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Turkish Crime Family Threaten to Remotely Wipe Millions of Apple Devices

On the heels of World Backup Day a largely unknown group calling themselves the Turkish Crime Family are threatening to remotely wipe up to 300 million Apple devices on April […]

World Backup Day is around the corner…. are you prepared?

 World Backup Day is an annual initiative to raise awareness about backups and data recovery. As this reminder rolls around once again, it’s a good time to ask yourself  “What does […]

Ransomware On Mobile Devices Is Climbing At An Alarming Rate

Remember in the ancient past, two years ago, when Ransomware first made its appearance, infecting hospitals and banks? That’s still happening, of course. But now, the hackers have a new […]

Music Festival Coachella Attendee List Hacked, Including Passwords

If you’re a music lover and you’ve been to the website of the annual California music festival Coachella, then you are at risk. The entire Coachella database was recently found […]

Medical Offices Under Attack For Patient Records

The Darkweb has trends, just like the conventional web does. In years past, the hottest data for sale on the black market was credit card info, but that is changing. […]

Does your Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan look more like this?

The truth is most small business have no idea where to start when it comes to truly creating a Backup and Disaster or Business Continuity plan. And even fewer realize that […]

Cybercrime Has Affected 45% of Consumers: Are You Next?

It has been widely reported that cybercrime is one of the fastest growing types of crime on the planet today, but new statistics published by MarkMonitor’s Online Fraud Barometer indicate […]

How Your Webcam Took Down Part Of The Internet

Webcams, toasters and refrigerators were attacking the Internet… cue the movie The Matrix! Yes… toasters, refrigerators and webcams, among other things, were attacking the internet! You probably noticed that at […]

Watch Out For Facebook Private Messages That Include Videos

File this one under “public service warning.” If you’re a fan and regular user of Facebook, beware of a new virus that’s making the rounds inside the social media giant. […]

Three Ways To Avoid Ransomware On Your Mobile Device

  Computek Ransomware is one of the fastest growing cybercrimes in history. Did you know that mobile infections of ransomware have quadrupled in the last year? Ransomware is malicious software […]