It is not a secret that popular communication services are unsafe. At any time, your correspondence may be intercepted by law enforcement agencies or hackers. In this article, I will tell what you need to remember when using various means of communication. Voice calls and messages End-to-end encryption can help protect your conversations and messages […]
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The Geomoks virus keeps up the adverse trend of duping computer users into allowing notifications for dodgy websites. This hoax is currently gaining momentum as it might allow cybercrooks to gain elevated privileges in one’s system, harvest sensitive online information, and execute arbitrary malicious code in the background. The annoying popups on geomoks.com are the […]
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The adware climate is constantly getting rainier, with numerous new intrusive samples of browser redirect and popup viruses splashing onto the scene in an unstoppable fashion. A particularly unwelcome trend in this context is that more and more of these infections are assuming cross-platform characteristics, as is the case with the novelcamp.net nuisance that affects […]
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In this post, I am going to talk about VPNs, SDNs, and other trends in the field of IT security that (according to experts in the industry) will be on the rise this year. The popularity of Software-Defined Networks (SDN) is growing According to Statista, in the next several years, traffic volumes passing through the […]
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When it comes to the vectors of present-day cybercrime, social engineering can be just as effective as purely malware-based campaigns. If the two are combined, the resulting mix tends to be nasty. This holds true for the tech support scam involving the chomakepc.com domain. In pursuit of easy gain, its operators spread a browser hijacking […]
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Malicious code can be multipurpose and affect the host system in several ways rather stick with one vector of compromise. The Occamy.C virus is one of the culprits whose behavior cannot be unambiguously characterized impact-wise. However, its fundamental characteristic is all about the ability to communicate with a remote server. Here are the ins and […]
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Taking software piracy seriously isn’t everyone’s first priority these days, to say the least. Computer users like to get applications on the cheap or for free. As understandable as it is, this quirk may lead them into a trap. The secoh-qad.exe malware issue demonstrates how dangerous it can be to activate Windows products while bypassing […]
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There are computer viruses covert by design that don’t raise any obvious red flags, such as bots and spyware. The one called TheGoodCaster isn’t like that at all. It manifests itself by triggering browser redirects so that the victim keeps visiting rogue sites asking for extended permissions. The goal is to generate ad revenue at […]
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What makes ransomware stand out from the crowd is its critical, or sometimes irreversible, adverse effects. As opposed to other malware deployers, the cybercriminals who run these campaigns don’t zero in on manipulation or information theft. Instead, they target the most precious digital asset of users and organizations – their data. One of the strains […]
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What makes ransomware a groundbreaking phenomenon in the cybercrime landscape is that there isn’t and cannot possibly be a one-size-fits-all cure for it, contrary to virus signatures allowing security solutions to fix virtually any other malware issue. One of the strains at the forefront of this ecosystem has spawned a new variant called GandCrab 5.1.0 […]
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