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Ransomware has become a significant threat for many companies and computer users. And many firms are doubtful that they would be able to fully recover if attacked.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Only 38% of businesses believe they will recover from a ransomware attack
It’s one of the creepiest things you can experience on Facebook. You stumble across the profile of “another” user who appears to have stolen the details of your life – lock, stock and barrel. And they are spreading slurs about your character, and befr… Continue reading Facebook fights back against creepy impersonating profiles
It seems that hackers are just as capable of making mistakes regarding maintaining their privacy online as the rest of us. Perhaps there is a lesson for those of us who are law-abiding to learn from the mistakes made by others.
Read more in my article … Continue reading USA offers $100,000 bounty for alleged Syrian Electronic Army members
Newly-disclosed vulnerability reveals that an attacker could send you a boobytrapped PDF that would cause malicious code to run on your iPhone.
So update to iOS 9.3.
Continue reading Opening a PDF on your iPhone could infect it with malware
Researchers from John Hopkins University have discovered a way to break the encryption of iMessages, opening the door to snooping on photos and videos as they are sent between users.
Read more in my article on the HEAT security blog.
Continue reading Install iOS 9.3 to fix serious iMessages encryption flaw
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More than 30 photos of the celebrities have been posted on Twitter by a hacker who appears to have stolen the pictures from the iCloud account of Styles’s mother, Anne.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading Photos of Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner leak online after iCloud account hack
Although over 100,000 new malware variants may be discovered every day by security researchers, that doesn’t mean that the criminals behind the attacks need to be equally inventive in their methods to infect users.
Read more in my article on the Bitdef… Continue reading Malicious scripts spammed out to infect computers with ransomware
Find out the benefits of running a VPN on your laptop and smartphone, especially if you are in the habit of connecting to public Wi-Fi hotspots.
Continue reading VIDEO: What is a VPN, and why should you be using one?
Newly-discovered malware can infect non-jailbroken devices without the user’s knowledge, using a novel technique.
Read more in my article on the Intego Mac Security blog.
Continue reading AceDeceiver malware can infect non-jailbroken iOS devices