Phishing Attacks Move In a New Direction. Are Your Accounts In The Hackers Sights?
Historically, phishers have been in the game to make a buck. Sometimes, that’s a lot of bucks. And they still are. However, the...
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German Officials Ban Sale of Nosy Doll Deeming Her Illegal
A toy that made headlines before the holiday season last year is now making headlines in Germany. Not because it can record...
Phishing Email Tries to Scare Victims into Looking for Sex Offenders
With the world so interconnected these days, phishing scams are not limited to a particular area or country. In a recently...
Current Cyber Trends and Advice on How to Keep One Step Ahead of the Hackers
There are many ways cybercriminals intrude upon our lives these days. It is up to us to learn what we can do to prevent it. As...
Heartbleed Continues to Beat Even After Nearly Three Years
In April 2014 a big vulnerability and the fixes created for it were released to the public. It is referred to as Heartbleed and...
Fake Adobe Flash Update Monitors Activity and May Download Ransomware on Android Devices
A recently discovered Trojan targets the Android operating system and has a big payload if it’s installed. Researchers at ESET...
It's a Cookie Theft! Yahoo Announced Sophisticated Way Hackers Stole Data in 2013 Breach
Yahoo is notifying some users that their cookies were stolen. No, not by Cookie Monster, but by whomever perpetrated the breach...
Another Healthcare Related Organization Becomes Next Victim of W-2 Theft
Those W-2 forms most of us receive in order to file our income taxes are full of valuable information such as social security...
Microsoft Ends Support for Office 2007 in October 2017
Microsoft has announced it will no longer support the Microsoft Office 2007 products beyond October 2017. To make it more...
Businesses More Aware of Cyber Risks but Half Forget About Phishing and Social Engineering
Businesses are more aware of the risks of data breaches and according to the Ponemon Institute, the number of them that now have...
Scammers Pull Heartstrings to Get to Our Money
There are a lot of scams being perpetrated by those who wish to make a quick buck. Some are very complex, but others are...
Protection of Healthcare Data Should be Part of Overall Cybersecurity Strategy
Ensuring data security is becoming more important for healthcare organizations and not something that should be left solely up to...