Gone are the days when phishing emails were typo-laden messages demanding you to click on a link and enter your credit card details into some eyesore of a website. Today’s phishing attacks are advanced, sophisticated and scarily believable, which perhaps explains why 22 percent of employees clicked on a phishing email in 2018, according to […]
8 Critical Safety Tips for Safer Online Banking
There are some inherent risks associated with using any online service, but nowhere are the stakes higher than in the world of Internet banking. Make a simple security slip up and there’s a chance that the wrong person could get their hands on your login details – or worse, your transaction authentication number (TAN) – […]
Stay safe online: Top 10 internet safety tips
Stay safe online: Top 10 internet safety tips Courtesy EMSIsoft on October 4, 2017 To the uninitiated, the internet can feel like a scary place – and to some extent, it is. About four new malicious software programs are created per second according to figures collated by IT security analysts AV-TEST. The stats might sound […]
All About Trojan Horses
Trojan horse removal: Protecting Troy Courtesy EMSIsoft on September 29, 2017 After a ten-year siege against the seemingly impenetrable city of Troy, the Greeks decided to try something a little more crafty than brute force. Concealing themselves within a trophy offering in the shape of a giant wooden horse, Greek soldiers were able to breach […]
WannaCry?
Following the emergence of the Jaff ransomware attack campaign earlier this week, another, even bigger outbreak is making headlines. The culprit? A new ransomware family called WannaCry or WCry. Spotted earlier today, WCry caught the attention of the team due to it being spread via the recently exposed NSA shadow broker exploits. WCry took many […]