Police Departments Paying Ransom to Unlock Files
Like many businesses worldwide, police departments find themselves targets of cybercrime. Earlier this year, the Tewksbury...
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Security Basics for Browsing
Almost everything you can do from a computer these days can be accessed via a web browser. You just enter a URL address in the...
Keep PII Private and Avoid SpearPhishing
Without even realizing, hackers have access to a lot of personal information about us. We post a lot to social media sites and...
Consumers and FIs Battle Rising Credit Fraud Together
Online purchases are becoming an increasingly huge problem for American and other retailers around the world. A growing fraud of...
New Chip Technology Alerts Mobile Device Owners of Odd Behavior
We all have a sixth sense that perks up when something just doesn't seem quite right. Sometimes it tells us not to walk down a...
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Breach Affects 10+ Million
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield reported a major breach of over 10 million customer records that also affected its related...
IRS Agent Imposters May Take More Than Your Money
The IRS was recently hit by hackers, compromising personal information for hundreds of thousands of taxpayers. It's not the first...
Banking Apps More Secure Than Using Your PC
Jim Stickley, CEO of Stickley on Security had just finished spending an hour demonstrating various ways he could create malicious...
Google Study Finds Most Fail to Prioritize Patching and Updating
"What is possibly more surprising about this research, is that only 35% of security experts consider patching software routinely...
Keep a Lookout for these Top Scams
Go ahead and admit it. You were just wondering what are the top scams at this time? Thankfully, we have a list. Apple Store...
Instagram Money Scam Involves Your Debit Card and PIN
People can be too trusting and in the world of the Internet, that can be dangerous. There is a scam that promises to make you...
It's Not a New Dinosaur; It's A New Way to Phish
It's not a newly discovered dinosaur. It is another new trick for hackers to use. The term being used to describe it is a...