Hackers can imitate — or “spoof” — email addresses and phone numbers. Don’t fall for it. When it comes to scam phone calls, hackers often impersonate trusted organizations to try and get targets to give up sensitive information — known as vishing (voicephishing). Scammers can impersonat...
A hacker uses your phone number to gather and release your sensitive information on social media or other public sites. The doxxing might happen on the Dark Web, where hackers dump thousands (or even millions) of people’s personal information after a data breach. Once hackers obtain your info...
Hi, I’m Aaron. I’m an information security professional and have been working in the industry for the better part of two decades. My job is to mitigate cyberattacks (or hacks) and keep people’s data safe. Let’s dig into why WhatsApp can be hacked and what you can do to minimiz...
Hackers targeted 1Password after Okta breach, but your logins are safe This critical exploit could let hackers bypass your Mac’s defenses So what exactly is the result of the hack? Well, the team was basically able to trick a phone into doing whatever they wanted. Specifically, the team was...
Your Google, Microsoft, Apple, WhatsApp, and even Signal accounts all have an Achilles' heel — the same one, in fact. And it turns out that if you're not careful, a hacker could use that weakness to take over your online identity. Or so claims self-described "security geek" Martin...
This Technology Can Hack Your Car from 1,500 Miles AwayPanetta, Kasey
Don’t be fooled by that smashing hit in the GIF. It’s just some trick photography that [Noah] did to impress people. If you looked at the end product without the back story first, you’d think the cans were manipulated in to contorted shapes using some kind of mechanical assistance,...
But they can often leverage this as a foot in the door tohackinto some of your other accounts as well. Password reuse I wasn’t going to mention this, but so many people do it that it’s worth emphasizing. If ahackerlearns your Gmail password — or any of your passwords — and you...
No matter how much strong or advanced encryption the carriers are using, for example AT&T and Verizon use 3G and 4G networks for calls, messages, and texts sent from people within the same network, but the use of that old and insecure SS7 for sending data across networks the backdoor open...
So, here are the most popular methods used to hack your Facebook account. Data Breach/Leaks Data breaches occur when hackers obtain large amounts of user data from online services like Facebook. The information from these leaks can range from harmless statistical data to complete user exposure,...