Malware, or malicious software, is designed to make your life a living hell. It slows down your computer, steals information, and causes networks to crash. To protect yourself from it, you need to know what types of malware exist and what symptoms they cause when you’ve been infected.

Give a hacker a computer and an internet connection and they can do a lot of terrible things. They can deface websites, shut down networks, and even run $20,000 smart cars over a cliff. But most of all, hackers excel at stealing data. You’ve seen it in the news.

Cybersecurity issues are so frequent that they’ve become the norm. Any company can be the victim of a massive Equifax-scale data breach at any moment. But before you scrap your computer and try to do business off the grid, you should know there are thousands of computer geeks dedicated to keeping your company safe.

There’s no such thing as privacy in the modern world. Sure, you could try to live off the grid, but sooner or later some tech genius or hacker will eventually figure out the town, street, and postcode of the rock you’re living under. It also doesn’t help that the websites and services we take for […]

Movies and TV shows get a lot of things wrong about hackers. For starters, typing quickly doesn’t speed up the process of “hacking into the mainframe”…it just means the hacker types fast. Also, having multiple windows open with a bunch a numbers flying around may look like hacking, but it’s just what movie directors think […]

Everyone has done something stupid with computers. Some people have forgotten to save their work, while others have accidentally hit “reply all” on a private message. But these pale in comparison to clicking on dangerous popups or downloading computer viruses straight from the internet.

The moment you pull your brand new laptop out of its packaging is pure ecstacy. Everything, from the monitor to the keys, looks immaculate. And as you unpeel the plastic covering, you forget all the pain and hardship your last hunk of scrap put you through.

Even if your employees said that being a perfectionist was their “biggest weakness” during their interview, they’re bound to screw up at one point or another. And in terms of cybersecurity, they can fudge up big time. Contrary to popular belief, the biggest threat to your systems isn’t some hooded figure typing away in his […]

Is your business ready to face disaster? Whether it’s a serious data breach, a natural catastrophe or a major system failure, your organization needs to be prepared for the worst to ensure that it doesn’t go down in a flaming heap. 1. Create a Risk Assessment The key to any successful disaster recovery plan is […]