Widely believed to first appear on the internet on September 5 2013, Crypto Locker is a ransomware Trojan virus targeted at computers running Microsoft Windows® operating systems. Primarily propagated through infected email attachments, the virus uses existing botnets when activated to encrypt some types of files stored on the local disk drive and other mounted network drives, using RSA public-key cryptography. 

Welcome, users, to another lesson from Codexploitcybersecurity. It is undeniable that modern life will simply not run without access to some form of email. With numerous clients out there used to access your vital business information such as Mac Mail® and Mozilla Thunderbird®, you only need to spend a few hours with them to notice how Microsoft Outlook® out performs the rest in all aspects of functionality.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two decades, everyone is aware of the ground breaking innovations the tech giant Sony® have contributed to our modern world, ever pushing the boundaries of our imaginations using the power of computers.

A Precursor  to ‘The Matrix’?

Renowned for its technological innovations and many years in the making, Microsoft announced their novel Windows HoloLens on January 21, 2015 ushering in the dawn of holographic computing powered by the Windows 10 operating system.