Valentine's Day Scam

Single? Here’s How You Can Stay Safe This Valentine’s Day

Let’s face it, even without the threat of fraud and scams, Valentine’s Day can be treacherous. Choose the wrong gift or a bouquet of...

How to Avoid Credit Card Theft while Traveling

Whether you plan to travel now or in a year, you should take steps to protect yourself from identity theft and credit card fraud while you’re...

Hacking: Winter Olympics Are Targeted with Custom Exploit

The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea start next month and hackers are using the pretext of the games to launch phishing attacks featuring...
Identity theft and taxes

Identity Theft and the New Tax Bill

The 2017 filing season could be the worst yet for tax-related crime. With widespread confusion about the new tax law, IRS budget cuts, and...
computer nightmare

2018 Will Be a Cybersecurity Nightmare

If you think 2017 was bad, hold on for dear life because 2018 is going to be the worst yet when it comes to cyberattacks. The astounding amount...

Reader’s Digest Magazine Settles Privacy Tort in Michigan

In a lawsuit that may be a harbinger of similar claims against companies that sell personal information to third parties (regardless of existing laws),...
UC Browser

Making Asia Insecure One Machine at a Time

Owned by the Alibaba Group, the UC Browser was developed by the Chinese mobile Internet company UCWeb to compete with Google’s Chrome browser, and...
Spectre Meltdown

The Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerability is Serious (Sorta)

The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that were revealed after the New Year have been the talk of the cybercommunity, and for good reason. The...
Apple Spectre Vulnerability

Apple Admits All Devices Affected by Meltdown and Spectre Flaws

Apple admitted yesterday that all Macs and iOS devices are affected by the Meltdown and Spectre chip bugs, a massive vulnerability that was discovered...