TFlower Ransomware
Over the last two years, ransomware attacks have become increasingly common against businesses of all shapes and sizes. And, while the attack vector saw a dip in popularity last year, this year it has come roaring back to the fore with several new strains of ransomware being developed and enjoying widespread use by hackers around the world.
USB four has been in the pipeline for quite some time now.
Finally, in the second half of 2020, we'll start seeing devices coming to market that take advantage of the new and improved technology. Based on Thunderbolt 3 technology, the latest iteration of the tech will boast transfer speeds of up to 40 Gigabytes Per Second.
Kaspersky Lab has recently issued a warning that should alarm and dismay students around the world. Based on the findings of some of the company's researchers, they've discovered a new surge in malware masquerading as legitimate digital textbooks. Given the staggering price of physical textbooks, many students have changed to acquiring digital copies of the books they need.
There is grim news for users of the online marketplace Poshmark, which is a thriving community where people buy and sell used clothing and other accessories. Recently it has come to light that the login details of more than 36 million of the company's 40 million members were acquired by an unauthorized third-party.
You've almost certainly been seeing stories on the internet this year about the growing trend of Deep Fakes.
They are videos that are expertly engineered to give the appearance of some prominent figure or another saying something that he or she never actually said.
Today, much of a modern business’s workload is handled entirely by digital means, using the hardware and software you’ve invested your time and money into. When that equipment doesn’t work as well as it should, it affects the productivity and efficiency of the entire business.
Do you use Mozilla's Firefox browser? If so, then you should know that their most recent release, Firefox 69 has a new feature designed to help prevent companies from tracking you. If you update to Firefox 69, the new feature will be automatically enabled as part of the browser's Enhanced Tracking Protection feature.
Both long established and newly flourishing businesses are undergoing the digital transformation that is increasingly important to success in the modern work environment. Beyond the advantages of connecting to your audience through the internet, the sheer improvements in terms of productivity, efficiency, and accuracy that IT can lend your business is not something to be understated.
Do you keep all of your data on the cloud? If so, you're certainly not alone. The past few years have seen a massive migration away from storing critical files locally to placing them on the cloud, where they're more secure and accessible from anywhere you can get internet.
Ransomware roared onto the global stage in 2017. Companies and government agencies around the world felt the impact with widespread campaigns like NotPetya and WannaCry.
By 2018, the number of ransomware attacks had begun to fall off while hackers found new tools to attack with, shifting toward cryptojacking, credential theft, and trojan malware.
