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Why Will I be Hacked?

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Why Will I be Hacked? In my previous blog, I said even if you are a home maker, you should worry  about Cyber Security and protected from cyber criminals . Few people asked me WHY? and some common questions were- Why would someone wants to hack me? Why would someone wants to trick me? I am not a billionaire nor I own some secret information about some secret government data. How can someone make money out of hacking me? If you are working in a corporate company or in a company where your co-workers talk about cyber or cyber crimes, I don't have to answer or you wouldn't have asked the above question, you already know the answer. But, if you are not working or if you are working in a world of remote site with no knowledge of cyber world or if it is your sister holding a phone and taking a selfie on the top of a mountain, or if it your aunt using Alexa for her house hold work, or if it is your friend or father or mother or any relative using a google home or a smart r...

My Journey to become a Certified Ethical Hacker

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My Journey to become a Certified Ethical Hacker #certifiedethicalhacker   #eccouncil   #Myjourney   As we all know and as the whole industry and IT Guru's discuss, Cyber Security is one of the top priorities for all types of business. Be it a educational institute, be your company is in IT sector or real estate to health care or even if you are a Home maker, Cyber Security is The top priority. Well, yes, you heard it right. Even if you are a home maker staying at home using a bunch of small computers (call it IoT) and not in any of the industry, Cyber Security and protection from cyber criminal is important to you. I follow cyber security professionals and cyber security related blogs from the time I started my career in the IT sector including security briefing, cyber security related blogs and often get amazed the way cyber criminals are getting better and more amazed the way White hat hackers are getting better too.  The interest grew a...