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What is Phishing?

A phishing attack is an attempt to steal your personal data, such as login details or financial information. Attackers pretend to be someone you trust, such as a bank, a friend or an organisation and trick you into handing over data they want. Usually, this involves clicking on a malicious

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The Rise of Ransomware

Ransomware is a malicious software that holds files hostage, usually by encrypting them. The attacker then demands a fee to decrypt the encrypted files or return them. Historically, ransomware was used to extort money from unsuspecting users but in recent years it has been increasingly used as a tool for

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What Is Cloud Security?

Cloud Security is the technical end of threat prevention, a collection of tools and technologies that can insert barriers between access and visibility of sensitive data. Examples of these tools are encryption, which scrambles data into an unreadable form if it’s stolen by hackers. Other techniques include data transit protections

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