Category Archives: Data Breaches

Bank Telephone Scams Are Everywhere

Bank Telephone Scams Are Everywhere This is to alert you about the pervasive telephone scams affecting customers of most U.S. banks. Scammers are using fake caller ID information to trick people into thinking that their bank is calling them. They are trying to gain access to your personal data and finances through Online Banking. What you need to… Read More »

Cloudeight InfoAve Premium – Issue #805 – Available Online

Cloudeight InfoAve Premium – Issue #805 – Available Online If you’re not a subscriber to Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Newsletter, please join us. It’s delivered to your inbox every Friday and it’s completely free! Subscribe right now! Cloudeight InfoAve Premium, Issue #805, was sent to all subscribers on Friday, March 15, 2019, at approximately 10:00 AM, Eastern standard time… Read More »

Phishing vs Spear Phishing vs Whaling Attacks

The following article was written by Jareth and appeared in the Emsisoft Blog on19 February 2019. We found it informative, interesting and fascinating. .With permission, we are posting it here and in our daily newsletter in order to share it with all our readers. Our thanks to Emsisoft and the Emsisoft team; a special thanks to Jareth for a… Read More »

New Chrome Extension Checks for Hacked Passwords

New Chrome Extension Checks for Hacked Passwords Google has a new, free Password Checkup extension for Chrome that automatically checks your passwords to make sure they have not been hacked. The extension checks your passwords in real-time – as you use them – against a huge Google database of  approximately four billion known hacked/stolen passwords. Google’s new Password… Read More »

Phishing is the Internet’s Most Successful Con [A Great Read]

Phishing Is the Internet’s Most Successful Con Tricking people out of sensitive information online is far too easy. (From “The Atlantic” ) In the classic 1973 heist movie The Sting, two con men—played by Robert Redford and Paul Newman—build a fictitious world in a Depression-era Chicago basement to defraud a corrupt banker. They make an offtrack-betting room, hire… Read More »

Easy Password Tips… Because Passwords Are Important

    Easy Password Tips… Because Passwords Are Important! Don’t Skedaddle Away! Many of you are going to see the word password in the title and skedaddle away looking for a tip you can sink your teeth into. However, if you ever have your simple, easy-to-guess password stolen – you know the password you use for every site… Read More »