Five Android Antivirus Apps vs Google’s Own Antivirus Solution
Android has been on the market since 2008, and this year 2018 marks a decade of dominance in the world of mobile platforms. As part of being dominant in the mobile computing market comes the reciprocal risk of being targeted by cybercriminals. Android, due to its open platform nature enables users the capability to install
[ Read More ]Fixing the Gap in the Cryptocurrency Security
23,952,849 Blockchain wallets, that is the total estimated number of entities that engage with cryptocurrency as of the first quarter of 2018 based on the study conducted by Statistica. The growth of the use of blockchain technology was very quick, as this new trend for speculative investment has expanded from a mere 3 million wallets
[ Read More ]How Is The GDPR Redefining The SME Business World?
Europe has blazed the trail for improved protection of global consumer data, regardless of the owner’s nationality—an effort now known as the GDPR. While it’s true the internet has no real national boundaries and is agnostic of regional policies, companies affected by the new mandate are realizing they must map out some solutions for the
[ Read More ]Thanks To Firefox For The Improved Browsing Experience
Firefox is now different and better. Last year, Mozilla released Quantum which is a new version. Mozilla stated that the innovated Firefox uses less memory than the competitor. It means you can open lots of tabs and browsing will still run smoothly. It brilliantly designed and quick. What Does Firefox Have to Offer? Firefox distinctively
[ Read More ]What No One Tells You About African Business Security And Privacy
When there is big news about a security issue or a cyberattack, it is very easy to assume the news will talk about a country or big business located in Europe or North America. Africa almost never gets any coverage when it comes to IT Security and Cyber hacking news happening on the continent. But
[ Read More ]What’s All The Fuss About Protecting Your Private Data?
With over 4 billion users, no one can deny that we’re now living in the golden age of the Internet. We use the internet to get information, interact with other users, manage our bank accounts, and so on. But with the continuously rising volume of internet usage comes the increasing number of online attacks. What’s
[ Read More ]This Is An Honest Look At The Dangers of A DDoS Attack
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a cyber attack that causes a website or online service to crash and become unavailable for a certain amount of time. These attacks use multiple compromised systems to target a single website causing a denial-of-service to users of the affected site. A DDoS attack is known to affect
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Here’s Why CIOs Worry More About Ransomware Than Inside Jobs
According to a recent study, about 72% of all Chief Information Officers (CIOs) believe corporate extortion is the number one security threat facing organizations today. This is the result of a survey conducted by Logicalis Ireland, an IT solutions firm, which covered 890 CIOs from 23 countries in the world. CIOs are very aware of
[ Read More ]Commercial Airliners Might Be the Next Target of Hackers
According to documents obtained by Motherboard, cybersecurity experts from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are fearing that hackers will soon find their way to successfully inflict attacks on commercial airliners. DHS claims that most commercial airliners that are being used today lack enough aviation cybersecurity. A successful commercial airliner hacking will not just
[ Read More ]Is The GDPR’s Hefty Penalty Forcing Ransomware Victims To Pay Up?
Experts and authorities typically discourage companies under threat of ransomware from paying the crypto fees requested to release their encrypted data. But this common response may soon become a thing of the past as fresh EU legislation that took effect last month, now known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will leverage hefty fines
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