This post is only meant to be used for defensive and educational purposes. All techniques described below should only be applied to your own organization and only with explicit permission granted by the appropriate authorities. Let’s say that you have several computer monitors in front of you, where all screens are filled with lines of

As you go through your day, you receive an email in your inbox from PayPal. But it is not the invoice of that coffee you have bought. It is an email informing you that your private data, perhaps your Social Security number as well, has been stolen in a recent breach of information. You feel

Imagine this scenario: you got tickets to your favorite artist’s concert after queuing up for ages on their website. A few weeks later, you receive an email from Ticketmaster notifying you that your personal data was possibly stolen, including your name, phone number, email, and even the encrypted credit card details. This scenario is real;

Imagine logging into your account and seeing an additional deposit. That will be possible for millions of AT&T clients in the next few months. However, here’s the twist: most people eligible for compensation from the $177 million AT&T data breach class action settlement will end up receiving nothing. About 73 million current and former AT&T

What is changing about cyberattacks and how these criminals are evolving to perform more targeted, sophisticated attacks, and what can you do to protect yourself from them? Here’s a situation for you to picture. You’re a middle manager in a growing tech company. Your Tuesday has been a busy one, but suddenly an email comes

You clicked on a link, downloaded a file that seemed legitimate, or opened an attachment from a known sender, and suddenly everything changed. The pop-ups become more frequent, the websites that are opened in your browser are strange, your computer starts working slower, or you get even worse; you get a message requiring payment to