The dangerous Houdini worm has been transformed into a new variant dubbed WSH Remote Access Tool (RAT). More specifically, the new malware is an iteration of the VBS-based Houdini also known as H-Worm, which first appeared back in 2013. The…
Information belonging to more than 10 million individuals in Australia has been affected in a single data breach. The disclosure of the event comes from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). With current population of about 25.4million, this…
New alarming statistics reveal that approximately 25 percent of phishing emails taken from a batch of 55 million analyzed emails were marked as clean by Office 365 Exchange Online Protection (EOP). This means that these phishing emails got to recipients’…
Sextortion (porn blackmail) scams distributed over email are becoming increasingly popular. Individuals from all over the world are receiving threatening email messages from people (scammers) that claim they have video recordings made via the individuals’ device camera. The recording purportedly…
A few years back, in 2016, we decided to analyze the most dangerous online places, which were represented not only by suspicious locations but also by legitimate websites and services. In truth, things haven’t changed for the better since 2016,…
This blog post has been made with the main goal to explain to you what is the “AppleID Disabled for Security” e-mail phiishing scam and how you can prevent it from infecting your Mac or remove it in case you…
A new study carried out by Bromium and Dr. Mike McGuire says that cybercrime through social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram) is generating at least $3.25 billion in global revenue annually. The report is based on three key factors: “how…
This article has been created to help explain what exactly is the Amazon Prime Membership scam and how you can block it on your e-mail plus remove any software that may be causing such e-mails to arrive in your Inbox.…
This article has been created in order to help you by explaining to you how to remove the popular 2019 phishing scams which can be encountered via email messages. Our 2019 Phishing scams guide reveals all popular phishing attempts that…
Ransomware is usually after one thing only, and that’s encrypting the victim’s data and extorting payment for its decryption. However, a new piece of ransomware which is still in a development stage adds something else to its malicious activity –…
The number of individuals affected by data breaches and cyberattacks in 2018 is definitely in the billions, and organizations are not far behind, either. One data breach alone, Marriott’s, affected 500 million individuals! More specifically, Starwood subsidiary’s guest reservation network…
Gamers are concerned about online security more than ever, says McAfee. According to a recent survey conducted by the malware protection company, nearly 75 percent of gamers worry about gaming security in the future. The participants in the survey were…
Google and Yahoo have been targeted in new phishing attacks that are able to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA). Secure email services are also victims of these attacks as they can be successfully compromised, researchers said in a report published by…
Nothing bands individuals together like a good old security breach. We are all equal in the face of hacks and data breaches, aren’t we? Did you know that there were 2,216 data breaches and more than 53,000 cybersecurity incidents registered…
This article has been created in order to explain to you what is the Spotify Phishing Scam and how you can remove them as well as all potentially unwanted programs delivered through them. The Spotify Phishing Scam is a popular…
