Category Archives for "Internet Safety"
Current cyber threats and ways to avoid them.
Are You Mining Bitcoin for Hackers?
How to Know If You Are Mining Bitcoin for Hackers Human inventions keep evolving and finance is no exception. During the past decade, a new form of currency has evolved. This is an improvement from the previous past currency system of barter trade. Barter trade involved the exchange of goods for goods. This system evolved […]
Continue readingYour lazy password will get you hacked!
How many times do we have to be told before we believe it…. There are bad people out there that want to steal your data, your money and your identity on the internet. I am as guilty as the next. Sitting in the comfort of my home looking around, I tend to overlook that I […]
Continue readingWannacry Ransomware – are you protected?
WannaCry Ransomware, a worldwide cyber attack that began in May 2017. WannaCry is a form of ransomware targeting computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. It encrypts data, demanding ransom payments in Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Within a day was reported to have infected more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries. Notably, the United Kingdom’s National […]
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