82 per cent of banks have been attacked. Is your sensitive data safe?

Recent research shows that 82 % of financial institutions were confronted with fraudulent conducts and disruption of security. A total of 230 American banks and credit-granting companies were surveyed. In spite of the fact that it isn’t anything surprising, it is still very alarming information, because this threat concerns… Read more

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Are you superstitious about the Android platform?

Android belongs to one of the most open and diverse platforms. One could think that it would be very easy to infect such a platform with viruses or malicious software. However, the reverse is true. The authors of the Android platform have thought about the security of users’ data at the beginning even before building the whole system. The principle of launching the application is totally… Read more

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Do governments have the right to block the internet?

As you probably know from last week, computer experts from the US government have experienced quite a moment because of an attack by the hacker community Anonymous, which has assaulted the websites of the FBI, White House and other important internet websites. Why? The government of the United States of America blocked… Read more

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Let’s spy into SpyEye

Recently there was a lot of ballyhoo about quite an old “SpyEye“ Trojan horse. This Trojan appeared on the scene in 2009, but has been modified since then, and it has been troubling lots of people with bank accounts in the UK and USA. What does SpyEye actually do? It steals your bank passwords and Read more

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Seize your career opportunities on social networks

Getting a new job may be like an adventure, opening new horizons, bringing many possible outcomes. It can also be a completely dull, tiresome, and ineffective struggle. Which one it would be, that depends on your… Read more

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Help TrustPort “save the world”!

“We will destroy earth… 2012 is the year of destruction and is drawing nearer. The end of civilization is coming! We must be aware of TrustPort! They want to save the world. We must destroy all of them with our viruses!” Read more

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Malware writers are sought after today!

Do you feel enticed by this advertisement? It is quite a good extra income e.g. for an ordinary worker in any software company, isn’t it? Is anybody concerned that this activity isn’t quite legal? Don’t be old-fashioned! To become a computer pirate is now becoming ever more popular and lucrative Read more

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Got a call from 02033188706?

…Selling fake antivirus or fake PC services are most recent socially-engineered scams and both of them have become very popular. Fraudsters can even offer you the right antivirus solution, but afterwards l you actually find that you paid for a free antivirus solution or for some non-existing service. If unfortunately you fell for…
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When Free comes at a price – a look at Internet security behaviour in Mexico

…The perception of using ‘free’ is deeply rooted in the Mexican buying culture. Mexican purchasers are not willing to pay for non touchable things like movies, software, or games. To that end, 60 percent of commercialized software products in México come from illegal sources – making the end user even more vulnerable. Illegal software generally will not provide up-to-date security – that is … Read more

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Security risks with “free cloud”

…As long as you’ve got the internet, you’ve got access to all your digital stuff wherever you are. This negates the need to buy as much physical storage, it is said. The data is stored on servers and are shared and used to fuller capacity, it’s a cheaper way to store things. However, one must ask, is that a price too high to risk our data and security of it?… Read more

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