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Security

14 June 2014 - 5:14am

Consider the Def Con presentation by a researcher who tackled 30 routers, which included several common and popular brands, and then su... Read more

14 June 2014 - 4:59am

Cryptolocker is an ultra-nasty malicious program that makes your PC files completely inaccessible by encrypting them. The encryption is... Read more

6 June 2014 - 2:02pm

There is a new form of malware set to infiltrate computers worldwide, potentially stealing millions of pounds from bank accounts. It af... Read more

30 May 2014 - 12:44pm

Your financial data is incredibly important and, of course, deeply personal. Cyber criminals are finding new ways of infiltrating perso... Read more

16 April 2014 - 4:10pm

It has recently emerged that a huge internet security flaw may have exposed online users’ personal data, including passwords, to hack... Read more

20 March 2014 - 4:34pm

Macs don’t get viruses, right? Wrong! For years, the idea that Macs are immune to viruses has been a major selling point for po... Read more

6 March 2014 - 10:48am

You may want to consider choosing AVG as your antivirus software if you don’t use it already – it provides real-time protection a... Read more

4 March 2014 - 10:20am

You’ll never guess what happened at Nexus HQ last week? A literal computer meltdown! A customer called in to ask if we’d be able to... Read more

14 February 2014 - 1:40pm

Encrypting your laptop is a way of preventing unauthorised access to the data on your machine. It works by writing the data in a way th... Read more

12 February 2014 - 2:10pm

The term ‘malware’ is short for ‘malicious software’ and is used to describe any piece of software that could be considered har... Read more

21 January 2014 - 12:34pm

Private browsing is a feature allowing you to use any web browser whilst preventing other users of the same computer from viewing the p... Read more

12 December 2013 - 2:14pm

CryptoLocker is a new virus that takes your data hostage and is only retrievable if a ransom is paid. This type of virus is known as ra... Read more