Microsoft Word has been the target of malware for almost as long as it’s been around. Usually, it tries to take advantage of the built-in macro function, but not this ...
April 10, 2017 at 7:20 pm by Bohs Hansen
Malware is generally a nasty thing and ransomware is probably one of the worst kind. In most instances, ransomware will hold your files hostage until you pay the bad guys to ...
April 10, 2017 at 11:57 am by Bohs Hansen
The state of online security is at a new low according to IBM Security’s 2017 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. Cyber criminals are starting to grab unstructured ...
April 3, 2017 at 3:50 pm by Bohs Hansen
Hey, PC owners, let’s get real. You want all LEDs, all the time. Razer, Alphacool, Cooler Master, Thermaltake: they all know it. LEDs on your keyboard, in your PSU, even in ...
February 23, 2017 at 6:40 pm by Ashley Allen
The Mirai botnet, which takes control of unsecured IoT devices to launch massive DDoS attacks, wreaked havoc last year after its developer, known only as Anna-Sempai, released ...
January 20, 2017 at 5:30 pm by Ashley Allen
A new ransomware is offering infected users the chance to regain access to their locked computers without paying by sending the malicious software to infect other ...
December 12, 2016 at 5:00 am by Ashley Allen
Security researchers have found a type of malware on popular websites which hides in advertisement images and has been active for around two years. The Stegano exploit kit – ...
December 8, 2016 at 7:45 pm by Ashley Allen
It is the kind of stuff one only used to see in spy movies but researchers from Israel’s Ben Gurion University have demonstrated how a piece of headphone can be turned ...
November 23, 2016 at 12:40 pm by Ron Perillo
Office supply retail chain Office Depot and sister store OfficeMax have been exposed as charging users unnecessary Malware clean-up fees after two separate US news ...
November 22, 2016 at 3:00 pm by Ron Perillo
Shock news broke last night that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was hacked, and that the group responsible was selling the US-funded malware that it stole for one ...
August 16, 2016 at 5:30 pm by Ashley Allen
The old tech support scam – criminals posing as technical support staff in order to con computer users into surrendering access to their computers or paying to unlock ...
August 15, 2016 at 11:45 am by Ashley Allen
Malware can be easy to spot sometimes, but other times it can be incredibly elusive, especially it was put together by government-sponsored hacking groups. A good example is ...
August 9, 2016 at 4:26 pm by Cernescu Andrei
Email scammers have been around for a long time, and it’s not likely that we’ll be rid of them anytime soon. However, more and more people are becoming aware of ...
August 8, 2016 at 3:49 pm by Cernescu Andrei
Remember all those rules people give you when you were growing up. The rules ranged from don’t talk to people you don’t know to something as repetitive as ...
August 6, 2016 at 10:30 am by Gareth Andrews
When you download some popular software, you often end up using a mirror to gain access to all of your favourite bits of software. A popular place to upload and share your ...
August 3, 2016 at 7:32 pm by Gareth Andrews
