Everyone use internet to browse different websites to get information, pay bills, check e-mails, check Facebook etc. But did you ever realized that someone is sneaking in your activities to get more information about you. Yes it is happening without your knowledge in the background. The trackers come in the shape of cookies, Javascript, 1-pixel beacons, and Iframes. For example, cookies are tiny bits of software that web pages drop onto your device that identify you anonymously and signal useful behavior about your background interests to advertisers who might want to target you. Critics call this spying. Advertisers call it targeting.
We trust Facbook, Google etc because they did not or will not use all these information for a wrong purpose. But how can we trust a website in google search result page. Many cyber attacks are arriving via "Drive-By-Download". It may seems to be a good website but in the background it can redirect you to different sites that sends you an attack. Any hacker can do this to a normal website without the knowledge of site owner. To avoid this type of attack make sure that you install all available updates to your browser or use a browser that automatically updates. Research shows that Internet Explorer users are most vulnerable to these attacks.
We trust Facbook, Google etc because they did not or will not use all these information for a wrong purpose. But how can we trust a website in google search result page. Many cyber attacks are arriving via "Drive-By-Download". It may seems to be a good website but in the background it can redirect you to different sites that sends you an attack. Any hacker can do this to a normal website without the knowledge of site owner. To avoid this type of attack make sure that you install all available updates to your browser or use a browser that automatically updates. Research shows that Internet Explorer users are most vulnerable to these attacks.
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