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...
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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...
Dating Site Adult Friend Finder Compromised: Up to 4 Million Daters Affected
As if dating isn't stressful enough, now an adult hook-up site has admitted to a data breach. An IT consultant discovered files...
Secure Your Web Cameras To Keep Others From Spying On You
It's difficult to find a computer, mobile phone, or even television without a webcam as standard equipment these days. They're...
Social Engineering Can Start With a Simple Phone Call
You might have heard about an incident involving Tesla Motors recently referred to as a hack. Well, it wasn't truly a hack, but...
Are You Hack Proof? What You Can Do To Protect Yourself
Are you hack-proof? The short answer is a resounding "no." However, there are a few things you can do to give it your best shot...
Guidelines For Safer Social Media Sharing
It's no secret that the Internet is a way to get a lot of information out to a wide audience. It's also a great way to share with...
Social Media Security Tips
We have all received email requests from our friends inviting us to join a social media group. The curious nature of humans...
How Phishing Is Used to Trick Us and Why It Is Successful for Cybercriminals
Phishing is the most popular form of cybercrime and for good reason. It's easy. Most phishing techniques are automated, so the...