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What is Phishing...?

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This is a technique of extracting confidential information such as credit card numbers and username password combos by masquerading as legitimate enterprises. Phishing is technically carried out by email spoofing.   You’ve probably received email containing links to legitimate appearing websites. You probably found it suspicious and didn’t click the link.  Smart move. The malware would have installed itself on computer and stolen private information. Cyber-criminals use social engineering to trick you into downloading malware off the internet or make you fill your personal information under false pretense. A phishing scam in an email message can b evaded by keeping certain things in mind. Ø   Look for spelling mistakes in the text. Cyber-criminals are not known for their grammar and spelling. Ø   Hover your cursor over the Hyperlinked URL but don’t click. Check if the address matches with the one written in the message. Ø   Watch ...

Ubuntu for Phones unveiled

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We’ve been hearing about Ubuntu  coming to the mobile ecosystem  for well over a year, and Canonical is now finally ready to show everyone what they have developed. The Ubuntu team has been clear about their plans — they want to take over all of our screens with the same UI. It was obvious from the very start that the Unity UI was brought to  Ubuntu  in order to plan ahead for a touch-oriented, mobile-ready future. Canonical has made no secrets about their desire to make a smartphone that can be docked and used as a desktop with a mouse and keyboard. The idea has sounded great from the beginning, but the company has been very light on details regarding how this would work. In order for the dock to be something useful to users, the mobile experience itself would have to be something enjoyable and worth making the switch for. Earlier today Mark Shuttleworth of Canonical unveiled his plans for Ubuntu on phones and showed off exactly what that UI would look lik...