​Here are the most common online threats that you should be aware of. Discover more about each one of them from our articles below...

How many times have you ignored security warnings from Adobe or Microsoft because you simply didn’t have the time or patience for a software update? Each time you postpone the update and think your system is not important enough to get hijacked, you expose yourself to a bunch of malware attacks; some more sophisticated than others.
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When you use an outdated browser or plugin, you may automatically allow a hacker to exploit that vulnerability which grants them full access to your entire data and programs. An exploit attack is no joke and can have serious impact.

Rootkits are some of the most sophisticated breeds of malware that currently exist on the market. For years, security solutions have struggled with detection and removal, mostly because rootkits compromise the operating system at such a low level, that they can hide their presence from both anti-malware solutions and the operating system itself.
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The term rootkit is a concatenation of the words “root” – the most privileged user on a Unix-based operating system and “kit” – the set of software tools that make the rootkit. Rootkits go back to the early 90s when they were focused on Sun and Linux, but the emergence of new operating systems led to the development of rootkits for Windows in 1999 and Mac in 2009.

​​What if a hacker had front row tickets to your bedroom every evening through your laptop’s webcam? Or maybe a stranger was listening in through your microphone while in a confidential business meeting? This is now possible due to malicious software called spyware.

Handshakes have been a sign of friendship since forever. We shake hands so often throughout the day that we lose track of how many people we’ve greeted. But what if none of the people we shake hands with would actually let go of your hand? You’d run out of hands.
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In computing this is known as a Denial of Service (DoS) attack meaning that a hacker is flooding your website with fake traffic so it is unable to accommodate  people that want to legitimately visit it. Attacks on software applications could stall them or crash them completely. Once the hacker manages to leverage a DoS attack, the site will not be able to process all requests and will show an error message to genuine visitors. Consequently you will lose customers and your search engine optimization efforts will also be affected.