Unfortunately, cyber criminals continue to evolve and invent new ways to steal individual’s money or information. One new technique that is becoming more apparent is personalized scams: when a cyber criminal finds or purchases a database of people’s names, passwords, phone numbers or other detai
Read MoreNot all cyber criminals are evil geniuses. Many cyber attacks happen with an old-fashioned phone call, mainly because there are fewer security regulations and it’s easier to convey emotion to trick people. Here are the most common clues a phone scam is happening: The caller identifies as a governm
Read MorePicture this — you receive an email out of the blue from your local bank informing you that your account will be closed unless you provide them with urgent confidential information, such as your Social Security number and date of birth. You follow along with the steps, assuming that the bank n
Read MoreCEO fraud or Business Email Compromise (BEC) is the latest attack on the corporate industry from cyber criminals. During these scams, a cyber criminal disguised as a CEO or senior executive of their company will send an email to staff members to convince them to wire money into their accounts, or di
Read MoreHello Cyber Monday! It’s one of the biggest online shopping days of the year and the following weeks are sure to see a lot of online shopping traffic as people hunt for holiday gifts for loved ones. But cybercriminals will be hunting for something as well, your personal information. You can bet as
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