Gmail Users Give Up Credentials and Spam Their Own Contacts in New Scam
This recent scam targeting Gmail users is rather creative and appears to use some pretty sophisticated automation or there is a...
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Scams Get The Information From Your More Secure EMV Chip Card
When those EMV chip cards came out, there was a lot of talk about how much more difficult it would be for cyber thieves to get...
Homeland Security Secretary Lists Phishing as Top Threat
Experts are often asked what is the biggest threat to cyber security and many answers may be given. If you ask the Secretary of...
HHS Reports Over 13 Million People Affected in Healthcare Breaches in 2016 So Far
The top ten healthcare related cyber security incidents in 2016, as reported so far by the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Cyber Insurance May Be Worth Evaluating and Here Are Some Items to Consider When Doing So
The Department of Homeland Security thinks it may be worthwhile to have cybersecurity insurance in the budget. In fact, it is...
Nine Significant Breaches and Nearly 2 Billion Stolen Records Equals a Good 2016 for Criminals
The year 2016 provided cybersecurity vendors with a reason to celebrate. Major cyber attacks hit companies resulting in nearly 2...
Italian Plumber Gathers Coins, Saves the Princess, and Delivers Malware
Another new game is taking the mobile game world by storm and it’s all about a plumber. That little Italian mustached guy made...
New Netflix Scam Discriminates Against Certain Users To Avoid Detection
Netflix is so popular that scammers keep using it to lure unsuspecting users into providing sensitive data to them. In fact, a...
BEC Still a Threat; Awareness and Training Key to Avoiding It
Business email compromise (BEC) is a form of phishing that targets specific people within a business by impersonating an...
Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express May Have Been Breached; Check Your Charges
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) reported recently that they are investigating a possible data breach at some of their brands...
Android Users Targeted Again with Nasty Malware Tordow
You won't believe this new Android App! That might be a headline for an app that is making its way onto devices of Android users...
WhatsApp Virus Targets Security Personnel
WhatsApp is a very popular messaging application and has users all around the world. In fact, according to the statistics portal...