For the past three years a new cyber threat has been gaining ground: it is CryptoLocker, a powerful virus that has the ability to encrypt the files of its victims’ Windows PCs and then demand a ransom payment to get the files back. Cases of CryptoLocker infection have drastically increased in the last year, as…
Backup, protection and maintenance are basic issues that our company tries to emphasize with its customers on a daily basis. Ouch us, often when we recommend a targeted prevention against the damage that viruses and the like can cause to our PC, as well as an annual hardware and software cleaning, we are told “But…
The idea of smart home is now landed in Italy: in other occasions we have already talked about Internet of Things and how this modern and seemingly inevitable lifestyle is evolving day by day with significant benefits for its users but also with some risk for the “less practical”. The latest news that comes from…
The German AVM widens the range of FRITZ!Boxes and presents a new modem/router model. The 7560 model, which is placed in the high range both in terms of performance and price, is the latest addition to the AVM range: for fans of the FRITZ!Box range this is a small saving compared to what is offered…
The antivirus software market offers a lot of possibilities: simple or more sophisticated solutions, free or paid, more or less performing. To disentangle ourselves from such a choice, laboratory tests come to our aid. However, a premise is in order: currently the Windows 10 operating system (and previously Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP) has…
We have talked on other occasions about how unpleasant it is to have to deal with data loss as a result of a hacker attack and how some types of these viruses even demand a cash ransom (cryptolocker infections have become more than well-known). Not to mention the online financial crimes-fraud, identity theft, and hacking-that…
SMAU: announced the stages of the Roadshow 2017 and the CALL4STARTUP The 360° innovation presented by this event has meant that over the years more than 50,000 companies from all sectors have been able to find opportunities to meet as well as the concrete possibility of creating new partnerships with an open innovation perspective. Below…
The success of a company cannot but pass through the use of a management software. In recent decades, throughout the western world and in advanced markets, businesses and professionals have realized that the use of management software for invoicing and financial management is an essential tool for the company itself. It is assumed that there…
The consensus towards the latest operating system from the house of Microsoft continues to grow: according to the data presented by the latest report from NetMarketShare in January 2017, the market share of Windows 10 has exceeded 25%. A percentage point more than in the previous month: certainly the Christmas period with the sale of…
On February 7, the World Day for Internet Safety was established: a way to raise awareness and bring out how little the web is safe with a focus on the youngest. This is an initiative shared by a hundred countries around the world. In Italy the project is coordinated by the Generazioni Connesse portal which…