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Data-Crunching Reduces Massive Health Care Fraud
Health care fraud continues as cybercriminals find new ways to hack systems, but thankfully new gadgets and years of training are now diminishing those fraud and cyber attacks. However, for Dr. Mike Cohen’s work station, there are no high-tech forensic gadgets or state-of
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Bernie Madoff Fund Still Owes Fraud Victims
The famous Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme is still affecting victims as none of them have received repayments from the company the Department of Justice, tapped to distribute $4 billion recovered from the notorious fraud. Nearly 8½ years after Bernie Madoff was
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Summer Job Scam
Summer job hunting is on the rise this time of year, unfortunately that means scammers are on the rise as well. In the scammers quest for reeling in their victims, crooks rely on sites like Craigslist, Monster, CareerBuilder and ZipRecruiter
Read MoreDaFont – 637,340 breached accounts
In May 2017, <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/font-sharing-site-dafont-hacked-thousands-of-accounts-stolen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">font sharing site DaFont suffered a data breach</a> resulting in the exposure of 637k records. Allegedly due to a SQL injection vulnerability exploited by multiple parties, the exposed data included usernames, email addresses and
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Laptops Hiding Secret Keyloggers
Keyloggers are malicious computer functions allowing hackers to track everything you type into your computer or laptop. Now you see why this can put a user into a very dangerous situation with their personal identity all over one’s personal computer. Criminals or malware can
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Disney Movies Hacked for Ransom
Disney movies are the hit for all ages, but one fan could not wait their turn on a few unreleased movies as Chief, Bob Iger, recently reports hackers are claiming to have access to one of the company’s unreleased movies were demanding a
Read MoreBell (2017 breach) – 2,231,256 breached accounts
In May 2017, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/technology/bell-data-breach-customer-names-phone-numbers-emails-leak-1.4116608" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Bell telecommunications company in Canada suffered a data breach</a> resulting in the exposure of millions of customer records. The data was consequently leaked online with a message from the attacker stating that they
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Cyber Attack Demands Ransomware
The massive international cyber attack that struck last week will be a big wake-up call for Microsoft users today as ransomware is demanding $300-$600 per device. The WannaCrypt ransomware used in the attack was “drawn from the exploits stolen from the National
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Smart Appliances Eavesdropping on Your Personal Identity
Mike Galley of WRNJ welcomes Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist Heather Wagenhals to warn listeners of smart appliances eavesdropping on your personal identity in places you had no idea were possible. Tune in to this interview as Heather shocks listeners by revealing ways
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Google Doc Scam
A widespread phishing attack is being sent out via a Google Doc, and now Google is warning users of this latest scam. The scope of the attack is not limited to news organizations, but appears to be spreading on a massive scale
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