Identity Theft LastPass Hit Again: What Users Need to Know About the Latest Breach Millions of people trust password managers to protect their online accounts, but LastPass users are once again facing questions about the security of their personal information. The company recently disclosed that customer data was exposed during a breach involving one of its third-party service providers. While encrypted password vaults were not reported stolen in this latest incident, cybercriminals obtained customer support records and personal information that could be used in future phishing attacks. READ FULL STORY
Scams & Phishing Just Two Words Can Put You In The Middle Of A Smishing Scam July 29, 2026 Phishing by text or “smishing” has long been a thorn in the side of smartphone users. With cybercriminals always looking for new ways to lure victims, this latest smishing attack is doing the trick. And now, a Chinese smishing network using just two words in a text are tricking victims into handing over sensitive information. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that last year, scam texts alone cost consumers a reported $470 million and growing. READ FULL STORY
Your Security Gmail “Protection” Tool Turns Your Browser Against You It looks like a routine security check. It sounds like Google. It even walks you through “protecting” your account step by step. But according to Malwarebytes, this convincing scam is doing the exact opposite—quietly siphoning off your contacts, location, and even login codes. With up to 1.8 billion Gmail users potentially in the crosshairs, here’s how this digital disguise works and why a simple click could open the door to your entire online life. READ FULL STORY
Scams & Phishing Don’t Give Email Permissions To Bogus Upgrade App Email phishing campaigns involve a variety of hacker goals, most of which want you to install some type of malware on your device. Now there’s a new phishing campaign making the rounds that involves Microsoft Office 365 users and a bad actor with a fake app called “Upgrade.” The app asks for control over your email account and the authorizations and permissions that go with it. Recently, Microsoft’s Security Intelligence team sent a tweet warning this campaign is now targeting hundreds of organizations. READ FULL STORY
Scams & Phishing Malware Upgrades Attack On Banking Customers A banking malware is making its way through the Americas and North America could be next. BBTok banking malware first discovered in 2020 is back on the scene with significant upgrades. One of the advancements tricks users into supplying sensitive banking information through phishing links and bogus web pages. BBTok's victim list is rapidly growing, with the threat actors suspected of being from Brazil. But you can be sure, it isn't only a threat there. READ FULL STORY
Scams & Phishing Senior Scams—When Elder Fraud Gets Personal July 25, 2026 Last year in the U.S., nearly two-thirds of scam victims were seniors. Whether family, friend or neighbor, many of us know a senior citizen. But one thing many of us don’t know is how vulnerable they are to cybercrime. The FBI reports those aged 60+ are potential victims of a nearly $3.5 billion criminal scheme to defraud this at-risk group, and it’s only getting worse. The reasons behind the attacks are simple. It's about money and trust. READ FULL STORY
Your Security Gmail Tech Support Exposes New Threats From AI A significant cybersecurity breach involving Gmail raised alarms across the tech community late in 2024. Hackers leveraged advanced AI techniques to create a sophisticated scheme involving account recovery phishing emails that were nearly indistinguishable from legitimate communications. And, to make it even more believable, they were followed up with a phone call from a “Gmail tech support person,” throwing everyone a phishing curveball. READ FULL STORY
Security Education Videos Text Scams Impersonating Financial Institutions Jim Stickley gives a quick warning about malicious text messages that appear to come from your financial institution. READ FULL STORY
Scams & Phishing Before You Unsubscribe, Know This First Bad actors are everywhere these days, and now they’re behind the latest “unsubscribe” email phishing scam. We all know how invasive spam emails are, and keeping them from flooding your inbox is but a dream. And now, clicking the unsubscribe button is a devious way to infect your device with malware. Hackers are now setting up bogus “Unsubscribe” buttons that can really frustrate you. Fortunately, there is some help. Here’s what you need to know. READ FULL STORY
Mobile Security Calling Your FI? You Could Be Calling a Hacker Instead When did calling your financial institution (FI) turn into calling a hacker instead? Well, there’s now an improved Android banking trojan named FakeCall that’s intercepting calls to FIs. FakeCall reportedly has 13 new variations, with all making detection more difficult. It sounds hard to believe, but victims of FakeCall malware along with their financial accounts tell the story—and there’s more to know. One of them is that all versions have one thing in common. READ FULL STORY
Scams & Phishing Invoice Phishing’s Hidden Agenda There’s a not-so-new cybercrime hitting inboxes everywhere and it’s using phishing invoices to install a variety of malware, including an info-stealer. While some of us regularly get invoices in our inbox for this or that, we should all be aware of this invoice-themed phishing attack that’s likely to show up to collect payment in your email soon. This invoice phishing attack, like most others, takes advantage of something we cannot avoid: Being human. READ FULL STORY
Your Security Home Title Theft May Make Your Home No Longer Your Home Imagine waking up to learn your home is no longer your home. No one broke in and held you hostage to get it, no one served you paperwork to get out, but suddenly you discover that the name on the deed to your property is no longer yours and no actual legal transfer took place. No broken windows. No moving trucks in the driveway. However, paperwork appears that says it’s no longer yours. But your home is no longer your home. What may have happened is deed fraud. READ FULL STORY
Security Education Videos Typosquatting And Fake Pop-ups Detailed Cyber criminals continue to update how they target and attack people and organizations. In this video you will learn about ransomware, a favorite of cyber criminals and a common way systems become infected. In addition, you will learn about new cyber extortion techniques that will become far more popular in the near future. With a little research and a cautious approach to links and attachments, chances are you can avoid being a victim of cybercrime. READ FULL STORY
Identity Theft Keeping Your Information More Private and Out of the Hands of Attackers It’s no secret, especially after the recent revelation of the NPD breach, that our information is everywhere online. This is true whether we intentionally allowed it or not. There are numerous websites that collect information about us and post it online. Many are “people search” sites. If you’ve ever looked up an unfamiliar phone number, some of these likely showed up. Well-known lookup sites have all kinds of information on all of us. The challenge is to keep this information from making you a victim of a phishing attack or identity theft. READ FULL STORY
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Text Scams Impersonating Financial Institutions
