I always fought the idea of installing illegal software or cracking demo and trial versions.Not just because it’s illegal and unethical, also because what might seem to be a money saver option can become a money or personal disaster. Bitdefender analysts have recently uncovered a series of attacks that leverage office tools and image-editing software […]
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I could write for hours about the many techniques used for phishing scams. In this particular case I want to point out the fact that, in addition of being a fake request, the entire body of the message is a single picture, not a text with the logo. The risk here is that by accidentally
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Have you ever heard about fileless malware ? It’s a, relatively, new way of attacking your computer. Traditional malware and virus are detected by security software because they create a file on computer. The virus has a footprint, a signature, it’s a sequence of characters that anti-malware tools scan and search for on your computer.
Barbara Corcoran is well known for her participation in “Shark Tank” TV show and is a real estate mogul. Last Wednesday she lost almost $400,000 when a scammer tricked her bookkeeper by sending a bill that appeared to come from Corcoran’s assistant. The bookkeeper received what appeared to be a routine invoice from Corcoran’s assistant
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We live in a crazy world, we all know this. What really send me off is fact that today you can trust no one, you have to think twice every time you take an action in the digital world.Is this real ? Is this phishing ? Is someone trying to scam me ? Can I
Password are supposed to be complicated, difficult to guess or crack, as a consequence, difficult to remember, but a password manager will help you.To avoid like the plague are 123456, 2580, password, qwerty, abc123, your birth date and other easy to guess strings of characters.Do not reuse the same password on multiple web sites, hacked
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Don’t do this. A customer complained because her laptop was very slow. Beside the fact that it is old and under-powered, I found installed:. McAfee Security Scan Plus. McAfee Web Advisor. Avast. Hotspot Shield. Pc Protect. Pc Accelerate. Pc Keeper. Driver Updater. Most of these software are completely useless, when not dangerous, and if you
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DO NOT PANIC if you received an email like this. YES, it contains your name and your real password, password that you used in the past and hopefully you already changed. How is that possible ?In the past an absolutely legit web site containing this exact email address and password was hacked. In my case
Sex scam ranswomware. Do not fall for this. Read More »
SIM hijacking, or SIM swapping, is essentially the process of hackers activating your phone number onto a SIM card of their possession. The process helps them take over your phone number, so next time someone tries to access one of your online account, the cybercriminals are the ones receiving the verification passcode instead of you.
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