KOMO News

Adam Levin Talks Amazon Holiday Scams with KOMO News

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...
ransomware

The State of Ransomware in 2021

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

Adam Levin Discusses Holiday Scams on WTOP News

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

Axton Gets the Shock of a Lifetime (Part 2)

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

10 Privacy Killers that Seemed Like a Good Idea #10: Facial Recognition

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.
Axton Betz-Hamilton

Axton Goes Looking For Her Identity Thief (Part 1)

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

10 Privacy Killers that Seemed Like a Good Idea #9: Health Trackers

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.

10 Privacy Killers that Seemed Like a Good Idea #8: Online Quizzes

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.
Online shopping scams

‘Tis the Season for Online Shopping Scams

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

10 Privacy Killers that Seemed Like a Good Idea #7: Public Wifi

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.