A phishing e-mail is a bogus e-mail request that is designed to look like a legitimate request from a sender you trust in an effort to get you to provide your credentials such as login information to a specific website. It can also try to trick you into clicking on links so you can unintentionally
You’re a hardworking team player who likes to check e-mail and get a few things done after hours – all good! But here’s something you might not know: you should never access company data, file servers, or applications through personal devices and home PCs that are not properly monitored by your Managed Services provider. Why?
You probably have seen it before – or not – but there are sneaky bait and switch tricks used by hackers. It works like this: they register and set up a fraudulent website that is a very close misspelling of a legitimate one. For example, www.amercanexpress.com (don’t go there!) instead of www.americanexpress.com. If you accidentally
You may have received an innocent-looking email. Something that feels official. Like a bill, or an account update, or your bank’s notice. It looks legit. But once you open it, a ransomware takes control over your computer, demanding a sum of money in exchange for your data. Our IT Support Plan secures your Business Computer
How Small Businesses can Prevent Data, Password, and Credit Card Theft, Computer Viruses, E-mail Scams, and Phishing. Some fishermen hunt giant whales or go for a prized oversized tuna, while most go after a bounty of small fish and crabs with their nets and cages… So if you are a small or medium size company,
Phishing, such as recent Ebola virus Phishing attack is done to gain access to your data, such as personal and financial information. In the wrong hands it can make you broke, destroy your reputation, or crumble your businesses. If you believe your computer, your business data or personal information have been compromised as a result
Scare tactics are not new, because they are often effective. That is why Ebola phishing and malware attacks are becoming more and more widespread, as a result of the mass media paying increasing amounts of attention to this threat, and people being naturally curious and sometimes threatened. Once interest in Ebola drops, there most likely
CryptoWall is the new an improved version of ransomware such as CryptoBit, Cryptolocker, and CryptoDefense. Read previously posted “Beware of Cryptolocker Trojan Ransomware” for more screenshots and tips on how to identify and rid of the ransomware. Ransomware is a type of a malicious software that takes over your computer system and restricts access to
A new line of bogus emails are being sent out with a malicious cause. Similarly to recent attack methods to deliver the CryptoLocker virus, which was covered in a previous blog post, Beware of CryptoLocker Trojan Ransomware, an email is sent claiming that you have received an incoming e-fax and to get the fax you
As you may have heard, a major security vulnerability dubbed “Heartbleed,” was discovered some time ago in OpenSSL. Here is what you need to know right away: 1. The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. The Heartbleed bug allows anyone on the Internet to read the memory of
CryptoLocker, detected by Sophos as Troj/Ransom-ACP, a malicious program known as ransomware, is making rounds hitting computers via email attachments or via botnets. Infecting your computer via Email Trojan Infection through email may happen when you open an attachment containing the trojan. You have to take special care opening attachments, even if they look innocent
There is no argument about a necessity to protect your computer. As anti-virus solutions advance, so do the criminals who design computer malware and viruses. It seems that as soon as the new computer virus definitions get updated on your anti-virus program, new viruses come into play. Every day more advanced viruses hit the internet
You are probably making them – some, if not all the mistakes on this list. When you own a small business, it is easy to become a victim of common computer threats. After all – you are in business doing something other than keeping a vigil over your computer. You are a real expert in
Few days ago, a court in the United States has announced a judgment of more than $163 million against defendants in the FTC case agains “scareware” operation. This case had started on December 2, 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Complaint in federal court against Innovative Marketing, Inc., ByteHosting Internet Services, LLC,
