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Many a desperate World Cup fan will want to sneak a peek of the game during work, stream from a cafe or watch from home without a tv subscription, and to the world of illegal streams is likely where they’ll turn. While it’s long been known that these streaming sites are laden with viruses andRead more

As old as the open internet itself, ransomware made some notable headlines in 2017. WannaCry, NotPetya and Bad Rabbit all led the news cycle, and many companies were hit hard. As one of our leading trends to watch for 2018, we expect ransomware to make headlines again. The growth of cryptocurrencies, RaaS (ransomware as aRead more

WannaCry, the Aftermath This May’s WannaCry wave of ransomware touched another nerve across the professional world, worrying more IT personalities than ever before about the effect ransomware might have on the organizations they serve. Hitting hard and large with its victims ranging from private individuals to the NHS, Telefonica, Deutsche Bahn and more, Wannacry causedRead more

Although expected to produce more hassles for IT admins this Monday, the dust has mostly settled on this past weekend’s now-famous WannaCry ransomware attack. This program, targeting Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and other legacy versions of Microsoft Windows, infected more than 230,000 computers in 150 countries, encrypting user data and demanding a bitcoin ransomRead more

This past year has been a watershed year for cybersecurity. From the announcement Yahoo’s loss of a billion user’s data, to a DDoS attack crashing huge sections of the internet using connected devices (like baby monitors and printers), to tech heavyweights getting hacked and more. Then of course there was Russia. If the past year was anyRead more