The phrase "gone fishin'" never sounded so ominous. According to a recent report by the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the total number of phishing websites reached an all-time high of 56,859 in February, and that number remained steady for a three-month period.
According to the report, phishing attacks use a mixture of social engineering and technology tricks to steal so...
With all the website breaches going on lately - Yahoo, Formspring and the Phandroid forums just to name a few - it might seem like there are hackers everywhere. Although you don't need to separate yourself entirely from the rest of the internet, it is a good idea to follow some precautionary security practices to protect your login and other sensitive information.
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However, two recent court rulings in the United States may be a game changer for small businesses. The Wall Street Journal reported that courts in Boston and Detroit have said banks may bear the burden of cybersecurity if a business's financial account is hacked.
This, according to the paper, is a break from past logic in which courts assumed that businesses should know...
The news source reported that researchers found an app called "Find and Call" in Apple's App Store and Google's Play market that will upload all content from the user's phone and send text and email spam to every number in the phone book. Users may want to block applications like this program to avoid being the source of any nasty s...