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Gear to Block ‘Juice Jacking’ on Your Mobile. “Juice jacking” assumed its place as a real, valid threat on one’s security, alongside online dangers like malware and spam, in 2011 at DefCon. Since then, products were created to prevent juice jacking from happening. (Source: Krebs...

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We’re seeing a number of emails claiming that image files have been uploaded to the web, or have simply been damaged somehow. Here’s one claiming to be from “Box”, which as you may already know is a Cloud content management service: The rather sparse mail reads: Your files has...

The Bitcoin App That Could Create a Black Market for Leaked Data. “Whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden exposed classified information because they believed their leaks were in the public interest. The next secret-spiller might be motivated instead by something...

From Brain Haynes at AppRiver AppRiver is currently seeing a lot of malicious email traffic containing the Cryptolocker malware that can encrypt your business’s data. The bulk of this traffic is coming through trusted free file share programs disguised as voicemail messages...

Here’s a rather simple phishing mail currently in circulation which claims to be from Barclays: It reads: For security purposes, your online account has been locked. To restore your account, please click : Sign into My Barclays Account and proceed with the verification process....

Many of us use URL shortening services on a daily basis, especially when dealing with short form communication tools such as Twitter. Of course, it pays to be vigilant when presented with a shortening service link. While it’s a useful tools to have, there have always been issues...

Today we received this lovely email From: TAX@irs.gov Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 4:19 PM To: a4tfqmh9u8hj11a@****.com Subject: Your FED TAX payment (ID:KQEIRS089013269) was Rejected *** PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL *** Your federal Tax payment (ID: KQEIRS089013269),...

Parents in the dark over kids’ online life. Latest survey reveals that parents in Australia have no clue as to what their children are getting up to online. According to our friends at Symantec, a third of the kids interviewed have either been victimized by bullying or...

Top news stories: Unsafe cookies leave WordPress accounts open to hijacking, 2-factor bypass. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) had determined that internet users who accessed their WordPress accounts over insecure networks, which are generally public Wi-Fi hubs, are in danger...