Digital age – threat to data privacy Chores like shopping, banking, and governance have become so stress-free with everything going digital. We enjoy browsing through online shops, adding our favorite products into cart, and making online payment- all without much fuss. But have you ever thought about consequences? Where you can make deals on click
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Not so long after ransomware had been grabbing the headlines as more and more learned about the threats of the latest malware issue that a threat has appeared that could directly affect everyone and anyone. What was found was that a fake email from own account leads to ransomware that requires payment to unlock and
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The latest in cyber crime to gain popularity and infamy has been ‘ransomware’, a type of malware which installs itself onto unsuspecting computers. The malware then encrypts the user’s hard drive, completely disabling it until payment has been made to unlock it. ‘Ransomware’ hits major websites demanding payment, including BBC, the New York Times, NFL.com and
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Ransomware is a trendy tool used by cybercriminals: this malicious software, once infiltrated in your computer, encrypts some part of your computer hard drive and requests in exchange a ransom to regain access to your stolen data. These cybercriminal programs keep on spreading even though they have been in use for long. In the second
Read More...Europol, European union police, has announced the dismantling of a gang of criminals. Its members are accused of having infected hundreds of thousands of computers via a ransonmware, i.e. such type of malicious program that locks the user’s files in exchange for the payment of a ransom. For payment, criminals do pose as police officers.
Read More...According to a report by Symantec, 556 million people have been a victim of threats in the form of scams in 2012, all over the world. This represents a cost of € 83 billion and at least 18 victims every second. As of today, experts do consider that at least 100 million of malware exist,
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