Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The Symantec Internet Threat Study indicates that in 2014, there were 24 Zero day vulnerabilities as compared to 23 in 2013. Zero-day vulnerabilities are vulnerabilities against which the vendor has not released a patch. The absence of a patch  presents a … Continue reading →

The recently released Cyber Crime study released by Symantec captures the status of the Internet risks in 2014. Titled Internet Security Report (ISTR 20), the report with its annexures provides an indepth insight into the threats and vulnerabilities that most of us … Continue reading →

Today, I received a telephone call from the mobile number 90699 35661 which appears to be an attempted fraud. I am placing this for public attention so that people donot respond to the call. At the same time, the Internet … Continue reading →

As could be expected after any global catastrophic event, the ISIS attack in Paris has also given raise to fraudulent e-mails. Some of them could be hoax emails and some could be carrying malware prompting the receiver to click on … Continue reading →

The Paris Attack of 13/11 (2015) by ISIS would be an event which will change the face of earth. On the one hand, it has galvanized France and other nations including Russia which suffered an attack a few days back … Continue reading →