internet

  • Regrets from accessing the dark web

    Lately, I have been doing a lot of crazy things and today I might have done the craziest thing possible, i.e., I accessed the Dark Web. Many of you might be familiar with the term but still for you folks who are hearing this term for the first time: the Dark Web is one of…

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  • The Israeli army on Saturday continued its relentless attacks on the Gaza Strip amid a near-total blackout of the telecommunications and internet networks. Anadolu reporters on the ground said the bombardment largely concentrated in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital and Indonesian Hospitals. Internet and communications went down as Israel’s military said it was intensifying its…

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  • Almost everybody has got a favourite athlete and they will find themselves searching their social media accounts to see what they have been up to. As it turns out, despite his young age, tennis star Carlos Alcaraz is mixing it with some huge names from other sports. Alcaraz’s image has been crossing borders for some…

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  • 2023 Phishing Statistics

    Phishing Overview Phishing is a type of cybercrime whereby cyber criminals send spam messages containing malicious links, designed to get targets to either download malware or follow links to spoof websites. These messages were traditionally emails, but have since been employed through texts, social media and phone calls. Phishing remains the most common form of…

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  • The cybersecurity staffer is accused of attempting to pass off sensitive material to a foreign agent A former employee at the US National Security Agency has been charged for trying to hand classified information to an individual he believed to be “working for a foreign government,” according to the Department of Justice. The DOJ announced federal espionage…

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  • Cybersecurity news and best practices are full of acronyms and abbreviations. Without understanding what each one means, it’s difficult to comprehend the significance of most major threats and the essential tools that help prevent them. Our list below contains 100 of the most common cybersecurity abbreviations that you may encounter in the cybersecurity industry. CYBERSECURITY ABBREVIATIONS…

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  • The number of netizens in China has reached 1.01 billion as of June this year, as internet penetration rose to 71.6 percent, according to a report released by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) on Friday. The latest tally showed a growth of 21.75 million compared to the number of internet users last December.  According…

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  • The term designates a cyberspace parallel to physical reality where a community of people can interact in the form of avatars. The concept was coined by author Neal Stephenson in the 1992 science fiction novel “Snow Crash”. It refers to the merging of physical, augmented, and virtual reality in a shared online space. Some video…

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  • Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has hailed the so-called “metaverse”, describing it as the “next generation of the internet and next chapter” for the company, he told investors in a conference call on Wednesday. The metaverse, short for “meta-universe”, is a digital world where the real and virtual merge into a vision of science fiction and allows…

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  • Google recently announced that YouTube Go–the new app designed to upgrade user experience with the video-sharing service–will allow people watch videos offline.  The app was designed and developed with Indian users in mind, reports confirm. With the software, videos can be watched with 2G connection and even where there’s limited or no connectivity at all. “It’s also…

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