Tech Article 3/27

Ransomware Encrypting Your Files

A new form of ransomware called TeslaCrypt is usually targeting game files. This means that all your files are encrypted and forcing you to pay about $1,000 to just decrypting and getting your files back. TeslaCrypt has been usually found with you play RPG Maker, League of Legends, Call of Duty, Dragon Age, Starcraft, Minecraft, World of Warcraft, and World of Tanks. TelsaCrypt can be also be sent by hackers. Hackers use Angler Exploit Kit, a toolkit used by hackers to send malware out to the world. It also encrypts your files like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files and will ask to pay with PayPal My Pay or Bitcoin.

Tech Article 3/13

The CIA has been trying to break the iOS security for years. The CIA tried to penetrate iOS both physical and noninvasive. If the CIA breaks in to iOS, they can see what you are doing on your iPhone! Which means that they can see your profiles in social media apps, your pictures, important files and more. Should the CIA be stopped?

Tech Article 3/6

Your Anti-virus program might have missed malware.

• The Ponemon Institute found about 17,000 malware alerts
• Only 4% of alerts were investigated
• Anti-virus product missed about 70% of malware in the first hour
• 66% of malware in 24 hours, 72% of malware in 7 days, and 100% of malware in six months
• In phones, it could have unpredictable user behavior and jailbreaking devices