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Online Banking—Simple Steps to Protect Yourself from Bank Fraud
PRIVACY PRIVACY Whether or not you’re much into online banking, protecting yourself from bank fraud is a must. Online banking is well on its way to becoming a cornerstone of the banking experience overall. More and more transactions occur over the internet rather than at a teller’s window, and nearly every account has a username,…
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Thousands of High-Risk Incidents Neutralized Using AI
PRIVACY PRIVACY Cybersecurity provider Barracuda used AI-powered account profiling to detect nearly a million cyber incidents in 2023 Read More
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Doubling of Identity Theft Victims With Suicidal Thoughts
PRIVACY PRIVACY ITRC data finds 69% have suffered multiple identity crimes Read More
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Nearly a third of young people preyed on by “text pest” delivery drivers
PRIVACY PRIVACY Surely you should be able to order pizza without being pestered for sex or a date? So, how come so many young people are claiming that they are being hassled after ordering an online delivery? Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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December’s Reimagining Democracy Workshop
PRIVACY PRIVACY Imagine that we’ve all—all of us, all of society—landed on some alien planet, and we have to form a government: clean slate. We don’t have any legacy systems from the US or any other country. We don’t have any special or unique interests to perturb our thinking. How would we govern ourselves? It’s…
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Mobile threat defense or bust
PRIVACY PRIVACY The case for unified endpoint management and mobile threat defense The evolution of endpoint management Unified endpoint management (UEM) has played a significant role over the years in enabling companies to improve the productivity and security of their corporate mobile devices and applications. In the early days of endpoint management there were separate…
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BlackCat ransomware gang claims credit for Seiko data breach
PRIVACY PRIVACY The BlackCat ransomware gang has claimed credit for a cybersecurity attack against Japanese watchmaker Seiko. BlackCat (also known as ALPHAV) posted on its dark web leak site what it claims are files stolen from Seiko’s servers. Read More
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Experian Pays $650,000 to Settle Spam Claims
PRIVACY PRIVACY Credit reporting firm accused of sending millions of unwanted emails Read More
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TP-Link Smart Bulb Spills Wi-Fi Passwords
PRIVACY PRIVACY Researchers find four vulnerabilities in popular model Read More
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Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.
PRIVACY PRIVACY In large metropolitan areas, tourists are often easy to spot because they’re far more inclined than locals to gaze upward at the surrounding skyscrapers. Security experts say this same tourist dynamic is a dead giveaway in virtually all computer intrusions that lead to devastating attacks like data theft and ransomware, and that more…