A new warning from the director of the FBI suggests that people using TikTok in the United States might want to consider a new favorite social media app. The Associated Press reports that Director Christopher Wray told an audience at the... Read More
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Say what you will about Washington politics, but older Americans generally still trust many of the federal government’s agencies and operations. Unfortunately, crooks know this. The AARP Fraud Watch Network has been inundated with calls this year... Read More
In addition to conversations about staying safe online, there are a number of specific steps you can take to make the online environment more secure. Set up filters, virus protection, parental controls and child-friendly browsers. As we... Read More
How was your day? It couldn’t have been worse than the US fuel industry’s… US gas prices hiked 6 cents in the last week due to a cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, the US’ biggest fuel pipeline. Now, gas prices approach their former... Read More
Following reports of hackers breaking into lessons with racist, pornographic and harassing interruptions, several large districts are moving away from Zoom as a way to connect teachers and students. In addition to New York City and Clark County,... Read More
Every month, almost 1.5 million new phishing websites are created. This is according to a new report by Webroot, showing just how big of an industry phishing really is. The Webroot Quarterly Threat Trends Report says that 1.385 million new... Read More
Thanks to our US Senate & House’s decision, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can sell your entire web browsing history to literally anyone without your permission. The only rules that prevented this are all being repealed, and won’t... Read More
Ransomware has emerged as the most serious malware threat of the 21st century, with criminals projected to extort $5B from their victims in 2017. With the help of a hard-drive-encrypting virus, cyber criminals force users to choose between paying an... Read More
Players and staff with the Milwaukee Bucks had their 2015 W-2 records compromised, after a staffer with the NBA franchise released the records to an email address spoofed to appear as if it came from team president Peter Feigin. In a statement... Read More
If you’re not sure, then you could possibly lose access to the internet on Monday, July 9th at 1201am. Link to STORY DNS – Domain Name System – is an Internet service that converts user-friendly domains names, such as... Read More