2nd Government Breach Within a Week Linked to Spearphishing
Last week, the Obama Administration acknowledged that there was a second and separate data breach on federal systems. In this...
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Password Management Program LastPass Breached
LastPast, one of the leading password management programs, just announced that it has been hacked. The data breach may have...
Lack of Details on OPM Breach Offers Chance for Credit Protection Reminders
Additional information is trickling in about the data breach at the federal government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM)...
Study Finds Mobile Phone Factory Reset Doesn't Erase All Info
For those who like to keep mobile phone until they are so beaten up and slow that they can't be resold, you may really be on top...
Top Scam in 2014 is Love
The federal government's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its annual report about internet crime in 2014. There is...
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...
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Outdated US Encryption Creates Logjam for IT Departments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...