Having a good anti virus software is essential for several reasons, especially in today’s digital landscape where cyber threats are prevalent. Here are some key reasons why having a reliable antivirus software is important: Protection Against Malware: Anti virus software is designed to detect, prevent, and remove malware, including viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, spyware, and[…]
1. Clop Ransomware Ransomware is malware which encrypts your files until you pay a ransom to the hackers. “Clop” is one of the latest and most dangerous ransomware threats. It’s a variant of the well-known CryptoMix ransomware, which frequently targets Windows users. Before beginning the encryption process, the Clop ransomware blocks over 600 Windows processes and disables multiple[…]
If you use VLC media player on your computer and haven’t updated it recently, don’t you even dare to play any untrusted, randomly downloaded video file on it. Doing so could allow hackers to remotely take full control over your computer system called VLC media player hacking. That’s because VLC media player software versions prior[…]
In the last two weeks, Florida has paid more than $1.1 million in bitcoin to cybercriminals to recover encrypted files from two separate ransomware attacks—one against Riviera Beach and the other against Lake City. Lake City, a city in northern Florida, agreed on Monday to pay hackers 42 Bitcoin (equivalent to $573,300 at the current value) to unlock[…]