Searchesmia.com Virus: How to Know if Your Mac Is Infected
If you own a Mac, you may be wondering if it’s possible for your machine to be affected by a virus. Unfortunately, the answer to this question is yes. While Macs are considered to be…
MacKeeper removal wanted: the product still faces extremely negative feedback
MacKeeper marketing sells it as a comprehensive product to ensure your Mac is free of viruses, malware, and other threats, as well as performs its best capacity. The response of the users who have tried…
Protection on the homefront: How to secure your home network
Threats to cyber security are present whenever we connect online. At work, our accounts are prone to being victims of malware and hackers that aim to breach the database of a company from within. Contrary…
Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Threat or Enabler?
The late Stephen Hawking didn’t mince words when it came to AI. “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race,” he said. Larry Page is far more optimistic about…
Fraud, Hacks, and Data Breaches: Here’s What Small Business Owners Need to Know
The first step in protecting your business from fraud, hacks, and data breaches is to recognize that you are, in fact, a major target. More than half of malware attacks, for example, are aimed at…
Botnet evolution: from zombie PCs to IoT devices
There are two different flavors of pretty much any cutting-edge online technology. On the one hand, it is most likely to cause a benign overhaul of peoples’ lifestyles, routines and habits. On the other, it…
GandCrab ransomware campaign gearing up for a rise
The ransomware ecosystem has become fairly dull over time. It is mostly inhabited by lookalike strains that routinely stick with a uniform operational pattern: infect, encrypt, and demand Bitcoin for reverting the damage. However, the…
Recent Research Names Ransomware a Marginal Phenomenon
The AV-TEST Report for 2016 – 2017 unveiled recently calls ransomware a marginal phenomenon emphasizing that just 0.94 percent of all malware created in 2016 was a ransom Trojan. The AV-TEST team says that there…