Malware is a particularly virulent strain of hacking and can spread very quickly. However, when it gets help from a tech giant, it can spread even quicker. It’s now been discovered that IBM have, quite accidentally, managed to ship USB flash drives containing malware....
Hackers are now turning to employees of organizations to help breach their defenses and this can be knowingly or unknowingly, but how are they doing it? As this hacking technique doesn’t rely purely on digital attacks, it’s a unique problem in the world of...
The tax season is a stressful time of year for businesses, but now hackers are targeting this period in order to steal employee data and funds. Using a social engineering approach, hackers are able to trick businesses into relinquishing highly sensitive information...
Skype is a great tool for businesses to communicate with customers and partners, but now it appears that it’s being used as a delivery route for ransomware. PC users who are using the Microsoft Skype App have reported that fake adverts have been appearing which...
Ransomware is regularly in the news, so we’re beginning to understand it more. However, a new form of ransomware is now changing the landscape. Bitcoin has always been the preferred payment method for releasing encrypted files following an attack, but the newly...
We’re used to hackers using conventional attack strategies, so, although we can defend these, it means hackers are looking for more discreet attack methods. And, just recently, hackers have been looking to exploit routes in and out of our PCs which are not usually...
With the ever increasing rise in cyber security attacks, PC users are becoming more vigilant. However, do they know what they should be wary of in 2017? The IT security landscape is constantly changing, so what may be considered a contemporary threat one year, may...
We’re all used to using USB devices with our PCs for easy connections, but it’s this convenience which also makes them perfect for hacking. The hacks that grab the headlines are those that are distributed online and through email due to the huge numbers of people...
Due to their activities, hospitals need to be highly secure. However, a recent ransomware hack on UK hospitals has questioned just how secure they are. Huge swathes of data are held by hospitals and the majority of it is highly personal and sensitive. Not only that,...
PCs carry out so many tasks and use a number of different pieces of hardware and software, so the potential for failure is high, but it can be prevented. Even if there’s just a small failure in one of your PCs tasks, it can create a snowball effect which eventually...