A Virtual Private Network – also known as a VPN – is a group of computers linked together over the internet. This basically allows someone who’s...
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Pro tip for 2018: treat the ransomware threat like an imminent hard drive failure
With the General Data Protection Regulation knocking on everyone’s door, breaches will have to be taken more seriously than ever. At the same time...
The ABC of Cybersecurity – Android Threats: R is for Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that restricts access to files then demands ransom to unlock access to them. While it has been a plague for PCs...
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International law enforcement agencies have forced offline a website believed to be the world’s biggest marketplace for hiring distributed denial-of...
In an ongoing investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Yahoo (now Altaba) has been fined $35 million for failing to report a known data breach...
Scammers are using a combination of phishing techniques and social engineering to trick people with Chinese last names into handing over their personal...
LinkedIn joins the data privacy breach club after a researcher detected a major vulnerability in the AutoFill plugin – that allows members to autofill their...
Networking behemoth Cisco has issued critical patches found in two of its widely used software products as prone to remote hacking. Users of WebEx and Unified...
Chances are that you’ve never heard of Washington-based data firm LocalBlox. But that doesn’t mean that they haven’t heard of you. And it...
A former employee of Alaskan regional airline PenAir has pleaded guilty to felony fraud associated with hacking attacks against the company’s ticketing and...
Some 120 closed cybercrime and scam groups were identified on Facebook by security journalist Brian Krebs in just two hours of research on April 12. Although...
The Russian government is behind a number of cyberattacks that target network infrastructure devices such as routers, Network-based Intrusion Detection System...
Users have accused Facebook of violating an Illinois privacy law by using facial recognition on photos without explicit user consent. Now, a US federal judge...