Holiday season is around which means the season of sending and receiving gifts and pleasantries is here as well. According to a report, a whopping $143 billion is spent by customers just between Thanksgiving and New Year. This stands as a very happy figure for the phishers and scammers to rake in through the bank […]
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Emotet malware being presented to people this Christmas, through Greta Thunberg themed Phishing emailsEmotet malware being presented to people this Christmas, through Greta Thunberg themed Phishing emails
A global spam email scheme has been discovered which is using Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg themed emails to lure users. Spam consists of a single message that attempts to deliver the well-known malware Emotet. Emotet was discovered back in 2014 as a banking Trojan aimed at stealing financial data. It has now gone through […]
Modern phishing baits – upcoming genresModern phishing baits – upcoming genres
They say creativity is a great tool for problem-solving. They also say creativity makes you sell your stuff faster. These days, though, do you know, creativity is being used for creating problems ? Phishing scammers these days are being far more creative than what has been expected for a long time. What were the most […]
Five Anti-Phishing practices to be implemented in your organisation.Five Anti-Phishing practices to be implemented in your organisation.
Implementation of a successful security strategy for business is an imperturbable engagement and you can’t ignore it, as data is a valuable asset it necessitates security. Question: Where we should start building walls for ultimate security?Answer: Simple, kick-start with your people. Don’t ever underestimate the training of your people in the organization as they are […]
What is Ransomware?What is Ransomware?
Ransomware is a type of malicious software or Malware. In other words, we can say it is a subset of Malware, it prevents users from accessing their system or personal files and demands a ransom payment to regain access. It spreads through Emails or by unknowingly visiting an infected website. It can be affected to […]
What is Phishing? How this attack works and prevention against them?What is Phishing? How this attack works and prevention against them?
Phishing is one of the most dangerous threats to organisations. The sender of a phishing mail pretends to be a trusted person or a system in order to steal valuable information. Including personal identity data and credentials. A phisher uses both social engineering and computer technologies in order to steal valuable information. If users take […]
What is Emotet? What makes it so dangerous?What is Emotet? What makes it so dangerous?
Emotet was first discovered by security researchers in 2014. Emotet is a generic form of malware that is mostly used as a downloader for other types of malware. In July 2018, the U.S. Homeland Security Department issued a warning on Emotet, identifying it as a sophisticated, customizable trojan banking. How does Emotet propagate? Originally, emotet […]
What are Phishing Emails and its types?What are Phishing Emails and its types?
Email Phishing, also referred to as junk email, is unsolicited messages sent in bulk by email. Spamming of Email refers to the action of distributing unsolicited messages, optionally sent in bulk, using email. These Emails are propagated by the attackers for simple marketing purposes to unfold more malicious activities such as financial disruption and reputational […]
What are the benefits of Social Media Monitoring?What are the benefits of Social Media Monitoring?
Social Media Monitoring is the practice of listening to product-related social networking posts, mutual references and remarks. In other terms, it’s about watching the audience’s behavior and input about a company’s brand, goods or services, but also about the market. Benefits Social Media Monitoring : Use TIKAJ’s Social Media Monitoring Services and get started with […]
What is Social Media Monitoring? How it works? It’s impacts?What is Social Media Monitoring? How it works? It’s impacts?
Monitoring of social media is the method of recognizing and deciding what is said about a brand, person or commodity across various social and digital platforms. Any business strategy must incorporate social media to be successful. How it works Compared to search engines that dispatch crawlers to the Internet’s far reaches, social media tracking is […]