Browser Modifier

A browser modifier is a type of malware created for the sole purpose of hijacking and modifying a Web browser’s settings. Browser modifiers are installed when users inadvertently click pop-up messages without reading the content that explains how to cancel the pop-up. 

This term is also known as a browser hijacker, although the latter may refer to malware with more malicious, rather than mischievous, intentions.

Sometimes a malicious pop-up may display a message such as “click Cancel if you do not want to leave the site.” By clicking cancel, the user is actually accepting the message. This is a very basic trick used by malicious websites to hijack Web browsers. 

A browser modifier changes the browser's default home page or error page, forcing it to redirect to a specific website, allowing that website to gain traffic and consequently more profit. Some browser modifiers change the fonts, appearance and other aspects of the browser, often to promote advertisements or promotions. Other modifiers just change browser settings so that they look horrible in an effort to annoy and distress the user.

A browser hijacker is the best example of a browser modifier, and the two terms can be used interchangeably. However, a hijacker tends to have more malicious intentions, such as leading users to websites that could harm their computers.

Browser modifiers can be avoided by declining to click on pop-ups.

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Pokki

"First of all this PUP will slow down your computer. The Ads you see on your screen demand their share of system resources and also of your internet bandwidth. Whenever you load a page your CPU also has to download the data for the Ads and then display them. Needless to say this causes slowdown to the load speed of pages. On very powerful modern computers with top notch internet connection this could be a second or two, but older machines may suffer. The extra load could even make a computer to become unresponsive for a time.

The Ads created by Win32/Pokki Virus BrowserModifier are not to be trusted either, especially on Windows 10. Some of them may be legitimate, but don’t rely on that. Aggressive and obtrusive PUPs like Win32/Pokki Virus BrowserModifier rarely deal with legitimate sites for advertising (legitimate sites would rather pay Google Ads etc) and their quality threshold is low-to-nonexistent. Much like their more vicious Adware brothers PUPs will distribute viruses, phishing attempts and bloatware."

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G-Suite

G Suite (formerly Google Apps for Work and Google Apps for Your Domain) is a brand of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products developed by Google, first launched on August 28, 2006 as "Google Apps for Your Domain". G Suite comprises Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar, and Google+ for communication; Drive for storage; Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Sites for collaboration; and, depending on the plan, an Admin panel and Vault for managing users and the services. It also includes the digital interactive whiteboard Jamboard. and the app development platform App Maker

While these services are free to use for consumers, G Suite adds enterprise features such as custom email addresses at a domain (@yourcompany.com), option for unlimited cloud storage (depending on plan and number of members), additional administrative tools and advanced settings, as well as 24/7 phone and email support.

Being based in Google's data centers, data and information is saved instantly and then synchronized to other data centers for backup purposes. Unlike the free, consumer-facing services, G Suite users do not see advertisements while using the services, and information and data in G Suite accounts do not get used for advertisement purposes. Furthermore, G Suite administrators can fine-tune security and privacy settings.

As of January 2017, G Suite has 3 million paying businesses, and 70 million G Suite for Education users.

PCI DSS

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard for organizations that handle branded credit cards from the major card schemes.

The PCI Standard is mandated by the card brands and administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The standard was created to increase controls around cardholder data to reduce credit card fraud. Validation of compliance is performed annually, either by an external Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) or by a firm specific Internal Security Assessor (ISA) that creates a Report on Compliance for organizations handling large volumes of transactions, or by Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) for companies handling smaller volumes.

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Jira

Jira is a proprietary issue tracking product developed by Atlassian which allows bug tracking and agile project management. The product name is a truncation of Gojira, the Japanese word for Godzilla, which is a reference to a competitor, Bugzilla.

Jira is written in Java and uses the Pico inversion of control container, Apache OFBiz entity engine, and WebWork 1 technology stack. For remote procedure calls (RPC), Jira supports REST, SOAP, and XML-RPC. Jira integrates with source control programs such as Clearcase, Concurrent Versions System (CVS), Git, Mercurial, Perforce, Subversion, and Team Foundation Server. It ships with various translations including English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.

Jira supports the Networked Help Desk API for sharing customer support tickets with other issue tracking systems.

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