What is spear phishing?

What is spear phishing?

One of the most common threats to business and individual systems is phishing. This form of hacking is well known and many users have educated themselves on the more traditional methods used by hackers. This has forced hackers to come up with different phishing...

Spam, Spam, Go Away

Spam. In some ways, it’s the electronic equivalent of junk mail and home telemarketer phone calls. Spam is not only an unsolicited and annoying nuisance, it’s also a pervasive problem that’s clogging and overwhelming the Internet’s email...

11 Tips for Social Networking Safety

Social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Windows Live Spaces are services people can use to connect with others to share information like photos, videos, and personal messages. As the popularity of these social media sites grows, so do...

Virus ALERT: Data Recovery "S.M.A.R.T. Repair"

Axxys Technologies Inc. has recently seen its first instance of the Data Recovery “S.M.A.R.T. Repair” virus. This is an extremely tedious infection to remove, so we wanted to make you aware of this outbreak and inform you how to spot it. But first, and...

IT Alert: Osama-Themed Phishing Attempts

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (https://www.us-cert.gov) reports that Internet criminals often take advantage of high-profile news stories, such as the recent death of Osama Bin Laden, by launching a mass phishing attack, termed “spear phishing.”...