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Stay up-to-date with News, Updates and Scams through our weekly blog posts from some of the top blog authors in the market.

Microsoft Cracks Down on Phishing Ring: What You Should Know

Microsoft seized 340 domains from phishing ring Raccoon0365, disrupting attacks stealing thousands of credentials. For SMBs, phishing remains a major risk: basic security, 2FA, and training are critical defenses.

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September 18, 2025

When a Teen Outsmarts Microsoft

Microsoft, one of the world’s most powerful tech companies, recently made headlines but not for its latest product launch or AI upgrade. Instead, it was for recruiting one of the youngest cybersecurity researchers in its history...

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July 2, 2025

Cybersecurity Arms Race with AI: Essential Information for Managed Service Providers

Managed service providers (MSPs) are now frontline defenders in the high-stakes realm of cybersecurity, having previously been system caretakers. Now that we are in the AI era, artificial intelligence has the potential to be both...

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June 11, 2025

ThreatDown vs. CrowdStrike Falcon: Which Security Solution Fits Your Business?

Let's get straight to the point: cybersecurity is now required. Someone, somewhere, is currently examining your defences, regardless of how big or small your company is. The real question isn’t if you need protection—it’s what kind works...

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May 21, 2025

Epoch Tech Solutions IT Support Review: Is IT Support Still Optional? Not If You’re Planning to Stay in Business

Most business owners don’t wake up excited to deal with sluggish computers, email outages, or mysterious server errors. And unless your dream was to become part-time tech support for your own team, odds are you've already lost a few...

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April 17, 2025

Cyber Security Demystified for Small Businesses and Remote Warriors

In today's digital landscape, cyber security is not just a luxury; it's a necessity. For small businesses and remote workers, the stakes are higher than ever. Cyber threats lurk around every corner, aiming to exploit vulnerabilities and...

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September 24, 2024

NFL Teams Block & Tackle Cyberattacks in a Digital World

This past weekend, the National Football League kicked off its 2024 season, and while the sport itself has remained the same, mainly...

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September 18, 2024

Socially Savvy Scattered Spider Traps Cloud Admins in Web

The dangerous ransomware group is targeting financial and insurance sectors using smishing and vishing against IT service desk administrators, cybersecurity teams, and other employees with top-level privileges.

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September 12, 2024

TEMU sued for being “dangerous malware” by Arkansas Attorney General

The Arkansas Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against web shop Temu for allegedly being dangerous malware looking to collect personal data.

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July 8, 2024

[updated] Federal Reserve “breached” data may actually belong to Evolve Bank

[updated] Federal Reserve “breached” data may actually belong to Evolve Bank June 26, 2024 – LockBit claimed to have breached Federal Reserve but in fact the data came from Evolve Bank & Trust

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June 28, 2024

Multifactor Authentication Is Not Enough to Protect Cloud Data

Ticketmaster, Santander Bank, and other large firms have suffered data leaks from a large cloud-based service, underscoring that companies need to pay attention to authentication.

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June 28, 2024

China-Sponsored Attackers Target 40K Corporate Users in 90 Days

The attacks infiltrate enterprise networks through browsers, and show an evolution in evasive and adaptive tactics from well-resourced state-sponsored actors.

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June 28, 2024

How Cybersecurity Can Steer Organizations Toward Sustainability

By integrating environmental initiatives, social responsibility, and governance into their strategies, security helps advance ESG goals.

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June 24, 2024

New York Times Internal Data Nabbed From GitHub

The tranche of data, lifted from under-protected GitHub repositories, reportedly includes source code, though the country's paper of record has not yet confirmed the nature of the data accessed.

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June 17, 2024

Say hello to the fifth generation of Malwarebytes

Announcing the latest version of Malwarebytes, which brings a faster, responsive, and consistent user interface, integrated security and privacy, and expert guidance to keep you secure.

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June 12, 2024

Making the Case for 'Reasonable' Cybersecurity

Reasonable cybersecurity is highly subjective. Organizations need to plan carefully in order to quantify cyber-risk and apply security controls.

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June 3, 2024

Preparing Your Organization for Upcoming Cybersecurity Deadlines

Federal and state regulators have introduced new rules and mandates aimed at holding organizations accountable when it comes to cybersecurity. Here's how to get ready.

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June 3, 2024

Outsourcing Security Without Increasing Risk

Few enterprises have all the cybersecurity skills and resources they need in-house, making outsourcing a necessity. How do they select, and work with, third-party security service providers?

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May 23, 2024

Top 5 Most Dangerous Cyber Threats in 2024

SANS Institute experts weigh in on the top threat vectors faced by enterprises and the public at large in busy 2024...

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May 23, 2024

Dell notifies customers about data breach

Dell is warning its customers about a data breach after a cybercriminal offered a 49 million-record database about customers on a cybercrime forum.

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May 13, 2024

Malwarebytes Premium Security earns “Product of the Year” from AVLab

Malwarebytes Premium earned "Product of the Year" from AVLab for repeatedly blocking 100% of malware samples used in third-party testing.

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May 6, 2024

Apple’s iPads Must Follow Tough EU Rules After Being Branded A ‘Gatekeeper’

The EU has already designated three Apple platforms — Safari, iOS, and the App Store — as gatekeepers under its strict tech rules, which can impose fines as much as 10% of a company’s annual turnover for noncompliance.

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April 29, 2024

Many Americans may have had health and personal data stolen in Healthcare breach

UnitedHealth has made an announcement about the stolen data in the ransomware attack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare.

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April 24, 2024

How to protect yourself from online harassment

Don't wait for an online harassment campaign to unfairly target you or a loved one. Take these proactive steps today to stay safe.

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April 15, 2024

Apple warns people of mercenary attacks via threat notification system

Apple has sent alerts to individuals in 92 nations to say it's detected that they may have been a victim of a mercenary attack.

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April 15, 2024

AT&T confirms 73 million people affected by data breach

Telecommunications giant AT&T has finally confirmed that 73 million current and former customers are caught up in a massive dark web data leak.

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April 8, 2024

YouTube ordered to reveal the identities of video viewers

Federal authorities have told Google to reveal the identities of people that watched certain videos on YouTube.

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April 1, 2024

Vans warns customers of data breach

Vans has warned its customers about phishing and other scams after a ransomware attack led to a data breach.

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April 1, 2024

Data brokers admit they’re selling information on precise location, kids, and reproductive healthcare

Information newly made available under California law has shed light on data broker practices, including exactly which categories of information they trade in.

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March 18, 2024

New Facebook photo rule hoax spreads

A hoax telling people to copy and paste a copyright notice on Facebook has been making the rounds since 2012. Now, it’s back again.

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March 18, 2024

No “Apple magic” as 11% of macOS detections last year came from malware

Here's a little cybersecurity secret… There’s malware on Mac computers. There pretty much always has been.

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March 12, 2024

Airbnb scam sends you to a fake Tripadvisor site, takes your money

One of our researchers was targeted by a scammer advertising on Airbnb and hosting a fake Tripadvisor website.

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March 4, 2024

Malvertising: This cyberthreat isn’t on the dark web, it’s on Google

Malvertising made a resurgence last year, with cybercriminals creating malicious ads and websites imitating big brands like Amazon.

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February 26, 2024

Facebook Marketplace Users’ Stolen Data OfferedFor Sale

Personal data belonging to Facebook Marketplace users has been published online, according to BleepingComputer.

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February 20, 2024

Facebook introduces another way to track you - Link history

In what seems like yet another attempt to adapt its platform to prepare for new regulations, Facebook has started rolling out a new feature called Link History.

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January 10, 2024

Mr. Cooper leaks personal data of 14 million loan and mortgage customers

A major mortgage and loan company based in Dallas, working under the name Mr. Cooper Group Inc. has released more information on a recent breach.

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January 10, 2024

"Amazon got Hacked" messages are FALSE ALARM

Amazon customers have been seeing a message on social media that has caused some alarm.Most of the posts look like one of these (depending on the social media platform):

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January 10, 2024

US Government is snooping on people via phone push notifications, says Senator

Many people don’t realize that the instant alert push notifications you get on your phone are routed through Google or Apple’s servers, depending on which device you use.

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January 10, 2024

23andME: Data Breach was a Credential-stuffing attack

On Oct. 1, a threat actor made a post on the Dark Web claiming to possess profile information of 23andMe users.

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January 10, 2024

Beware Malware Posing As Beta Versions of Legitimate Apps, Warns FBI

The FBI has issued a warning that cybercriminals are embedding malicious code in mobile beta-testing apps in attempts to defraud potential victims.

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January 10, 2024

Tik Tok Facing Fines For Violating Children's Privacy

‍The European Data Protection Board is expected to fine TikTok for violating the privacy of young children within the next four weeks.

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Cyber Security

January 10, 2024