Tag Archives: Malware

An Email With An Encrypted ZIP Attachment?

Posted on 2022-03-03 by mike

That’s suspicious! At least it is if the password to decrypt the ZIP file is contained within the email – when you’re sending something secret you would send an encrypted ZIP file as an email and then send the password … Continue reading →

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Security At Home

Posted on 2020-04-15 by mike

As most of us are now working from home, it is time to consider security in the home; because you are working from home, security at home is important to the university (in addition to yourself). Indeed there are new … Continue reading →

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German University Forced To Reset All Passwords

Posted on 2019-12-20 by mike

According to this story in The Register (the source material is reasonably enough in German), one of our German competitors has recently been forced to reset every single account password causing significant queues for service. Plus a significant amount of … Continue reading →

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OSX Malware: Yes It Does Exist!

Posted on 2016-01-07 by mike

One of the messages that we are regularly trying to push is that malware on Apple devices can and does exist. We have even encountered a few infected Apple laptops! It is easy to overlook amongst the ever rising flood … Continue reading →

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