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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A long-running malware campaign quietly evolved over several years and turned trusted Chrome and Edge extensions into spyware. A detailed report from Koi Security reveals that the ShadyPanda operation affected 4.3 million users who downloaded extensions later updated with hidden malicious code. These extensions began as simple wallpaper or productivity tools that …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Identity theft now hits people in sneaky ways. Criminals no longer stop at credit cards or loans.  They test stolen personal data by applying for deposit accounts under your name, which confuses many victims and leaves them unsure how to respond. Brian in Clinton, Pennsylvania recently experienced this twice in the same …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elite universities like Harvard, Princeton and Columbia spend fortunes on research, talent and digital infrastructure. Even then, they’ve become easy targets for attackers who see massive databases filled with personal information and donation records as a goldmine. Over the past few months, breaches across Ivy League campuses have exposed the same problem. …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Holiday shopping creates a perfect storm for cybercriminals.  The FBI says scammers target Gmail, Outlook and nearly every other inbox this time of year as they push fake messages that trick you into giving up money or sensitive information. These schemes move fast, and victims often do not realize what happened until …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Most major platforms have dealt with large-scale data leaks tied to weak or unprotected APIs. You’ve seen this play out with Facebook, X and even Dell. The pattern is always the same. A feature meant to make life easier becomes a gateway for bulk data collection. WhatsApp is now part of that …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new phishing scam is getting a lot of attention because it uses real Apple Support tickets to trick people into giving up their accounts. Broadcom’s Eric Moret shared how he nearly lost his entire Apple account after trusting what looked like official communication. He described the full experience in a detailed …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you have not checked your credentials lately, now is the time.  A staggering 1.3 billion unique passwords and 2 billion unique email addresses surfaced online. This event is one of the largest exposures of stolen logins we have seen. This is not the result of one major breach. Instead, Synthient, a …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Passwords play a huge role in how you stay safe online. They protect your accounts, devices and money. Still, many people pick logins that criminals can guess in seconds.  The latest NordPass report shows this problem again. This year, “admin” took the top spot as the most common password in the United …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Android users have been dealing with a steady rise in financial malware for years. Threats like Hydra, Anatsa and Octo have shown how attackers can take over a phone, read everything on the screen and drain accounts before you even notice anything wrong. Security updates have helped slow some of these strains, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Google officially shut down remote control features for first and second generation Nest Learning Thermostats last month. Many owners assumed the devices would stop talking to Google once the company removed smart functions. New research, however, shows that these early Nest devices continue uploading detailed logs to Google even though support has …