Online Data Breaches
Last year many data breaches didn't seem to be in the news. If you shop online information like your ID, social security number, home address, passwords and credit card numbers could be stolen! The worst part? You may not even know about these data breaches! Who was...
Apps Removed From Google Play
While using the Goolge Play Store is still the best way to get apps on your phone, some malicious ones still slip through every once in a while. Google is good at finding them but sometimes not before they have been downloaded by thousands! These photo apps have...
CookieMiner Targets Mac
This new strain of malware is capable of getting into web browser cookies and stealing text messages, credit card credentials and passwords. After the cookies are collected, they are uploaded to a server where the hackers are then able to use that information. Which...
Mozilla Adding CryptoMining Blockers!
The developers of the Mozilla Firefox browser have been working on this a long time and it's going to be in one of the updates that will come out in the near future. Along with blocking the cryptoming, you will also be able to start blocking 'fingerprinting' which is...
Google Blocking Drive-by Downloads
What is a 'drive-by download'? This is when a file is downloaded from a browser without the user knowing or asking for it. It could be done with malvertising or just a malicious script on a website that you visited accidentally. What this means to you: When this...
VeryMal Targeting Apple Users!
This malvertising group is called VeryMal after their domain name. It uses code that detects whether a person is using Windows or Apple when they click onto their advertisement. If the code finds Apple fonts and images it will redirect the person to a fake Flash...
Scarlet Widow Gang
Of all the scams out there, the romance scam is probably the most overlooked of all. The members of the 'Scarlet Widow Gang' set up fake dating profiles and social sites. These scams can go on for months! They pretend to be lonely and trusting. After they have...
Mozilla FireFox Adding Features!
This alternative web browser is working on adding features to keep you safer online, including blocking cryptomining and fingerprints. While they have been working on this for a while, it looks like the features may be coming out sooner rather than later. What this...
Discover May Have Been Breached
On January 25th, 2019 Discover announced that there may have been a breach on August 13, 2018. They haven't released any numbers but have issued replacement cards to the customers that may have been affected and assured everyone that fraudulent purchases are not the...
Companies That Hackers Impersonate the Most
When hackers find something that works they stick with it. Research has shown that they use the same companies over and over again. Why? Because they are trusted companies to us. Who do they impersonate the most? Microsoft Netflix PayPal Bank of America Chase DHL...