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A complex and robust password is the first step towards a safer online presence, but some people straight up ignore this simple rule and choose the worst possible password. The weakest passwords, at least, are remarkably consistent from year to year, a… Continue reading !@#$%^&*: The Most Used Passwords in the World Are as Bad as You Imagine
Thieves managed to trick the Puerto Rico government into making $2.6 million worth of payments to the wrong recipient in an elaborate phishing scheme. Tricking local government officials into making payments to bogus accounts is not as uncommon as you … Continue reading Email Fraudsters Trick Puerto Rico’s Government into Wiring $2.6 Million to Bogus Accounts
Google is fighting an uphill battle when it comes to dangerous apps that try to work their way into the Android ecosystem, and the company prevented 790,000 dangerous apps from being published on the Play Store in 2019 alone. The app ecosystem remains … Continue reading Google Blocked 790,000 Apps from the Play Store in 2019
The healthcare industry is fighting a wave of ransomware attacks, as hackers constantly adapt a varied arsenal of malware tools. A recent survey found 172 cyberattacks against the healthcare systems have succeeded in the past four years.
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The personal data of almost 6.5 million Israeli voters was leaked online after Likud, the country’s governing party, uploaded the information to the highly vulnerable Elector application. Prior to the elections, all parties receive information ab… Continue reading Israeli Elector App Accidently Exposes Personal Data of 6.5 Million Voters
Google is set to make significant changes to the Google Chrome browser that would eventually lead to entirely blocking the download of files from HTTP (unencrypted) sources, starting with Chrome 83. The new measure announced by Google refers to “… Continue reading Google Chrome to Block Downloads from Unsecured Locations
A new PayPal phishing campaign is taking a novel but direct approach to fraud by asking users, in good grammar, to provide Social Security and PIN numbers, passport and driver’s license data, and even upload photos of official documents to prove … Continue reading New PayPal Phishing Campaign Asks for Passport Photo, Driver’s License
Is the Internet becoming safer or more dangerous? This question is posed by the Safer Internet Day 2020 (SID) event, which calls attention to a subject that should raise more significant concern than it does, especially when it comes to kids and their … Continue reading Safer Internet Day 2020 – ‘Together for a better internet’
Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts were hacked via a third-party service, and the hackers quickly published a post on both accounts before the intrusion was discovered. The message posted by the hackers simply read “Well, even Facebo… Continue reading Facebook’s and Instagram’s Twitter Accounts Hacked
A ransomware attack has crippled the operations of Australian transportation firm Toll, affecting more than 1,000 servers were affected, according to inside sources cited by itnews. After the attack on January 31, the company immediately began to disco… Continue reading Infrastructure of Australian Transportation Company Infected with Mailto Ransomware