security

Your adversaries in the cyber sphere pose threats to you and your business in many forms. They have a number of ways to cut you in. Below are some strategies hackers will use access your systems: Spyware Collects information and sends it back to the attacker. Hackers are studying your behaviour at t… read more

Here are a few strategies a hacker may use to attack your systems: Ransomware Typically a form of malware which seeks to take control of your computer, stealthily encrypting your files with an encryption key of which only a hacker knows. God forbid you find yourself in such a situation but if you do… read more

Malware is the common term covering all malicous programs written with the intent of obtaining data and corrupting a system. Below is a list of the different variants you need to be aware of: Macro viruses  Written in macro language such as VBS (Visual Basic Scripting). Macro Viruses are usually pla… read more

Internet censorship isn't exclusive to places in the middle and far east like Iran and China. It exists in a myriad of variants in many places in the west as well. In Canada, the supreme court ruled in favour of a temporary mandate requirement for results of a competing company to be removed not onl… read more

What are the top 3 things you need to stay safe online? Anti-virus? Visiting only known websites? Deleting cookies? Changing passwords? If any of the above were in your top 3 then I have news for you - you are NOT doing the best things to secure yourself online. There is a HUGE gulf between what eve… read more

If your staff possess the know-how to protect your business from cyber criminals? If your systems are sophisticated in simplicity, yet multi-layered enough to protect your assets? To what degree is your business effective in responding to a computer hack?   Once upon a time, the word ‘hacker… read more

Cyber Security is a bit like a game of chess; a game of offensive and defensive strategies. Considering a hacker spends more time contemplating how to penetrate weakened systems and how to identify them than the majority of people spend learning how to defend themselves against a cyber attack; fortu… read more

Why would someone want to hack you? What is the point of a hacker taking over your PC? Both very good questions. However, we must understand it is no longer a human who is attacking you. Yes - a human has created what is attacking you by either writing or buying automated programs. Yes - it is a per… read more

Most people nowadays are equipped with some form of computing device - laptop, desktop, smartphone or tablet. I'm willing to throw my two eggs at the wall and say 80% of those people have very little insight into their device and how weak their security is regarding their personal privacy. I could b… read more

Building a perimeter of anti-virus applications is not feasible in this digital era as many anti-virus apps are in fact loaded with malware. It has a friendly face then out of nowhere... POW! It does you in your unpatched vulnerability. Cyber Security boils down to three fundamentals: Prevention, De… read more