Web Security Archive
03 Dec 2016
How to Secure Your Online Transactions
Always Use Personal Computers Most important thing is always, must and should use personal computers for online transactions. Public computers are like public libraries where everyone has access to everything .Most of the public computers saves usernames, passwords, and has cookies saved to their browsers, which makes it a liability for security,
29 Jan 2014
Ghostery For Controlled Privacy
On various websites, there are 3rd party scripts which are tracking us(for serving Ads, display content etc..). Ghostery is a browser extension tool available for all major browsers(Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer) as well as a standalone app available for iOS. It scans the web page for trackers – scripts, pixels,
03 Jan 2014
How to remove delta search from chrome
Delta search is a browser plug-in, toolbar and extension for most popular web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox to promote their search engines or other services as well as display ads. It copies Google Style search to provide web, images and videos search. But before that, it
19 May 2013
What are DoS and DDoS attacks?
If your favourite website is down, there’s a chance it’s suffering a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. This is more likely if the site is an online shop, a bookie or another site that relies financially on being online at all times. Enemy at the gates A DoS attack tries to make
18 Jun 2012
How to recognize a rogue website?
I want to point out that starting point for safety online depends on the user and not on anti-virus software no matter how popular or expensive it may be. There are some common mistakes all users make while browsing. Luckily for us, criminals online use techniques that are similar to all of
17 Jun 2012
Symptoms of browser hijack/infection
Browser hijacking is a potentially serious security issue. If a hijacking program has taken hold of your browser, any personal or sensitive information stored within it is seriously at risk. Browser hijackers also often make it impossible for you to use your browser normally, and can open up your computer to a
17 May 2012
Vimeo Blocked in India Along with Torrent Sites
The Pirate Bay and other large BitTorrent sites are now being blocked by Internet providers in India. Visitors who try to access the sites are redirected to a banner which informs them that the Department of Telecommunications ordered a blackout. Torrent sites are not the only target, as the blockade also censors
16 May 2012
Ads on Wikipedia, your computer is probably infected with malware
Wikipedia representatives warn users that If you’re seeing ads on Wikipedia, your computer is probably infected with malware. “We never run ads on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is funded by more than a million donors, who give an average donation of less than 30 dollars. We run fundraising appeals, usually at the end of
06 Aug 2011
What is Adware?
Adware is a close relative of spyware. Adware is a type of software that is installed on your computer to show you advertisements. These advertisements may take many forms, from relatively noninvasive banners within a program, to very invasive pop-up windows that come up regardless of that you are doing in the
12 Mar 2011
Block Any Domain from Google Searches Now
Amay Champaneria and Beverly Yang, Search Quality Engineers at Google, wrote: You’ve probably had the experience where you’ve clicked a result and it wasn’t quite what you were looking for. Many times you’ll head right back to Google. Perhaps the result just wasn’t quite right, but sometimes you may dislike the site