2 Factor Authentication – why everyone needs it.
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- May, 25, 2013
- Kieran Cook
- News, Info and Safety, Your safety
Once the exclusive domain of large corporate players, and high security institutions – 2 factor authentication is now a highly recommended, if not mandatory form of password security for everyone. I recently spent time with a client who’s public domain email account (such as yahoo, gmail, hotmail etc) was compromised, and altered to redirect […]
Read MoreWhat is a BOTNET?
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- Feb, 09, 2013
- Kieran Cook
- Glossary, News, Info and Safety
A BOTNET (bot·net/ˈbätˌnet/) is a network of private computers infected with malicious software and controlled as a group without the owners’ knowledge, e.g., to send spam A Botnet may also be referred to as a zombie network, since the computers are operating on the networks behalf without the owner’s knowledge. Criminals use botnets to send […]
Read MoreBamital BOTNET taken down… were you part of it??
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- Feb, 09, 2013
- Kieran Cook
- News, Info and Safety, Your safety
Some Microsoft users were presented with this screen today… why? Well, if you saw it… then I hope you took notice… because the chances are that your computer is infected by malware related to a massive botnet called Bamital. What is a botnet? A combined effort between Microsoft and others in the IT security industry […]
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