Would you pay 800€ to have your encrypted computer files unlocked? That’s the going rate of cybercriminals’ ransomware these days. ESET Ireland has partners all over Ireland and one of them from Co. Wexford passed on to us the unfortunate story of a customer who got their computer infected by Cryptolocker malware, and since it … More An Irishman’s experience with Cryptolocker
One day, as you’re busy surfing on one of your favorite online stores, you stumble upon a pair of chic shades … they’re the very ones you’ve been looking for, for quite some time. And that’s not it. Best of all, they are really cheap. So you add the sunglasses to your shopping cart, proceed … More Russians embrace Bitcoins, the West sticks with PayPal
VTech has announced that it has experienced a data breach, which has affected up to five million of its customers. The specialist electronic toys and technology company revealed that its Learning Lodge website, which has been “temporarily suspended”, was compromised on November 14th. Learning Lodge, which is similar to app stores like Google Play, is … More 5 million VTech customers affected by major data breach
Would you bank online without the protection of security software? If your answer is “no, don’t be silly”, then you are in agreement with the more than 77% of British internet users who make sure they have a security solution in place when using online financial services. This is according to a survey conducted by … More Different nations’ online banking habits: better safe than sorry?
