Trend Micro’s Internet security roundup report for the first half of this year has revealed that that Ransomware continues to be a growing threat to Australia. Yesterday I spoke to Tim Falinski about the latest report that focuses on the ransomware threat. We also talk about the new ‘What’s your story‘ poster competition for kids that has a prize pool[Read More…]
Across the globe computers are being held hostage with cyber-criminals demanding cash for data release. Yes, Ransomware is very real, people are losing data and Money as a result. I recently spoke with Tim Falinski from Trend Micro Australia about just how serious a threat Ransomware has become for Australia – Listen below.
If you’re a victim of ransomware that locks you out of your files or computer with a demand of money for the key help for full recovery is limited, however last week Trend Micro released a free tool that may help some users. I spoke with Tim Falinski from Trend Micro Australia last week about the new tool and the growing[Read More…]
Is it possible that your next door neighbour is helping themselves to your Wi-Fi internet? If you haven’t protected your Wi-Fi with a strong password this could be the case…but how can you tell? Well a quick audit to reveal which devices are connected to your Wi-Fi is what you need. A free program called Wireless Network Watcher can quickly[Read More…]
If you currently have Quicktime installed on your Windows PC…you need to uninstall it now…here’s why. Once upon a time you needed to have Apple Quicktime installed on your PC in order to use iTunes, however that’s not longer the case…but that’s not why it needs to go. Trend Micro reports that the discovery of security vulnerabilities within Quicktime that[Read More…]
