The word “phishing” has become known even beyond the Internet, as phishing attacks have done so much harm that you can often hear about them on TV and radio or read about them in newspapers. However, if you have passed this danger, you may not even know what a phishing attack actually is. In this post, we will talk about… Read More »What is a Phishing Attack?
Cybersecurity means the body of processes, practices, and technologies that are specifically designed to protect data, programs, devices and networks. Typical threats include unauthorised access, vandalism, and data encryption and exfiltration. Sometimes it is referred to as information technology security. If you want to understand what the true scope of this body is, just think of all the things that… Read More »What Is Cybersecurity?
Recently specialists from CheckPoint Research published a report where they provide us with information on what’s exactly going on in the malware world right now. In its latest Global Threat Index for March 2022 researchers report the list of malware that continues to make headlines for various cases of infections worldwide. The report covers the top malware families, top attacked… Read More »Most Wanted Malware 2022
A metamorphic virus is a kind of malware that can change its own code and signature patterns with every iteration. The authors of metamorphic viruses apply such techniques as to disguise the malicious code in a way it won’t get detected by antivirus and antimalware programs. Additionally it is done to create the attribution of the malware more difficult. Metamorphic… Read More »What Is A Metamorphic Virus?
Boot sector virus is a kind of malware that targets the system’s boot partition or the master boot record (MBR) of a hard disk. Boot sector of a disk contains the code and data needed for the start of the computer’s operating system (OS). During the computer’s start up and before it gets detected by the antivirus software the virus… Read More »What is a Boot Sector Virus: How to Prevent It
One of the hackers’ favorite tools is malicious code. It is considered something extremely dangerous and elusive. Such a reputation is partly justified, partly exaggerated. What exactly it is, how it differs from what we call malware, when and how malicious code attacks can be executed, and how to protect yourself – you can read about these things in the… Read More »What is Malicious Code?
Spoofing is an element of many fraud attacks. Its point is to create a misleading appearance for a deceptive message. Spoofing attack takes advantage of human inattention and makes victims of the attack believe they are dealing with a trustworthy company, website, person, etc. If frauds establish such trust, they may try to get in possession of users’ passwords, credit… Read More »How to Prevent Spoofing Attack in 2022
Now that the digital world has become our irreplaceable part of life, it also becomes important what life you lead there in this brave new world. People are starting to talk about “digital footprint” — your so-called digital alter ego. It is now the same as with the reputation in real life. You should also care about your digital one.… Read More »What is a Digital Footprint: Meaning and Definition
Ransomware attacks is a special type of malware that encrypts data and holds it hostage until the ransom is paid. A user or organization cannot access the data and in order to get back the access they have to pay a demanded sum of money. In recent years the cybercriminal ecosystem that operates ransomware has become a growing threat to… Read More »Dangerous Ransomware Attacks Examples 2022
Google will sue the scammer who ran a non-delivery scam. The peculiarity of that case is that multiple victims from the US were tricked into buying puppies that actually never existed. This scam got the name of a puppy fraud. Puppies that have never arrived Google says the victims of such a puppy fraud became mainly older Americans who in… Read More »Google will sue puppy fraud scammer