Adam Levin

Threat actors are increasingly using reconnaissance attacks to identify targets online. Here's how they work.

Adam Levin was a guest on the Strategy Skills Podcast, where he discussed the most effective methods of staying protected from cyber threats. In the...

No one is 100% immune to scams, not even experts in the field.

It was another year dominated by Covid, high-profile ransomware attacks and digital crime. Here are some of 2021’s highs and (mostly) lows in cyber news in no particular order.

From QAnon to Mahjong and a parade of phishing victims, 2021 offered up a lot of teachable moments.

If a holiday deal looks too good to be true, do some poking around because the chances are good it’s a scam.

The Log4J vulnerability has the potential to be the next SolarWinds-level cybersecurity debacle. Here’s what you need to know.

2021 was a terrible year for cybersecurity, but there is some hope for 2022.

Holiday scams are nothing new, but this one takes the fruit cake.

Renting an apartment often requires providing sensitive information and making a payment in advance, which makes it scammer paradise.

Adam Levin spoke with consumer advocate and reporter Herb Weisbaum on Seattle's KOMO News about the recent trend of Amazon-based phone scams targeting customers...

2021 has been yet another banner year for ransomware. Here’s how the current threat landscape looks going into 2022.

Adam Levin spoke with WTOP radio host Dimitri Sotis about what scams to look out for during the holiday season. Listen to the interview...

After a case of child identity theft takes a devastating turn, we learn how to protect against this dark brand of predation.

What makes facial recognition so convenient is the same thing that makes it feel like an Orwellian nightmare: It doesn’t require you to do anything other than have a face — cameras and AI do the rest.

Child identity theft is a lot more common than you might think, it’s usually an inside job, and it’s always completely messed up.

Health tracker data is valuable to a wide range of data-driven industries. If you get in the habit of running a few miles a day, you’re probably an ideal target for an ad for running shoes.

By providing a thousand little details about your likes, dislikes, inclinations, emotional states, background and intelligence level, you’re helping quiz sites assemble a more nuanced mosaic of who you are — the sort of information that data companies use to target ads.

Supply chain issues and the upcoming holiday season are creating the perfect conditions for online shopping scams. Here’s what to look out for.

In much the same way that multiple people can listen to the same radio station, an unprotected Wifi connection means that, at least in theory, the information you’re sending and receiving can be tuned into (intercepted, accessed, exploited) as well.