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It Is Tax (and Fraud) Time Again. Are You Ready?

Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 09:03:39 -0700

One of the main reasons for the rapid growth in tax refund fraud is that it takes little effort to file a false return. A valid name, date of birth, and Social Security number are all one needs to file a return. Given the unprecedented number of data thefts last year, it is obvious this information is readily available. A quick trip to the Dark Web can provide criminals with the ability to purchase millions of files with this data.

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Tech support scammers and their banking woes

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:00:54 +0000

We all know about tech support scams by this point. Unfortunately for the scammers, banks know this as well, making it quite difficult at times to maintain an account to store the criminal’s ill-gotten gains. So how does the enterprising criminal cash out with your money? Let’s take a look.

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Cybersecurity Quiz – How safe are your kids on the Internet?

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:23:33 +0000

As fun and constructive as the Internet can be in the life of children and young people, it carries its drawbacks too. With incidences of cybercrime increasing at an alarming rate, children and teens who are connected to the Internet are seen as soft targets by online scammers, predators, hackers,…

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Clicking an image could have hacked your WhatsApp account

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:12:12 +0000

Users of WhatsApp Web (the browser-based version of the app) were recently targeted with an image-based security threat where simply clicking an image could have hacked their accounts. A security vulnerability was present in WhatsApp Web and it was recently patched by WhatsApp. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could…

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CVE-2017-5638 – Apache Struts 2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:01:23 +0000

The well-known open source web application framework Apache Struts 2 is being actively exploited in the wild allowing hackers to launch a remote code execution attack.  To address this issue, Apache has issued a security advisory and CVE-2017-5638 has been assigned to it. The zero-day bug has been rated with…

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Dear Women, Define your Online Identity Securely

Credit to Author: Suhita Mazumdar| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:46:23 +0000

Amazing women are everywhere. They have defined our past and are making our present better so that we can look forward to a better future. Women have always been more vocal, expressive and willing to share than men. And social networking has become one the most powerful platforms for them…

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