Security support gets a much needed impetus from PCCare247

Evolving technologies and advancements in the e-world have for sure made today’s threat landscape extremely volatile. Presenting opportunities galore for cybercriminals to unleash a volley of threats to not only hijack people’s computers but even go ahead and making money illegally. Not refraining from using a range of elements at their disposal such as Trojans, Worms, Viruses and Exploit Code for taking advantage of any gaps prevailing in security. To further top it up even employing a range of sophisticated techniques to hide malware activity or to make it difficult for anti-virus researchers to find, analyze and detect malicious code.

PCCare247 acts as an ideal foil against all threats:

Truly, notwithstanding the technical sophistication of today’s malware, cybercriminals often try and exploit human weaknesses for spreading around their malicious intent. A fact not really coming as a surprise, since humans are always considered to be the weakest link in any security establishment. This concept can somehow be explained better with an illustration. Say for instance, you intend to provide fool proof security to an establishment and exactly to do the same you have ended up installing the finest burglar alarm in the world, but if you don’t set it, then it offers no protection at all.

The same is true for online security. Cybercriminals continue to make extensive use of social engineering, i.e. they try and trick people into doing something which would compromise their online security. Something which has come to light with the continued success of phishing scams, designed to lure people to give their details to a fake web site and disclose their personal information, such as usernames, passwords, PINs and any other information cybercriminals can use.

However, just like pickpockets, online scammers follow the crowds. Given the ever-increasing number of people who use Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social networking sites, it’s no surprise cybercriminals are always looking to target such applications. Intending to use hacked Facebook accounts to send out messages containing links to malicious programs or send out ‘Tweets’ containing links, but concealing the real destination by using a URL shortening service. And yes last but not the least simply masquerading as a friend stranded in a far-off country who desperately is seeking funds to get back home. None of these approaches is specific to social networking: cybercriminals are simply re-applying the scams that have worked for them before.

But then again PC users can end up taking solace in the fact that there are many establishments out there such as PCCare247 which are willing to go out of their way to provide the much needed security support to those who intend to believe they are highly susceptible to threats.