The recent Sony hacking incident has many of us worried about our own computer vulnerabilities. This whole episode started as a ransomware attack and when they wouldn’t pay up, the criminals unleashed their fury, not by deleting all of their computer files as is the common assault, but by publishing embarrassing information and threatening harm […]
Get a Real Job: Cyberscammers Sink to New Lows with Ransomware
It feels as if our lives are stored up or backed up on our laptop: banking information, files, pictures, address books, etc. Small business owners can add financial records, client data, confidential emails and more to the list of seemingly “can’t live without” items. That is why a new virus — cryptolocker — is particularly […]