Consumers are still falling for fraudsters tactics, experts say. From the article: “Despite growing awareness of the risks of phishing, many individuals and businesses still fall for cybercriminals attempts to gain information fraudulently. Phishing attacks often increase ahead of the… Read More ›
Another government service falls victim to a data breach. Unfortunately there is not much you can do about this one. Be sure you are monitoring your credit reports as social security numbers were part of the breach. “As disclosed by… Read More ›
The cellular provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach on August 20th. The good news is that no financial data or social security numbers were compromised. The bad news is that personal data including email addresses were. This could lead… Read More ›
Hacking News is reporting this morning that Cheddar’s restaurant has reported a major breach of it’s credit card payment systems, affecting customers that visited any of it’s restaurants from November 2017 through January 2, 2018. From the article: “The information… Read More ›
Recently, hacked Facebook data has been found for sale on dark web markets. From the article: “As you already know, criminal hackers keep on hunting for ways to blackmail someone for ransom, or for impersonation, etc. That is why they… Read More ›
Yet another sophisticated scam to be on the lookout for. The thing to remember here is to never, ever, go to a site through a text message. Your bank or credit card company will always call you or notify you… Read More ›
The amount of propaganda spread by fake Twitter accounts is mind boggling – and don’t fool yourself to believe it’s all fixed. You can’t trust everything you read on the internet. From the article: Twitter has published huge datasets of… Read More ›
So the government agency that is part of our cyber-protection was breached? This is another good example of why you have to take steps to protect yourself – no one is going to do it for you! WASHINGTON (AP) —… Read More ›
Latest Hacking News is reporting a breach at Augusta University that has exposed social security numbers and other records online. From the article: “Reportedly, the breach data includes explicit personal information about the patients, as well as their medical and… Read More ›
Missouri-based health care provider Blue Springs Family Care has disclosed a ransomware attack resulting from a data breach. From the article: “According to a letter publicly posted by the company, the perpetrators potentially had access to a variety of information, including patients’ full… Read More ›
Macy’s is notifying customers of a data breach involving unauthorized access to their payment card data and personal information. From the article: “Based on our investigation, we believe that an unauthorized third-party – from approximately April 26, 2018, through June… Read More ›
Prince Hotels and Resorts is reporting a breach to their reservation systems. From the article: 1) 43 hotels, total of 58,003 data of full name, nationality, zip code, home address, contact number, email address, booked price, booking number, booked hotel… Read More ›
Hackers phishing for sensitive information faked an email from a regional organization to break into the Fredericksburg school system’s electronic mail and file system last month. It was a professional phishing attempt and it fooled a number of people. From… Read More ›
Hello Readers! I stumbled on to this story posted to Reddit and I thought I would share. I could see myself falling for this. “Recently, I inadvertently participated as the middle man in a credit card scam, and I wanted… Read More ›
