The Key to Cybersecurity is an Educated Workforce

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) handled a record number of cybersecurity incidents over the last year, a 20% increase in cases handled the year before. With the increasing number and more innovative nature of cyber attacks, … Continue reading The Key to Cybersecurity is an Educated Workforce

Check, Please! Adding up the Costs of a Financial Data Breach

Guest article by Andrea Babbs, UK General Manager at VIPRE
Reliance on email as a fundamental function of business communication has been in place for some time. But as remote working has become a key factor for the majority of business during 2020, it… Continue reading Check, Please! Adding up the Costs of a Financial Data Breach

Critical Bug in Android Antivirus Exposes Address Books

Comprehensive testing of 21 free Android antivirus apps revealed big security vulnerabilities and privacy concerns; especially AEGISLAB, BullGuard, dfndr and VIPRE. Continue reading Critical Bug in Android Antivirus Exposes Address Books

Fantom Ransomware: Windows Update Disguise

A new ransomware called Fantom has been discovered that disguises itself as a Windows update. When executed, like the latest ransomware variants, it will encrypt your files and later ask for payment to decrypt them. The ransomware was written in C#. This code was retrieved from a publicly available ransomware framework. This was used by […]

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