Catch Sneaky Downloads
There are three types of software that can creep onto your computer, each type more ninja-like than the one before it: The Barnacle Download, the Pop-Up Download and the Drive-By Download.
Time To Throw Out Java?
Several Java security vulnerabilities surfaced earlier this month that allow attackers to access computers visiting compromised or malicious websites. If you’re still reading, allow me to translate the previous sentence to English: if you visit a website that has code to take advantage of the Java security hole, then the code would install malware on your computer. If you’ve ever asked yourself “how did that virus/malware get on my computer?” this is one answer.
How To Make Your Passwords Easier To Remember And Harder To Guess
Imagine for a moment that your job is to break into personal accounts on websites and collect the data you find. What makes your job easy is that many fail to create good passwords to protect their personal accounts. You just need to run down a password list, such as the list of the 25 [...]
How to Be Less “Hackable”
Mat Honan, a technology journalist, had several of his cloud accounts “hacked” causing him to permanently lose email, documents, even pictures of his new born daughter. He wrote an article with all the details called How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking. […]
Recognizing and Removing Malware
Even though we’ve taken steps to protect our computers, sometimes malware can still get on our computers: it could be someone else used our computers, or maybe some clever new piece of malware tricked us into installing it. In any case, there are several telltale signs that you’re infected, and several things you can do [...]
5 Steps to Protect Your Computer from Viruses
Everyday Google finds 9,500 new websites that are loaded with viruses or malware. With so many websites having malware and so many people surfing the internet, the risk to our computers and personal information is very real. Malware has the ability to damage and/or steal files from your computer, log the websites you visit and [...]
5 Tips to Keep Malware off Your Phone
Android malware is on the rise; the number of “samples” of malware has risen from 400 in June to over 15,000 in February. A piece of malware on your Android phone has the potential to track your location, access your contacts, make calls on your behalf, monitor your activity such as when your enter your [...]