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Your Computer May be A Spy/ Command and Control Traffic

Malicious actors operate command-and-control (C&C/C2) servers to communicate with the victim’s devices. These C2 servers communicate with the victim’s devices, giving them instructions to...
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Malicious Social Networking: Koobface Worm

The popularity of social networking, such as Facebook and Twitter has sky-rocketed in recent years. This popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed to malcode authors who...
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Recent Password Report

In the News  The latest report on passwords is in, and the results are critical. In Introducing the 3rd Annual Global Password Security Report...
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Top 5 Malicious Spyware Actions

Disabling antivirus and antispyware tools: To prevent disinfection, some spyware disables antivirus and antispyware tools to lengthen the time the attacker can control the...
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Millennials & Scams

In the News  Millennials may not be as tech-savvy as they think. In FTC: Millennials more likely to report falling victim to financial scams,...
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Back Up Your Files

Eventually, we all have an accident or get hacked. And when we do, backups are often the only way to recover. Backups are cheap...
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Publicly Exposed Fitmetrix User Data

In the News  Social media platforms and tech giants aren’t the only companies struggling to secure user data. In MindBody-owned Fitmetrix Exposed Millions of User Records-Thanks to...
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Google’s Privacy Tools

In the News  Google amps up its privacy initiatives. In Google rolls out new privacy tools for Maps, YouTube and Assistant, Sarah Perez at...
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The Five Worst Security Mistakes End Users Make

Failing to install anti-virus, keep its signatures up to date, and apply it to all files. Opening unsolicited e-mail attachments without verifying their source...
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Earning Money in Exchange for Your Data

In the News  Can data collection be turned into a side hustle? In OzoneAI wants companies to pay you for your data, upending the...
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