NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Most people think identity theft starts with a massive hack. In reality, it usually starts much more quietly, with bits of personal information you didn’t even realize were public: old addresses, family connections, phone numbers and shopping habits. All are sitting on data broker sites that most…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Google designed Fast Pair to make Bluetooth connections fast and effortless. One tap replaces menus, codes and manual pairing. That convenience now comes with serious risk. Security researchers at KU Leuven uncovered flaws in Google’s Fast Pair protocol that allows silent device takeovers. They named the attack…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! AI assistants are supposed to make life easier. Tools like Microsoft Copilot can help you write emails, summarize documents, and answer questions using information from your own account. But security researchers are now warning that a single bad link could quietly turn that convenience into a privacy…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cybercriminals are happy to target almost any industry where data can be stolen. In many cases, less prepared and less security-focused companies are simply easier targets. A recent ransomware attack on a company tied to dozens of gas stations across Texas shows exactly how this plays out….
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Online shopping feels familiar and fast, but a hidden threat continues to operate behind the scenes. Researchers are tracking a long-running web skimming campaign that targets businesses connected to major payment networks. Web skimming is a technique where criminals secretly add malicious code to checkout pages so…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Brightspeed, one of the largest fiber broadband providers in the United States, is investigating claims that hackers stole sensitive data tied to more than 1 million customers. The allegations surfaced when a group calling itself the Crimson Collective posted messages on Telegram warning Brightspeed employees to check…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new malware campaign is turning WhatsApp Web into a weapon. Security researchers say a banking Trojan linked to Astaroth is now spreading automatically through chat messages, making the attack harder to stop once it starts. The campaign is known as Boto Cor-de-Rosa. It shows how cybercriminals…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Every January, I hear from people who say the same thing: “I just got an email that looked official, and I almost fell for it.” That’s not a coincidence. January is one of the busiest months of the year for scammers. While most of us are focused…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The British government intensified its crackdown on AI-generated sexual abuse Monday after ministers confirmed a possible ban on Elon Musk’s social media platform X amid a widening probe and with the company potentially incurring hefty fines. The dramatic move follows the launch of a formal investigation by…
Cyber expert shares tips to avoid AI phishing scams Kurt ‘The CyberGuy’ Knutsson shares practical ways to avoid falling victim to AI-generated phishing scams and discusses a report that North Korean agents are posing as I.T. workers to funnel money into the country’s nuclear program. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Email scams…