Threats
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Computer Vandalism In everyday life, there are vandals that seem to enjoy destroying things – even though it can be hard to understand how they derive any tangible benefit from their acts of vandalism. Unfortunately, the same type of behaviour is also present in cyberspace...
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What to Do if Your Identity is Stolen: A Step-By-Step Guide In 2014, the Consumer Federation of America performed a survey of consumer agencies that pointed to identity theft as the fastest-growing complaint they've received. Follow this step-by-step guide on what to do if your identity is stolen.
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Naikon Targeted Attacks Naikon is a threat actor that appears to be Chinese-speaking. Its primary targets are top-level government agencies and civil and military organizations.
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What is a Trojan Virus? - Definition Trojans are malicious programs that perform actions that have not been authorised by the user...
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Inoperable Computers and System Networks Computer viruses and Trojan viruses can severely affect the performance of an individual computer or cause the total failure of an entire system network. A wide range of these operability issues can be either intended by the malware creator or completely accidental.
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Social Engineering & Malware Implementation With so many different types of malware – and the vast range of malicious...
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Evolving Computer Virus & Malware Delivery Methods In order to commit a wide range of cybercrimes – including stealing banking details, generating revenues from premium-charge phone numbers or demanding ransom payments – cybercriminals have created and distributed network worms… many of which have caused Internet epidemics.
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Major Celebrity Hacks and How They Can Affect You Last year news of celebrity hacks seemed to be everywhere after Celebgate, the name given by the media to the attack which, according to Celebuzz, compromised up to 600 prominent individuals’ iCloud accounts.
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Information Technology Security (IT) Threats Report | Trends and Statistics Q3 2013 When it comes to cybersecurity, there are few terms with more name recognition than "computer viruses." Despite the prevalence of these threats and their wide-spread impact, however, many users don't know about the basic nature of viruses.
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The Onion Ransomware (Encryption Trojan) In this section, you will discover the most common and potentially dangerous threats and viruses along with virus definitions, how to know you’re infected, and what to do about.
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