Email Scams in 2020 The days of fake lotteries and Nigerian princes are not yet over, but a different type of scam is on the rise. These new scams take a more aggressive approach to parting victims from their money, and threaten personal or professional embarrassment unless a fee is paid, usually in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or Litecoin. Often, they will claim that they have hacked the victim’s computer and taken sensitive…
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The biggest ransomware cyber attack in the history of the Internet occurred in May 2017. It disabled the British healthcare system (NHS), crippled Spain’s largest mobile phone network (Telefonica) and disrupted train services throughout Germany – among many more victims worldwide. The ransomware, called WannaCry, is a form of malware that locks the victim out of their systems and demands a ransom to be paid in return for their data, or access to their…
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Cloud computing and the Internet of Things are a magnificent leap for mankind and are set to be the future of the Internet as more manufacturers, business and enterprises are adopting these technologies. The ability to be connected and to make our lives easier and faster utilising the Internet of Things, combined with the processing power and the storage capacity of the cloud lends our future a considerable degree of possibility. And with data…
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