[Alex Pepple]

Dear Eratosphereans,

It's a fact that cyberthreats and cybercrime are increasing at an alarming rate. Statistics from Symantec say targeted attacks soared by 91% last year, and that trend continues and will be outpaced this year.

There's a recent article from a Google manager that that that exposes some of the tactics that the so-called black-hat hackers might use to attack you. Some of you might already be aware of these schemes, but I'm sure most of you are not. So, go here and read it -- you've been forewarned ... now, be forearmed and protect yourself!

Cheers,
...Alex

[ross hamilton hill]

This week my Mac was bugged with Trovi, an adware that infects one's search engine (Safari, Firefox etc), makes it very slow then stops it. Trovi is not a virus and only disables your search engine. If your server slows, google 'Trovi remove', there are many sites that will tell you how to find it and remove it.
This is not as serious as cybercrime but can be a stressful problem. I suspect I got infected by watching pirated tv via couchtuner. Silly me.
Anything like that where you download shared material is a risk and not worth it, if trovi can infect you, no doubt the crims will find ways to steal your passwords and your money so being extra good is definitely one way to protect yourself.