Here’s Why Credit Card Fraud is Still a Thing
July 29 2020Most of the civilized world years ago shifted to requiring computer chips in payment cards that make it far more expensive and difficult for thieves to clone and use...
Read moreBusiness ID Theft Soars Amid COVID Closures
July 27 2020Identity thieves who specialize in running up unauthorized lines of credit in the names of small businesses are having a field day with all of the closures and economic...
Read moreThinking of a Cybersecurity Career? Read This
July 24 2020Thousand of people graduate from colleges and universities each year with cybersecurity or computer science degrees only to find employers are less than thrilled about their hands-on, foundational skills....
Read moreIn May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. had exposed approximately 885 million records related to mortgage deals...
Read moreTwitter Hacking for Profit and the LoLs
July 22 2020The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week's epic hack against...
Read moreWho’s Behind Wednesday’s Epic Twitter Hack?
July 16 2020Twitter was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after accounts for some of the world's most recognizable public figures, executives and celebrities starting tweeting out links to bitcoin scams. Twitter...
Read more‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads July Microsoft Patches
July 14 2020Microsoft today released updates to plug a whopping 123 security holes in Windows and related software, including fixes for a critical, "wormable" flaw in Windows Server versions that Microsoft...
Read moreBreached Data Indexer ‘Data Viper’ Hacked
July 13 2020Data Viper, a security startup that provides access to some 15 billion usernames, passwords and other information exposed in more than 8,000 website breaches, has itself been hacked and...
Read moreE-Verify’s “SSN Lock” is Nothing of the Sort
July 4 2020One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called "Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory," which tried to impress upon readers the importance of...
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