Remember that latest series of malware that everyone keeps talking about, ransomware? It would appear that the US Congress is all too aware of the malware given that as of the ...
May 13, 2016 at 8:23 am by Gareth Andrews
We often worry about our accounts being compromised, and for systems where you use the same log-in for various systems like a Microsoft account, the effect of having someone ...
May 6, 2016 at 1:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
Viruses and malicious software or malware can do lots of damage to a company or even a single person’s life. While hackers can put you at risk by hacking your car or ...
May 3, 2016 at 11:00 am by Gareth Andrews
When it comes to the latest in viruses, ransomware is the next big thing for viruses. Ransomware benefits the hackers by encrypting all of your files until you pay the creator ...
April 29, 2016 at 1:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
We’ve all had that scare when we’ve discovered a virus on our computer, either from a scan or a popup or unwanted behaviour on your computer. Now imagine if your ...
April 29, 2016 at 12:20 pm by Gareth Andrews
When it comes to antivirus software, we often think of the big independent companies such as Symantec and McAfee at the cost of forgetting built in anti-virus like that ...
April 27, 2016 at 9:40 am by Gareth Andrews
While Google continually works hard in order to make each version of their Android operating system more and more secure, users of older versions of Android are still left ...
April 26, 2016 at 3:00 pm by Alexander Neil
Ransomware is some of the nastiest pieces of software in existence and in theory, it could hit anyone. Some people naturally have a greater risk, through the kind of work and ...
April 22, 2016 at 12:20 pm by Bohs Hansen
When it comes to software that you may not have heard of, or even used, recently QuickTime appears on my mind. A popular video software the system seems to have faded away, ...
April 15, 2016 at 1:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
When it comes to security threats and risks, the community as a whole is at its best when it has a common goal. An example of this was two weeks ago when a new ransomware was ...
April 15, 2016 at 10:53 am by Gareth Andrews
Apple has worked hard to make it difficult to allow users to unwittingly install unauthorized and malicious apps onto their devices. Despite this, there is still one ...
April 1, 2016 at 1:30 pm by Alexander Neil
Ransomware is a growing vector of attack in recent times and very few are truly safe from it and the potential loss of their personal data. Now antivirus firm Bitdefender have ...
March 30, 2016 at 1:45 pm by Alexander Neil
Ransomware is getting nastier and nastier. Initially just an attempt to turn malicious software (malware) into something that is financially rewarding, ransomware works by ...
March 28, 2016 at 9:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
There is a new malware scam hitting computers in Pennsylvania posing as an email containing a speeding ticket and containing a link that loads malicious software onto the ...
March 28, 2016 at 1:30 pm by Alexander Neil
Malware (short for malicious software) is a type of program that is intended to cause harm to a system, be it in the form of ransomware, like that which has hit several ...
March 27, 2016 at 3:15 am by Gareth Andrews
