Living in an increasingly technologically augmented world, where online scamming techniques, are more ubiquitous than cute cat videos on Facebook walls, leaves us no choice, but to pay attention to the ways bad guys find clever ways to separate us from our hard earned money. Although, most security providers are introducing us to their next-gen antivirus solutions with claims for unmatched AI/Neural based protection algorithms, they still cannot protect us from our human wa

You probably hear a lot about Cyber Security these days. While sometime the term is thrown around to scare business owners, other times it has proven to be a wake-up call, one that small businesses can learn from, in order to protect themselves from online threats that can have a devastating impact. Numbers don’t lie, and as much as you’d like to believe your business is safe, the worst could happen at any time. Because antivirus software alone can only do so much to protect

Just getting started with your new iOS device? That’s great, and we don’t want to be a buzzkill, but we strongly urge you do devote some time to adjusting the privacy settings in your new gadget. Location tracking and data collection are powerful features that could place your personal information in the hands of people and services you’d rather shut out. Take advantage of these tips to keep your personal data to yourself. To be clear, we do not recommend turning off all trac

Courtesy of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat – to name but a few – we are increasingly living digital lives, where we interact and engage with our friends and family online. Social media has, without a shadow of a doubt, become central to our way of life. And yet, while millions use these platforms on a daily basis, they are not without their pitfalls. In particular, online privacy and information security constantly come under the spotlight, while online bullying an

Last week, we talked about desktop ransomware, which is certainly nasty stuff. Ransomware is found not only on desktops, but also on mobile devices — and it is also on the rise there. Today we are going to discuss the most prevalent types of mobile ransomware. We obtained the statistics in this post from our security solutions. What is mobile ransomware? A lot of people already know what ransomware is — and awareness is only growing. The most widespread — and most annoying —

Lately, millions of PCs all over the world have been regularly displaying a Microsoft notification reading, in essence: “Dear users, how about if you upgrade to Windows 10?” Sometimes, the message is not even that subtle: “Your operating system will be upgraded to Windows 10 on [date here].” Such messages pop up on all computers operating legitimate copies of Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows 8, leading many users to ask a rather sensible question: “Should I upgrade to the new o