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Category: Identity Theft

Twitter Spam

In the News In Twitter’s spam removal is up 214 percent compared to 2017, Shannon Liao discusses Twitter’s increase in spam removal on the...
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The Looming Threat of Email Hacking, Ransomware, & Scams

In the News In Email Threats Increase, Impact Productivity, Kacy Zurkus discusses a recent study of over 600 high ranking business and IT personnel...
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Amazon Gift Card Scam

In the News In What’s up with these ‘Congratulations Amazon User’ pop-up ads?, Jack Morse discusses a common pop-up ad on Amazon claiming to...
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Account Hacking on the Video Game Fortnite

In the News In Fortnite Gamers Warned Over Account Hacking, Michael Hill discusses an apparent hacking of individual’s Fortnite gaming accounts targeting users’ financial...
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Tax Scam 2018

In the News In Beware This Incredibly Silly—But Still Effective—Tax Scam, Lily Hay Newman discusses a sneaky tax scam in which hackers utilize a...
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Compromised Websites

In the News The article 42% of the Web’s Top Sites Are Compromised discusses the alarmingly high percentage of compromised websites on the Web....
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The Vulnerabilities of Tinder

In the News Vulnerabilities in dating apps allow outside individuals to snoop on not only your profile, but on the profiles of those you...
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Forever 21 Financial Breach

In the News In Forever 21 Says POS Systems Exposed Customer data for 8 Months, Tom Spring explains that Forever 21’s beach occurred as...
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Phishing for ‘flix

In the News Phishing attempts are getting sneakier by the day. In The Devious Netflix Phish That Just Won’t Die, Lily Hay Newman discusses...
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Social Media and Privacy

In the News Social media is an ever present component of modern life, but few people withhold profile information or run through all of...
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