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28th January : Data Privacy Day

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Data is today's currency. We are surrounded by data 24 by 7. Data Privacy Day occurs on 28th of January every year. This day is primarily observed in United States, European Union, Canada and Israel and 47 European countries but is also spreading in other parts of the world due to growing privacy concerns day by day. What is the need to observe this day? There's no doubt how important privacy is but we somehow become unconcerned about the loss of privacy of our data.A decade ago no one would have predicted how companies would end up basing their entire business model on user data but now gradually changes are seen in companies privacy policies which is a good thing.  Spread Data privacy Day was initially began as an educational event to increase the awareness among businesses to prote user privacy and protect user's data.The educational focus has expanded over years to include families and consumers.The international celebration offers many opportuni...

Kali Linux: Hacker's Paradise!!!

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"THE QUIETER YOU BECOME,THE MORE YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR" This is not any motivational quote from any book but is the tagline of the most famous OS used in the Security field called as Kali Linux which was formerly called as BackTrack OS . Kali Linux is a Debian -based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. Kali contains several hundred tools which are geared towards various Information Security tasks such as Penetration Testing, Security research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. Kali Linux is developed, funded and maintained by Offensive Security , a leading Information Security training company. Now the main thing to notice is that using the Kali Linux that means using the preinstalled tools in Kali will not make you a hacker. Kali Linux is yet another Linux distribution based on Debian. Kali Linux is not for hacking and cracking or stealing someone's data or a Facebook passw...