New Google Chrome features have privacy experts excited. Software developers spend a lot of time and money creating the programs and apps we use on a daily basis. Sometimes, that software could use a little facelift, especially as new features and innovations come along. Other times, the software desperately needs an upgrade due to security […]
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Car safety does not just apply to how you drive. It also applies to what you leave behind. Our vehicles can often feel like a home away from home, especially for busy people with a lot on their plates. At any given time, your car might contain a change of clothes in your gym bag,
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There is a new Better Business Bureau (BBB) complaint phishing scam making its way around that is hitting the inboxes of consumers, business owners and even charities. Phishing attempts get their name from the wide net that scammers throw out, hoping to catch a few gullible people in the process. Some reports have even
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A recent Macy’s data breach is creating headaches for lots of its shoppers. There are a lot of different ways a cybercriminal can gain access to sensitive data. Not all of those ways involve highly sophisticated technological know-how. Sometimes it is as simple as finding unsecured information online, stealing someone’s work laptop or sending out
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It seems hard to imagine that companies still suffer accidental data breaches, but it happens with alarming frequency and it led to a ‘Magic: The Gathering’ data breach. It may be an employee who downloads some malicious software or falls for a spear phishing campaign, or someone who leaves an unsecured laptop or flash drive
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If you had told someone even ten years ago that a criminal sitting on the other side of the world could steal their credit card information with a simple email, they might have written you off as a conspiracy theorist. Only a few decades ago, identity theft was not even recognized as a crime, let
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If you have never heard of e-skimming before, you probably want to educate yourself, especially with the holidays right around the corner. You may have heard warnings over the years about criminals tampering with credit card swipe systems at stores, gas pumps and other point-of-sale consumer stations. This tampering, known as “skimming,” happens when someone
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Halloween is just around the corner, so what better time to talk about the scariest of all monsters? Zombies! And zombie apps. Zombie apps are far more dangerous than the undead threat. Worse, they move slowly, they can work in packs and if they get their teeth in you, you are done for. A zombie
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Depending on where you live, your chances of becoming a victim of identity theft may increase, according to a new study by WalletHub. The study tracked three different avenues of this kind of crime and ranked each state by its prevalence in those areas. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were then assigned
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