AT&T is no stranger to hosting cybersecurity conferences. Last year, the company’s big event drew in more than 3,500 attendees. Perhaps you were among them! If not, no worries, because AT&T is back with a free, virtual cybersecurity conference, featuring expert speakers discussing the most important cybersecurity issues we face in 2022 and beyond. As with many events in this …
Your accounts are constantly under attack. Bad actors always look for new ways to break into services such as iCloud, Microsoft, and Facebook. When they don’t know how to do it themselves, they turn to underground experts for help. EvilProxy, a “phishing as a service” toolkit, is just that kind of help. What is phishing as a service? Phishing as …
Your primary email address is under attack. On one hand, you have scammers and phishers, constantly bombarding your inbox with bunk in an attempt to steal your data. On the other hand, you have trackers, which follow your email activity in an effort to send you more targeted ads. While there are various services available to remedy these security concerns, …
Scams come in all shapes and sizes. There are a million different ways hackers and bad actors try to part you from your personal information, and it never seems to end. A new trend seems to be popping up via SMS, looking to scam you into opening sketchy links. But don’t worry: It’s easy to avoid. How this PDF scam …
How many passwords do you have? Likely a lot. Hopefully, each one is strong and unique, with no repeats. However, statistically, that isn’t very likely. Many of us reuse the same, weak passwords, which leaves our digital data vulnerable to hacking. Even if our passwords are cryptographically perfect, phishing tricks too many of us into giving up our precious details. …
Last week, we covered “Follina,” the Microsoft security vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office documents. After you opened an affected Office document, a bad actor could potentially take control of your system. This week, the threat turns to “SearchNightmare,” another Microsoft vulnerability. SearchNightmare is not unlike Follina: like the latter, SearchNightmare tricks the victim into opening a malicious document, such as Word …
Passwords are an integral part of keeping your digital life safe and secure. Unfortunately, it’s all too common for passwords to end up leaked in a data breach, allowing hackers a look into which phrases people often use most. The more common the password, the more likely hackers can guess it to break into your accounts. As reported by CNBC, …
You’re likely aware of phishing attacks, which are schemes hackers use to coax unsuspecting users out of their personal data and information. But there’s another kind of phishing attack, dubbed “smishing,” that you also need to be aware of when protecting your digital life. Smishing, like phishing, looks to sneakily steal your information. However, instead of operating through email, smishing uses …
Microsoft has identified a multi-stage phishing attack against a number of users. The company reported that hackers took stolen credentials, and registered devices on the targets’ networks, which were then used to deploy phishing email scams. This latest fishing scheme tries to convince users they need to sign a document with an online DocuSign form. When a user would click …
When you’re a scammer, your goal is to trick people any way you can. A common tactic is to create websites that appear legitimate, or are close to the real deal, while really acting as a means for you to scam people. COVID websites are, unfortunately, no exception. According to Fortune, fake COVID websites began popping up almost as soon …