Category Archives: Security

Grab a Pickaxe! Let’s Go Mining for Digital Currency

Grab a Pickaxe! Let’s Go Mining for Digital Currency If you don’t know what cryptocurrency is, we’re going to give you some simple background information so that you can understand what’s about to transform the world of adware and maybe even alter the way malware works The most well-known cryptocurrency is Bitcoin. Bitcoin became popular because it could… Read More »

Private Browsing: It’s not private but it’s good for some things

Private Browsing: It’s not private but it’s good for some things While private browsing is anything but private, there are some good reasons to use it, but none them are related to hiding your activities, as you aren’t going to hide anything by using private browsing. Every site you visit is logged by your ISP and most of… Read More »

If You Had a Yahoo Account in 2013, You Were Hacked

If You Had a Yahoo Account in 2013, You Were Hacked “Sitting down? An epic and historic data breach at Yahoo in August 2013 affected every single customer account that existed at the time, Yahoo parent company Verizon said on Tuesday… ” CNN Money A recent admission by Verizon (new owner of Yahoo and now known as Oath), raises… Read More »

Equifax Does it Again [Almost]: A lesson to be learned

Equifax Does it Again [Almost]:  A lesson to be learned The Great Equifax Breach of 2017, allowed hackers to obtain sensitive information from approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. In order “to assist” victims of the attack, Equifax set up a website where people could go learn whether or not they were affected by the breach. Around the same… Read More »