New Malware May Destroy Your Records
The phishers are at it again trying to steal your login credentials. They are sending out email messages trying to trick people...
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Update on OPM Breach of 4 Million
Last week the federal government admitted a data breach of four million federal employees from the Office of Personnel Management...
Ransomware Gang Willing to Haggle
Getting your computer or device infected with ransomware is never a fun deal, but did you ever think you could haggle with the...
Scam May Give Your Cash Red Bull Wings
Red Bull may give you wings, but if you fall for a scam using its name those wings may fly your cash right out of your bank...
Federal Government Investigating Breach Affecting 4 Million
Initial reports are surfacing that there has been a "massive" data breach of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) which is...
What's In All That Spam? While the Meat Product Might Be Good, Spam Email Isn't
It isn't always foreign attackers that send spam to our email accounts. According to research by Kaspersky Lab, nearly 17% of...
Outdated US Encryption Creates Logjam for IT Departments
A few months ago, French researchers disclosed a flaw that could conduct man-in-the-middle attacks at public WiFi hotspots to...
Close to One Million Android Apps Infected with Malware
How many Android apps include malware? If you ask Symantec, it's close to one million, or 17% of all of those that are available...
FTC Halts Large Diet Pill Scam Spammers
There is some good news about all those spam email messages hawking diet pills. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a...
ATM Fraud Increases Over 300% in First Part of 2015
Earlier this year, Forbes reported that most of American corporations think they will be a victim of a data breach within this...
IRS Announces Data Breach; 200K Taxpayers Affected
The IRS announced this week that it was the victim of a data breach and the full files of 100,000 US taxpayers were accessed. The...
Microsoft Adds Rules to IE to Limit Misleading Advertisements
Internet Explorer may be discontinued soon, but it's not going down without a last fight. Starting June 1 , it will have a...