Nov 26, 2016 | General Security
Since it first appeared, ransomware’s profitable business – in short, compromising and encrypting data belonging to companies and users and requesting payment in exchange for the restoration of infected files –has grown rapidly. One of the threats that has had a...
Nov 23, 2016 | Buying NOD32
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Sep 23, 2016 | General Security
As a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed earlier this year, there has been a notable rise in the number phishing attacks. It’s a widespread problem, posing a huge risk to individuals and organizations (there were, for example, more attacks in...
Aug 22, 2016 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans, Virus & AntiVirus News
Towards the end of July 2016, Kevin Townsend brought it to my attention that Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, had announced an initiative to address the ransomware problem. No More Ransom is intended to provide information and help victims recover...
Aug 5, 2016 | General Security, Support, Threat News
This week, Microsoft issued the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which changes the way in which security status is presented to home users. Windows Defender now displays a user’s protection status as “off” if any non-Microsoft antivirus protection, including ESET, is in...
