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CEO fraud : 70 million euros stealed from a bank
Jan 22, 2016
A new kind of phishing email is used and targets accountants of big companies. These emails are spoofed from the CEO of the company and ask to send over a large amount of money to foreign bank accounts. Be very careful when receiving such email and always verify the legitimacy of the sender. This is probably the kind of attack that was used to steal 70 million euros from a Belgian bank last month.
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FCCU ransomware removal tools
Juni 20, 2015
A lot of Belgian people are targeted by a new ransomware that blocks your computer and ask you to pay a fine of 100 euros. This ransomware impersonates the Belgian police (Ecops) and tells that you are pursued because you visited illegal sites. This is of course a fake site and you must never pay what they are asking. If you are infected by this virus there are different solutions, if these solutions doesn't work, we recommend you to call a technician.
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SafeOnWeb
June 1, 2013
A new website with a lot of security tips and news has been launched by the Belgian goverment. This website will give citizens advice to be secure on the internet and contains a lot of information about new threats. This is not the first site made to help citizens be secure. Check out SafeInternetBanking to learn about safe internet banking. And ClickSafe for helping parents educate their children in the cyberworld.
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Check if your smartphone has been hacked
Feb 1, 2013
The amount of viruses on Android phones has increased dramatically. To tackle this problem you need to protect your phone with adequate tools. That's why we created a new section on mobile security in our tools section. Smartphones are more and more targeted by malware and it becomes as important to use antiviruses on a mobile device as on a normal PC. Visit our tools section to check out different free mobile solutions.
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New Skype virus spreading via links
Oct 10, 2012
A new malicious worm is currently circulating and automatically spreading itself via the Skype accounts of affected users. This worm is for example spreading via the phrase : “lol is this your new profile pic?". When clicking on the link, it installs a virus on your PC and then propagate the same link to all your skype contacts. Please be careful when clicking on links in chatrooms or on social media in general.
MoreUseful links
Should I change my password?
This site looks for recent database hacks and can tell you if your credentials has leaked on the internet.
Securing facebook
This article help you configuring your facebook account to improve your privacy and security.
Recent tools
Check out our tools section and find out our new PassManager
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