Monthly Archives: February 2019


Keep Winning With Malwarebytes

Who is Malwarebytes and what do they do? Well Malwarebytes makes security software that is renowned for its malware removal capability. The software is also known for their user friendly interface and ability to work alongside classic antivirus products, without interfering with their activity.

What is Malwarebytes good at?

  • Being a second layer of defense against malware and ransomware.
  • Plays nice with other antivirus products.
  • Be well protected regardless of the browser you prefer using.

Malwarebytes for Windows Premium vs. Free

Malwarebytes is offered in two versions: Premium version and a Free version. The Free version can detect and remove malware, spyware and rookits from your machine. The Premium version does the same things, but has a few other features:

  • Real-time protection
  • Anti-exploit
  • Anti-ransomware
  • Malicious website protection

Pros and cons

Here are some pros about the Premium version of Malwarebytes for Windows:

  • It includes anti-exploit features that some traditional antivirus products do not, and which can protect
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Say Goodbye Google+

Recently on January 30th 2019 Google has announced that they will be shutting down Google+ on April 2, 2019.

Google’s Letter Below

In December 2018, we announced our decision to shut down Google+ for consumers in April 2019 due to low usage and challenges involved in maintaining a successful product that meets consumers’ expectations. We want to thank you for being part of Google+ and provide next steps, including how to download your photos and other content.

On April 2nd, your Google+ account and any Google+ pages you created will be shut down and we will begin deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts. Photos and videos from Google+ in your Album Archive and your Google+ pages will also be deleted. You can download and save your content, just make sure to do so before April. Note that photos and videos backed up in Google Photos will not be deleted.

The

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Airbus suffered a data breach.

Aerospace giant Airbus has become the latest victim to hackers, they said the company suffered a cyber attack that lead to a massive data breach which released billions of records onto the Dark Web.

“Airbus SE detected a cyber incident on Airbus ‘Commercial Aircraft business’ information systems, which resulted in unauthorized access to data,” the company says in a statement issued on Wednesday. “There is no impact on Airbus’ commercial operations.”

After reviewing the leaked records called “Collections #2-5” it contain a massive 2.2 billion stolen account records. Which is many millions of accounts shorter than the Collections #1 Dump

“2.2 billion records is a staggering number,” said Frederik Mennes, senior manager of Market & Security Strategy, Security Competence Center at OneSpan, via email. “Companies should remember that easy targets will continue to be exploited first, because cybercrime follows the path of least resistance. Applying multi-factor authentication may stop an

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