AppleInc Text Scam Steals Your Credentials
It may be easy to dismiss this warning as a repeat of a recent story and that is understandable, as you will find out. But don’t...
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Popups Annoy And Steal From Us
Let’s talk popups for a moment. These annoying little boxes that appear on our screens when we are simply just trying to perform...
Google Adds New Technology To Detect Phishing Websites
Sometimes people feel Google is the big, bad, data-collecting wolf. Other times, it uses the data from billions of scanned...
Smishing Is The New Phishing
From time to time, scammers come up with a new tactic using new technology, new events, or whatever they can to continue tricking...
MacOS Bug Allows For Astonishingly Simple Access to Your Computer
If you ever wanted a particular vulnerability handed to you on a silver platter, Apple has done just that with its latest update...
Image Sharing Site Imgur Hacked In 2014 - 1.7 Million Records Exposed
Uber isn’t the only company recently announcing a data breach that occurred long ago. News of the popular image-sharing site...
Insider Mistakes Account for Majority of Exposed Healthcare Records in October
The healthcare industry continues to get hit by data breaches. While outsiders do their share of damage in overall hacking...
Don't Trust Your Trusted Facebook Friends
When one of the world’s massive social media sites offers an impenetrable way for account holders to regain a forgotten password...
Charitable Scams Pop Up For the Holidays
The holidays are a time for cheer and a time for giving. And “Giving Tuesday” is this week; which is a day promoted as a time to...
Locky Ransomware Asks If You're A Robot
A new method of causing damage is being used by a new strain of the dangerous and infamous ransomware, Locky. It was discovered...
Expired Plugin Further Frustrates Equifax Breach VIctims
As if we haven’t been disappointed by the Equifax breach enough, there is more bad news for those who tried to visit the website...
Shop Safer By Shopping Gray Saturday
So you want to go shopping this holiday season, but you’re wary of diving right into the whole online shopping madness and fear...