Stories with tag: Cybercrime

Beware! Coronavirus Can Infect Your Smartphone

Android users need to be careful while installing certain virus trackers that could install malware on a phone
Team TechTree, 18th Mar 2020
Malware-free Cyber Attacks on the Upswing

File-less techniques accounted for more than half of all attacks with the Indo-Pacific region contributing a quarter of these
Team TechTree, 04th Mar 2020
Making Digital Payments? Watch Out for Hackers

A slew of reports surfaced online since last Friday about shady transactions on PayPal accounts of users in the United States
Team TechTree, 26th Feb 2020
US Retail Chain Reports Data Theft; How Safe Are You?

With India’s point of sales systems growing steadily, it could easily be the next target on some cybercriminal’s mind
Team TechTree, 30th Jan 2020
Did Jeff Bezos Just Get His Smartphone Hacked?

A report suggested that the hacking was done via a WhatsApp message sent from a Saudi prince, which now the UN wants investigated
Team TechTree, 23rd Jan 2020
Google, Microsoft at Loggerheads on Facial Recognition Ban

Ever since news broke of a US startup scraping data off Facebook and sharing it for money with security agencies, the issue of Facial Recognition is facing flak
Team TechTree, 22nd Jan 2020
Apple Returns to CES 2020 With a Boring Privacy Pitch

Looks like the company used the occasion to further troll its competitors on the privacy front, that too using a former Googler to lead the offensive
Team TechTree, 09th Jan 2020
Visa Card Owners: Beware of Hackers at Petrol Stations

The company has warned customers across the United States that their card data may be getting scraped from gas stations, where security experts say they found a vulnerability
Team TechTree, 19th Dec 2019
Another Data Leak from Facebook, Twitter?

Though this time it isn’t the fault of these social platforms as the data exposure due to a bug in the app store for Android
Team TechTree, 26th Nov 2019
False Alarm: Amazon’s Ring Doorbell Keeps Your Data

With data security increasingly becoming a matter of concern, apps and gadgets that store data need to be perceived as a prospective goldmine for hackers
Team TechTree, 23rd Nov 2019
Disney+ Goes Live and So Does Its User Data

Early reports of the new member on the ever-growing OTT were anything but encouraging and things just got worse as hackers struck and are blatantly offering user details for a cost
Team TechTree, 21st Nov 2019