Late last month Facebook announced its worst-ever security breach that allowed an unknown group of hackers to steal secret access tokens for millions of accounts by taking...
This year in May, Google rolled out the Confidential Mode for Gmail users on desktop, however, the feature is now available on the iOS and Android mobile application as...
The number of mobile phone users around the world is projected to exceed the five billion mark by 2019. This rapid increase, unfortunately, sees cybercriminals adapting and...
Late last month Facebook announced its worst-ever security breach that allowed an unknown group of hackers to steal secret access tokens for millions of accounts by taking advantage of a flaw in the ‘View As’ feature. At the time of the initial disclosure, Facebook estimated that the number of users affected by…
August 19, 2018
This year in May, Google rolled out the Confidential Mode for Gmail users on desktop, however, the feature is now available on the iOS and Android mobile application as well. Gmail announced the same via a tweet on 16 August. What is Gmail’s new Confidential Mode ? Confidential Mode gives you tight control over the emails…
Artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities are growing at an unprecedented rate.These technologies have many widely beneficial applications, ranging from machine translation to medical image analysis.Countless more such applications are being developed and can be expected over the long term.Less attention has historically been paid to the ways in which…
May 30, 2018
The number of mobile phone users around the world is projected to exceed the five billion mark by 2019. This rapid increase, unfortunately, sees cybercriminals adapting and changing their methods to profit from this growing number of potential victims. Android security should not be taken for granted. People who use Android devices…
May 22, 2018
So you just got a new Android phone. You’ve probably turned it on, logged into a bunch of apps, downloaded your favorites — Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. — and logged into all of them as well. But now it’s time to dive a little bit deeper. If you’re setting up…
March 23, 2018
Smartphones have become ubiquitous; almost everyone carries one these days. Unfortunately, with the increase in the usage of smartphones, there has been a consistent increase in the number of malware attacks on smartphones. Malware attacks can be pretty vicious leaving you with a series of problems ranging from inflated bills to stolen…
March 11, 2018
Authentication is the process of determining whether a person is who he or she claims to be. This process can occur in one of two ways. Verification asks “Is this the person who he or she claims?” and consists of a single comparison. Identification makes a one-to-N comparison and tries…
February 14, 2018
How often do you change your password? We bet some of your credentials are more than a decade old. In fact, most of us only change our passwords when a situation forces us to. Typically, that’s either when you can’t remember it, or an app or your company forces you to…
December 31, 2017
AI workloads are different from the calculations most of our current computers are built to perform. AI implies prediction, inference, intuition. But the most creative machine learning algorithms are hamstrung by machines that can’t harness their power. Hence, if we’re to make great strides in AI, our hardware must change,…
December 21, 2017
2017 was a watershed year in cyber security in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Major organisations – from Singapore’s leading universities and Ministry of Defence to Australia’s national broadcaster and Malaysia’s telecoms operators – had fallen prey to cyber attacks, with personal data stolen in some cases. While the affected organisations shore up their defences and recover…
