The goal of cyber hygiene is to minimize cybersecurity risks and make you less of a target for scammers. Sadly, hackers and scammers have millions of potentially vulnerable targets. But if they see that you’ve employed even a basic cybersecurity framework, they’re more likely to move on ...
according to the FBI. In aphishing attack, cybercriminals impersonate a trusted entity like your bank, employer, or eventech supportin order to “fish” for private information like your password or credit card number. They then use this information to steal money, commit identity theft, engage ...
Most smishing, like other phishing scams, is financially motivated. Cybercriminals may go directly after financial information to steal victims’ money, or they may pursue information to sell on the black market, such as valuable personal data or corporate intellectual property. Less commonly, some ...
Scamming is how many cybercriminals make their living, so no romance scam is complete without a plea for financial help. They’ll usually start out asking for small amounts before trying to get more significant amounts of money. They might request a short-term loan to cover a lost paycheck...
Pharming is a scamming practice in which malicious code is installed on a personal computer (PC) or server, misdirecting users to fraudulent websites without their knowledge or consent. The aim is for users to input their personal information. Once information, such as a credit card number, ba...
This is really important to understand, so please pay attention. Unless you met the person who's scamming you face-to-face in the same room together, chances are you are dealing with an overseas scammer (usually from Africa, Philippines, Morocco, India, etc). Showing an overseas scammer a...
What is the hacker collective Anonymous? Supposedly fun mass attacks on people who were easy targets used to be organized on image boards like 4chan. These are the beginnings of Anonymous, but they don’t have much in common with the collective’s actions today. Political commitment is the ...
Romance scamming is nothing new; but it’s got more sophisticated with widespread access to the Internet. Before, scammers used to lurk in online forums, chat rooms and by email to dupe others into giving them money. Now, they've become more sophisticated and even formed large organizations,...
We’ll quickly explore one of cybercriminals’ favorite pastimes and why it’s a threat to organizations and consumers alike The dastardly art of scamming people is one that’s been around in one form or another since, well, pretty much the beginning of recorded history. It’s just that ...
web, often in the form of an urgent pop-up warning the user that a “virus scan” has found malware. The earliest scareware attacks caused minor damage, scamming victims out of a few dollars for useless bloatware. Today, scareware has become a vector for nastier cyberthreats likeransomware....