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£850,000 a year, new technique – SCAREWARE
Nov 5th
Cybercriminals are earning as much as £858,000 a year out of scareware, said Symantec. Scareware, which is also known as fake antivirus, is a ploy by cybercriminals to get web users to download dodgy programs using realistic messages and pop-ups warning of fake malware infections. Web users are scared into purchasing the bogus security software
Keylogger – Art of Stealing Information
Nov 2nd
A Keylogger is a program that records all keystrokes(keyboard) and stores them for later retrieval. The existence of a keylogger is usually kept a secret and is hidden from whoever it is targeting. For example, They may be used by company to monitor an employee they’re suspicious of, a keylogger could even be installed for
Two Factors of Authentication – When Username and Password is not Enough
Oct 28th
Authentication, which is the process by which a computer system positively identifies a user, is commonly considered to be one of the weakest links in modern computer security systems. Every day a new story emerges about an identity theft or a computer break-in due to stolen credentials. With the proliferation of network-based and online applications,