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LIFE IN THE BREACH: REAL LIFE CASES OF CATASTROPHIC SECURITY FAILURES
20+ hour, 20+ min ago (63+ words) Bitdefender LIFE IN THE BREACH: REAL LIFE CASES OF CATASTROPHIC SECURITY FAILURES Dan Wolff, Director of Product Marketing, Endpoint Security The average cost of a breach is US$4 million. What do you do if this happens to you? Do you…...
Poland arrests SIM-swap gang in crypto theft case
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (337+ words) Polish cybercrime investigators arrested four suspects accused of hijacking phone numbers, breaking into crypto exchange accounts and laundering large sums through bank accounts, payment platforms and digital wallets via SIM-swapping attacks Poland's Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime says officers detained…...
Why parenting feels harder than ever
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (762+ words) A new Common Sense Media report, The State of Kids and Families in America 2026, found that more than half of parents (54%) say things are going only "fair" or "poor" for families like theirs today. More than half of children and…...
Operation Endgame hits Steal C and Amadey
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (234+ words) Europol, Eurojust and law enforcement agencies from Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States have announced a new phase of Operation Endgame, this time targeting malware services that help cybercriminals scale attacks. The action focused…...
The "crying child" scam: How scammers target parents
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (828+ words) Few things trigger panic faster than hearing what sounds like a child crying or calling for help. Scammers know that and use AI-generated voices and fake emergency scenarios to make parents believe their child has been injured, kidnapped, or is…...
Cybercrime now rivals traditional crime across parts of Asia
1+ week, 1+ day ago (592+ words) Online threats have become embedded in everyday life across Asia and the South Pacific, according to a new INTERPOL report. Digital crime now thrives thanks to organized scam operations. In more than half of the countries surveyed, cybercrime now accounts…...
How Tinder matches can turn into sextortion scams
1+ week, 1+ day ago (878+ words) If online dating wasn't complicated enough already, scammers have found new ways to turn a simple swipe into a nightmare. A man from Northern Ireland recently shared his experience after what appeared to be a normal Tinder match allegedly escalated…...
Apple's Hide My Email tweak leaves privacy fans fuming
1+ week, 1+ day ago (462+ words) A few days ago, Apple quietly announced what might have seemed like a minor change to one of its most popular privacy features - and has left some users feeling that the company is pulling the rug from underneath them. Hide…...
How scammers use one-time passcodes against businesses
1+ week, 1+ day ago (995+ words) Bank impersonation scams have become one of the most effective ways to steal money from small businesses. Instead of breaking into accounts through sophisticated hacking, criminals often rely on something much simpler: convincing business owners to hand over access themselves....
Is my VPN working? 7 easy tests to see if it works
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1135+ words) Simply seeing that your VPN is "Connected" doesn't necessarily mean everything is working as expected. Sometimes a VPN connection can drop without you noticing. In other cases, your real IP address, DNS requests, or other information may still be visible…...