I wrote this article to help you remove Alpha Shoppers. This Alpha Shoppers removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. Given the fact that you are reading this article, we assume that you are currently having problems with the Alpha Shoppers parasite. Like most people usually tend to, you have probably ignored the …
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Most of us use e-mail every day and we take it for granted – but how safe is it really? E-mail is like a traditional message – if it’s opened, it can be read. The text is unencrypted, and so insecure if compromised. E-mail used to be sent between two servers using plain text, though …
Now, spam is not just a pain in the proverbial processor – it’s a real live and kicking threat. Apart from having to constantly clean up the garbage, one careless click could introduce your network to Locky ransomware or something just as bad. With spam as a business-for-hire being used to distribute malware, in these …
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Brute force attacks use strength rather than cunning to infiltrate a network. These attacks will use all methods systematically until the target has been infiltrated. They can be carried out either on- or off-line; on-line being the most common. On-line attacks are carried out usually by hackers trying to discover a network password (commonly using …
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With everything becoming increasingly connected electronically, the IoT (the ‘Internet of Things’) provides a perfect breeding ground for ransomware. In 1999 technology expert Kevin Ashton conceived a vision like some device from a H.G. Wells novel – the IoT. Many people at the time thought he was a lunatic. The idea that your refrigerator could …
Overview of Petya ransomware In March, we covered the emergence of Petya trojan-ransomware; an original and dangerous threat. It was very virulent malware as it did not merely encrypt user files and hold them to ransom like its comrades; it encrypted the Master Boot Record (MBR), effectively locking the entire operating system. The badware was …
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” (Mother Night; Kurt Vonnegut; Fawcett; 1961) It’s even easier to be sociable on social media with mobile devices, and more and more information is shared with growing numbers of people. Many wonderful things can happen as a …
File Synchronization File-syncing is used in operating systems to perform effective backups. It is also used on dedicated platforms for file-sharing (such as Synchronize It!). Updated files are copied either in one direction for making back-ups, or in two directions for pro-active file-sharing or remote access working. The synchronization is accomplished by software which compares …
This subject was once considered paranoia, though events have proven that it is possible to spy on a user by hijacking a webcam. Of course, if there is hardware attached to an operating system, theoretically it’s possible for a hacker to takeover this kit and use it for their own malicious purposes. You may wonder, …
The IRS have passed the buck again by stating that the recent massive compromise is as a result of customers’ own security failure. They are blaming the taxpayer for weak security and posting their data elsewhere on the ‘net. Also, the breaches have been attributed to phishing e-mails which the IRS says are up by …