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what is tabnapping?

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what is tab napping? the word "tab napping" comes from the combination of " tab " and " kidnapping". used by the hackers ,scammers and phishers. tab napping is an interesting ,tricky,clever, and  smart hacking technique for phishing and scamming. by this hacker can take advantage and control a victim's unattended browser tabs by hijacking and redirecting him to malicious URLs where they can perform attack and scripts and data URLs. its a kind of phishing but in phishing multiple tab does not open at the same time.  for example: if your already logged in to your  facebook account and suddenly you  see an interesting post with a web link.after clicking on the link , a news tab open. the link which is clicked by you it is redirected to it's original address. but the previous tab will change to a fake facebook login page. when you go back to the previous tab to log in facebook. your login information will be sent to the attacker and y

ransomware

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what is ransomware? ransomware is a one type of malware,which blocks entire operating system or part of files and  docs until victim pays a ransom.source of ransomware infection are the same as for usual computer viruses-through email attachments and infected files downloaded with multimedia from malicious websites the threat is very real.if you use email,browse websites,spend time on social networks,connect to local networks (at work,at home, or in public spaces) or use removable usb drives, whether on a desktop,laptop,smartphone or tablet , you are always a click or two away from a ransomware infiltration.the  most recent ransomware is wannacry. how do you get ransomware? ransomware is most commonly distributed by email, social network message and infected  sites. 1)via phishing emails 2)as a result of visiting website that contain malicious programs email phishing most ransomware is distributed by the popular malware infection technique know as "phising