It’s December already, which means that the holidays are just around the corner. There’s no better time than the present to brush up on how you can keep your privacy and identity secure during the most wonderful time of the year.
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts a user’s data and prevents them from accessing their personal files until they pay the hacker for their files back. Sometimes users are requested to pay hundreds of dollars in order to receive a decryption key. Usually, ransomware is transmitted through infected email links, malicious websites or popup messages.
The convenience of online shopping makes purchasing so much easier, especially during Black Friday when stores are madhouses and you want to be sure that you’re getting the best deals at the best prices! Online shopping has additional risks that we need to be extra careful of. Check out these tips for how to shop safely online.
With Halloween around the corner, cybercriminals are pulling out their biggest bag of tricks. Make sure that this Halloween brings you only the good kind of treats, staying far away from malicious tricks that are brewing up this Halloween season.
This past Friday, October 21, there was a cyber-attack carried out that interrupted website access and crashed the internet. It was caused by a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on a major Domain Name System (DNS) provider, Dyn. Read more…
