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What are phishing emails?

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Lately we have seen an increase in phishing email scams, with a lot of people unable to tell the difference between a legitimate email and a phishing scam, as cybercriminals are getting quite clever. For those of you who don’t know what a phishing email is, phishing is the attempt to which cybercriminals send fraudulent […]

How to Spot a Fake (Spam) Email

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SPAM! We all receive spam, junk or fake emails on a daily basis. Some people receive 1 or 2 of these emails on a weekly basis, while others receive hundreds every day. There are many words for it, but annoying and frustrating is certainly two of them. When I receive a spam email, I get delete happy 🙂 Those annoying spammers […]

What is Spam?

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What is spam and why is there so much of it? The definition of SPAM: noun Irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the internet, typically to large numbers of users, for the purposes of advertising, phishing, spreading malware etc. verb Send the same message indiscriminately to a large number of internet users. Types of Spam […]

Virus, Worms, Trojans and Spywares! What are they? What’s the difference?

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We have produced this article so you can understand what these malicious computer programs are and how they can affect your computer and devices. Viruses, worms, trojans and spyware can be extremely malicious and cause a number of issues for you, your computer and data. What are they? Virus Malicious computer software attaches itself to […]