NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Google has officially discontinued its Dark Web Report feature, a free tool that once scanned known dark web breach dumps for personal information tied to a user’s Google account. The service delivered notifications when email addresses and other identifiers appeared in leaked datasets. According to Google’s support…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Free apps are supposed to cost you nothing but storage space. But in this case, they may have cost millions of people control over their own internet connections. Google says it has disrupted what it believes was the world’s largest residential proxy network, one that secretly hijacked…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Your web browser may feel like a safe place, especially when you install helpful tools that promise to make your life easier. But security researchers have uncovered a dangerous campaign in which more than 300,000 people installed Chrome extensions pretending to be artificial intelligence (AI) assistants. Instead…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You open your inbox and see a subject line from Apple. It says an app-specific password was generated for your account. Then your stomach drops. The email claims you authorized a $2,990.02 PayPal payment. It even includes a confirmation number. It urges you to call a support…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Most U.S. data breach disclosures explain what information was leaked and any protective steps available to consumers. At the federal level, the Federal Trade Commission advises that after a breach involving sensitive personal information, consumers may consider placing a credit freeze to help prevent new credit accounts…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Another major consumer brand has joined the growing list of companies hit by serious data breaches. Panera Bread has confirmed a cybersecurity incident after the hacking group ShinyHunters claimed it stole millions of customer records. The breach exposes a wide range of personal details, raising real concerns…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tax season no longer begins in April. For scammers, it starts the moment the calendar flips to January. While you’re waiting for your W-2 or 1099 to arrive, cybercriminals are already sending out waves of fake IRS messages, “refund problem” alerts and account verification scams. These messages…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you read newsletters to stay informed, here is an update worth paying attention to. Substack, a popular platform where writers, journalists and creators send email updates directly to subscribers, has confirmed a data breach that exposed user data. The company says the exposed information includes email…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fake browser extensions are nothing new, but this one takes things a step further by deliberately breaking your computer to scare you into infecting it. Security researchers have uncovered a malicious Chrome and Edge extension called NexShield that pretends to be a fast, privacy-friendly ad blocker. Once…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It started with a voicemail from a Hertz rental car location in Miami, Florida. A 57-year-old woman in Los Alamitos, California, was asked when she planned to return a Mercedes-Benz she had never rented. A thief had stolen her driver’s license, replaced the photo with their own…