Last week a ransomware group claimed they had stolen of data from Epic Games which consisted of 189GB of information. This is of course concerning for both Epic games and us ...
March 4, 2024 at 12:37 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
We are all familiar with the rule of not plugging in an unknown USB drive, well at least I hope we are though unfortunately, a journalist in Ecuador forgot this bit of advice ...
March 23, 2023 at 2:43 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Let me just start by having a quick heart to heart with our male readers here at eTeknix over what some may consider a bit of a difficult subject (hence the title which I hope ...
March 14, 2022 at 8:20 am by Mike Sanders
I generally tend to receive at least one scam telephone call a week. The script occasionally varies (largely between something to do with my Amazon Prime account, or ...
August 24, 2021 at 9:16 am by Mike Sanders
Out of all the masses of viruses and malware you could accidentally install onto your PC, it’s hard to deny that for the casual consumer, and definitely businesses, ...
January 9, 2021 at 12:49 pm by Mike Sanders
Characters Used as Mascot with CAPCOM’s Blessing CAPCOM, the Japanese video game publisher, has been working with Osaka Prefecture Police since 2013 to implement crime ...
July 2, 2019 at 5:01 pm by Ron Perillo
Bitcoin Scammers Start Issuing Bomb Threats Bitcoin scammers are, perhaps, one of the biggest issues in cybercrime at the moment. Over the years though, their tactics have ...
December 14, 2018 at 12:04 pm by Mike Sanders
A recent survey has revealed that at least 1 in 5 UK businesses have been attacked or the victim of hackers/cyber crime. The research conducted also found that out of 1,200 ...
April 18, 2017 at 6:05 pm by Mike Sanders
When people talk about “pirates” and “hacking” together, it usually refers to those who release versions of software with the digital rights management ...
March 4, 2016 at 10:00 am by Alexander Neil
It seems that no system is beyond the reach of hackers out to line their own pockets. For almost an entire week, the Hollywood Presbyterian Memorial Medical Center has been ...
February 16, 2016 at 9:21 am by Alexander Neil
Six people in the UK have been arrested for using Lizard Squad’s infamous DDoS tool, Lizard Stresser. Operation Vivarium, co-ordinated by the National Crime Agency (NCA), ...
August 28, 2015 at 4:48 pm by Ashley Allen
A hacker who turned to being an FBI informant in order to avoid prison has been leading cyber attacks on Turkey. Hector Xavier Montague, or better know under the alias Sabu, ...
August 11, 2014 at 10:25 pm by Dave Alcock
On the back of yesterday’s news that Australian Apple Devices were getting hijacked through the ‘Find my iPhone’ feature it turns out that the problem is ...
May 28, 2014 at 11:18 am by Ryan Martin
If you haven’t had one of those stupid phone calls telling you your computer has a virus, I bet you’ve at least heard from a friend or relative that has. ...
April 1, 2014 at 10:19 am by Peter Donnell
A recent Channel 4 investigation into the used phone trade in the UK has exposed some worrying privacy concerns. An investigation into two of the largest pawn brokers that are ...
February 8, 2014 at 1:40 pm by Ryan Martin
