Data Security

WikiLeaks got everyone’s attention again last week, with dire headlines proclaiming the entire American government spook infrastructure had just been decimated by the secret-smashing site. Julian Assange, true to form, has shared a little leaked data and promised a whole lot more. (“Less than 1%” has been shared, the site said in a tweet). The cache of stolen documents it...

Have you had any horrible online dating stories? Did you ever meet someone online you wish you hadn’t?  Share #YourBestCatfishStory! The winning catfishing story will be featured in Adam Levin’s Huffington Post column! Did you hear about the guy from Bucksnort, Tennessee, who sent a catfisher his life savings after a steamy back-and-forth on a popular dating app? The amount he lost...

Willie Sutton's rationale for robbing banks -- 'Because that's where the money is' - holds as true today as 80 years ago. Instead of machine guns and fast getaway cars, cyber-age bank robbers rely on cleverly adopting common hacking routines to find and extract the cash. Banks have poured billions into hack-proofing their websites and networks. Yet breach attempts persist...

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, people are looking for love more and more online. Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are waiting to prey on online daters, hoping to steal their heart, along with their cash. Never Turn Over Personal Information or Pictures You Wouldn't Want Broadcast for the World to See. It’s not love if they ask for your credit...

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, people are looking for love more and more online. Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are waiting to prey on online daters, hoping to steal their heart, along with their cash. If They Sound like a Bad B Movie Over the Phone, or Send Emails Full of Grammatical Errors and Weird Phrases, Don't Go Any...

Tax Season is fraud season.  It's prime time for fraudsters and scammers looking to steal your personal and financial data. This scam is directed at tax preparers. The tax professional receives what looks like a real solicitation from a potential client stating they need help with a tax issue. If the tax professional responds to the email, the scammer follows...

Tax Season is fraud season.  It's prime time for fraudsters and scammers looking to steal your personal and financial data. Scammers are using confusion about Obamacare to rob people of their hard earned cash. The scam involves sending a false CP2000 or deficiency notice to unsuspecting marks and demanding payment for unpaid taxes. People only receive CP2000 notices from the...

Tax Season is fraud season.  It's prime time for fraudsters and scammers looking to steal your personal and financial data. Like the IRS Imposter scam, fraudsters are targeting students pretending to be from the IRS and demanding that they pay a "federal student tax".  The scammers threaten students with jail time, if they don't wire money using a pre-paid card...

Tax Season is fraud season.  It's prime time for fraudsters and scammers looking to steal your personal and financial data. Business Email Compromise W-2 Scam Payroll and human resources professionals should be aware of a spearphishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests personal information on employees. The email contains the actual name of the company chief...

90 percent of employees violate data breach prevention policies. One clueless employee could unwittingly let hackers take control of all your digital assets. But it's much worse than that. Doubtless, you are aware that phishing (an email that looks like a company communication or something work-related containing malware) and spear phishing (the same thing from the spoofed account of a...