‘Denial of service’ cyberattacks are increasingly used to shut down websites. New research reveals that 911 call centers are vulnerable to the threat as well.
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We’ve all called up IT for help and been asked to turn our machines off and on again. Here’s why.
How can archivists properly preserve computer programs often written specifically to destroy data?
Ransomware – which encrypts your files and offers to sell you the key – operates differently from other malicious software. Those differences turn out to give potential victims a fighting chance.
If a computer search would qualify for a warrant if its whereabouts were known, why should simply hiding its location make it legally unsearchable?
We are deepening our understanding of why people fall victim to the attacks in the first place.
Cyberattacks are on the rise in South Africa. New legislation is important, but it won’t solve the problem if it’s not accompanied by user education.
From Frodo to Skynet – the new Malware Museum shows how viruses reflect our culture and our fears.
Here’s how to protect yourself from the latest online scourge of hackers encrypting your files and demanding a ransom to unlock them.
A widespread and virulent ransomware, Angler, is de-fanged by having the world’s most widely-used networking equipment ignore it
Jailbreaking your iOS device can free you from Apple’s ‘walled garden’, but it’s a Wild West beyond the walls.
Rombertik malware will happily take the nuclear option on your hard drive.
Recognising malware patterns is key to the effectiveness of antivirus programs.
There is only so much government and business can do to keep us safe online. Ultimately we need to take personal responsibility for how we use the internet.
PC box shifter Lenovo’s public whipping for serving up malware in its default installs should be a lesson to all.
Mystery malware capable of hiding itself in a hard drives’ internal electronics has been revealed, having spread worldwide for more than a decade.
The recent cyber attack on Sony Pictures was so extensive there were notices placed on the entrance doors telling staff not to log in to the company’s network when they reached their desks. Sony’s entire…
The computer-security firm Symantec says it may have found some of the most sophisticated malicious software ever made. The cyber-espionage bug, called Regin, has been making attacks for many years without…
Imagine if UK banks decided to send out new credit cards to all their customers, but they were all “lost in the post” and the details ended up for sale on some dubious website. The recently discovered…
The number of physical robberies on banks has fallen dramatically in recent years, but the amount of money banks are losing through electronic methods has rocketed. In 2013 for example, the annual fraud…
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