]
Best cybersecurity practices for SME’s
Every industry has its own unique set of risks, and the same is true for the IT department, especially in the cyber space, whether it’s blocking targeted phishing attacks, protecting corporate accounts from compromise, fighting fraud, or defending against social engineering scams like impersonating accounts. Cybersecurity is critical for contemporary business or private success.Our business […]
This New Year, schedule a digital detox.
The new year 2023 is on its way, and we all hope to make some resolutions. If one of your primary goals is to excel in school, work, or business, it’s time for a digital and social media detox to keep you focused on your actual resolutions. This article will cover the top 15 tips […]
Impersonation Attacks on Rise
An impersonation attack takes place is when a digital adversary fraudulently poses as a trusted associate of the target, often as a friend, work colleague, or executive leader at the target’s company. Impersonation is where users create social media accounts mimicking a legitimate account. Impersonators are those who pretend to be someone’s popular personality (i.e. […]
All About Widely Used Telegram App
Telegram is the second most popular cross-platform messaging application, it is widely used because it has enhanced privacy and encryption features, even supporting large group chat features up to 200,000 person capacity. Telegram also offers its users several features, including no limits on media sizes, end-to-end encryption in “secret chats,” and a bot API in […]
Don’t Let Phones Take Over Your Life.
Our life is very much influenced by smartphones with the huge functionality, use and accessibility of smartphones which are just few clicks away. Smartphones are now so frightening that even recently Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and civil societies are advising to stay away from them to avoid addiction to smartphones. With the unprecedented access to various social […]
