IRS Annual Dirty Dozen Top Tax Scams For 2021
The IRS posted its annual list of the top tax scams for 2021, called the “Dirty Dozen.” Every year, the IRS takes a look at the...
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Data Breaches Lead To 75% Of Americans Changing Passwords
A survey by iProov finds that as a result of ongoing data breaches, 75% of Americans are getting used to changing their...
Serious IoT Flaws Can Make A Wreck Of Your Network
Do you have an Internet of Things (IoT) device? Odds are fairly high that you do, whether you realize it or not. These include...
How North Korean Hackers Hacked The Un-Hackable
It happened when no one was watching – at least the victims might tell you that. In a social engineering campaign for the record...
ADT's LifeSheild/Blue Security Cameras Have Prying Eyes
Owners of home security cameras are finding out the vulnerabilities of their systems the hard way. Most recently, homeowners...
Spawn Of TrickBot Trojan Bypasses 2FA
A recent IBM X-FORCE report finds victims of “TrickMo,” a TrickBot variant, are being lulled into a false sense of security. This...
Emotet Trojan Takes Top Spot On Most Wanted Malware Threat List
According to Check Point’s Global Threat Index, Emotet trojan is the most widely used and most costly malware in cybercrime...
Red Canary Spots A Silver Sparrow Nesting In Mac OS Devices
There is a lot that we don’t know or understand in our world these days. Now, some researchers have discovered something else...
Top 10 Brands Spoofed In Phishing Attacks
The numbers don’t lie, but cybercriminals sure do. A recent report by Vade Secure shows a dramatic uptick in spoof email...
Online Retail Biggest Hacking Target: 154% Increase And Growing
Adapting to the everyday limitations during coronavirus has opened a Pandora’s Box for cybercriminals. Navigating life online has...
50 Million Online Students And Cybercrime: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
According to estimates, there are more than 50 million K-12 students learning online this year. The coronavirus has the lion’s...
Ring Ring! It's One Of Facebook's 533 Million Users Who Had Their Phone Number Stolen
Motherboard reports over 500 million Facebook users were targeted by a bot attack. Creepy as it is, the automated bot was able to...