Phishing is a deviously clever strategy used by cybercriminals to steal your personal information (e.g., username, password or banking account information) by fooling you in handing it over to them.

By masquerading themselves as legitimate institutions and businesses you know and trust, cyber thieves bait users to hand over their passwords, Facebook accounts, banking information and even SIN numbers.

It's common to hear security vendors advise people to "keep their computer up to date with the latest patches" but what does that actually mean and why is it important?

Malware can infiltrate PCs via a number of attack surfaces, one of which being bugs in Windows and the programs on your PC.