Ransomware – To Pay Or Not To Pay?

Ransomware such as WannaCry is used to extort money from people and organisations who are told that their important data is locked away until they pay a ransom. If you become a victim of ransomware, should you pay? Even if you do, will you get all of your data back?...

Hunt for WannaCry Ransomware Attackers

As organisations around the world recover and begin to count the cost of the biggest ransomware attack in history, cyber security and law enforcement agencies around the world have turned their attention to tracking down the perpetrators. Cruel Irony The irony of the...

Tech Tip : Snap Windows For Multi-Tasking

Windows 10 has a handy feature that allows you to snap the current window to one side of your screen, and simultaneously open a second one on the other side, thus enabling the often elusive multi-tasking.  Here’s how: To activate the feature and to enable you to...

Ransomware cyber-attack , What you need to know

Over the last 48 hours a new strain of Ransomware is attacking computers across the world, it has been most successful in Russia and the UK and experts expect that on Monday a new wave of attacks will hit the UK. The payload is triggered from an email attachment or...

Touch Sensitive “Paint” Opens New Doors

A new system called Electrick (developed by Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh) uses conductive spray paint and electrodes to turn any surface into an electronic touch sensor. Electric Field Tomography The revolutionary new system was created by...