Botnet, Trojan, ran­somware... media reports are increas­ingly rid­dled with tech­nical buzz­words. Do you know what’s behind all this jargon?

Your PC has become infected with mal­ware? You don’t know exactly how to rein­stall your system cor­rectly? Our updated “Clean win­dows 10 instal­la­tion” instruc­tions pro­vide step-by-step advice to help …

You start up your com­puter – and sud­denly, nothing works any­more. You no longer have access to your doc­u­ments, photos, music or e-mails. Instead, you see a screen with a mes­sage demanding you remit …

Just over a year ago, Microsoft dis­con­tinued sup­port for Win­dows 7. This oper­ating system has no longer been pro­vided with any updates since – some­thing akin to ceasing any ser­vice work on your car.

We have revised our course pro­gram and now offer four new courses for a variety of target groups. Attend one of these courses to improve your security!

Every bank customer’s night­mare: Crim­i­nals gain access to your account and clear it out. If this has already hap­pened, the main thing is damage lim­i­ta­tion – and to learn from this.

The National Cyber Secu­rity Centre (NCSC) has revamped its web­site. You can now use it to notify them of cyber inci­dents via their report form.

Due to its mul­ti­media fea­tures, Flash Player was used exten­sively in the past. The 31st December 2020 though saw the end of its era – with imme­diate effect, Adobe is no longer sup­porting Flash Player …

Extra cau­tion is required towards the year end. There’s a long tra­di­tion of online fraud over Christmas.

Cyber crim­i­nality sta­tis­tics are sending a clear signal: Mal­ware attacks resulting in damage have increased con­sid­er­ably throughout Switzer­land over the past few years.