Analysts Concerned that Executive and BODs are Not Involved Enough in Cybersecurity
In December of last year, Yahoo reported the largest ever data breach. Unfortunately, because of incidents such as these, attacks...
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Online Banking Malware Installs Without User Permission
It's in the top 5 bits of malware that accesses financial accounts and the fourth most encountered banking trojan. It's 11% of...
Highly Circulated Phishing Scam Combines W-2 Theft and Wire Fraud
W-2 scams are not new to the business world, so why are criminals sticking with this same basic scam? Because it works. Employees...
Lost iPhone Provides ID Thieves Great Opportunity to Go Phishing
There is an account of someone online who was relieved of his iPhone while vacationing in Italy. He absentmindedly left it in his...
Valentine's Day is a Time for Love and for Scams
It’s nearly Valentine’s Day and so many are looking for love. Some are just a date on February 14, but scammers will step up...
Autofill Feature Used to Relieve You of Unintended Details
You know the autofill feature that is in browsers these days? It is supposed to relieve you of having to constantly fill in...
New Mobile Malware Stealing Everything
It’s always "fun" news when we find out that source code for a dangerous banking Trojan was leaked. In the case of this code, it...
Phishing Scam Blurs Judgment and Steals Credentials
There are many scams where phishers will include links that will redirect users to a webpage that appears to be legitimate...
Tax Season Brings Out the Tax-Related ID Theft Scams; Ways to Avoid Falling for Them
It's tax season and that means tax-related identity theft scams are ramping up. In 2016, the IRS was able to identify 35,000...
Revised Version of Previously Discovered Trojan Can Do Even More Damage
A new version of some previously discovered malware has been found and it has the potential to do even more damage to Android...
Scammers Go Vishing for a Yes
A report hitting many news sites now is about a vishing scam where you may get stuck with paying a bill for unwanted services or...
Worst Passwords of 2016 Reveal We Just Don't Get It
Every year SplashData, as well as other companies, release a list of the worst passwords of the previous year. Unfortunately, we...