BullGuard Blog

There many reasons why email accounts are hacked. However, one of the most common is when a company that holds your information has a database hacked, and the miscreant scurries off with all the information which is typically then sold on dark web and hacker forums.

Ransomware was the big malware thing in 2016 and it’s likely to be an even bigger thing in 2017. Denial of service attacks using compromised IoT devices will grow and along with a few other things 2017 could be the year in which people finally get serious about setting strong passwords.

With the Christmas shopping season well and truly upon us phishing emails claiming to be from online shopping giant Amazon are targeting people in the US and across Europe.

iTunes lovers are targeted by fraudsters, is Adobe Flash going to stutter along for much longer, IT worker arrested in possible Panama Papers leak, ‘evil’ Santa ransomware emerges from cyber grotto, Acer hacked for one year but it’s just letting on now, New York is taken down in a massive (fictional) hack, Tor takes on the FBI and much more.