What is malvertising? Malvertising is malicious online advertising. To be specific, malvertising refers to online ads that can spread malware, without the user being aware of it. That can seriously harm a user`s computer in many ways including modifying or erasing data, hugely reducing a computer`s performance and enabling hackers to collect your data. Sometimes, …
The Malicious Communications Act 1988 shall take effect if the sender intended to cause receiver distress or anxiety. Under offense is considered everything that is believed to be false information, a threat or every message that is offensive and improper. (legislation.gov.uk, n.d.) Businesses, particularly now during the COVID-19 outbreak, can easily be a target of any …
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Botnets refer to a network or collection of computers logically connected for performing automated tasks. Essentially, this occurs through running scripts via the internet. Since the emergence of botnets around 1988, when the first bot, namely Internet Relay Chat, was launched, bots have shaped the internet in diverse ways (Knecht, 2016). One of the most …
The Internet of Things is a term referring to a system of billions of devices worldwide equipped with sensors and software. Those devices are connected to the Internet in order to collect and transfer data. The Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing our daily lives. It`s the future of many companies, hospitals, schools, transportation, etc. …
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Before moving forward it is necessary to explain some term such as a malware one can define it as being a parasite present on a computer, coming spread quickly thanks to (generally) a flaw of another software, or an error of the user . Thus, a malware is clearly not a precise term, it is …
A Trojan horse named “Emotet” is currently raging Read More »
The crypto mining botnet Sominru has been around since 2017, but it resurfaces with a bombastic campaign targeting Asia primarily but also affected Europe and the USA. It affected more than 90000 devices on multiple networks worldwide. We are presenting the detail from our source, Quardicore— a security firm based in Boston. Quardicore announced in …
Hackers are always trying to capitalize on major disasters and events. So with the onset of the global health emergency, COVID-19, another threat has emerged – coronavirus themed apps, emails, unsafe maps that detect the prevalence of the virus, etc. Given that COVID19 is currently a major global threat and everyone wants to monitor the …
