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I don't know about you, but the amount of spam and possibly malicious SMS messages I receive these days is overwhelming. I have, on certain days, received anywhere from 20 to 50 such text messages on my Android phone. Although stopping this altogether is next to impossible, you can at least block and report any of those messages that do come in.

How to block spam messages on Android (and why you really should)

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Background check company National Public Data admitted it exposed information like phone numbers, addresses and Social Security numbers to hackers.

Data broker blunders as millions are exposed with public passwords

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Researchers at cybersecurity company Cleafy are warning people about new Android malware that can steal money from their bank accounts. It’s called BingoMod and is a type of remote access trojan, or RAT for short. Cleafy discovered it back in May 2024 and recently published a report on its website explaining how the malware operates. As you read the post, you’ll quickly realize just how threatening it is.According to Cleafy, the bad actors behind BingoMod engage in “smishing” campaigns. Smishing is a portmanteau of “SMS” and “phishing” and is normally a “social engineering attack” that utilizes fake text messages to trick people into...

Cybersecurity firm warns Android users to watch out for money-draining malware

Human risk management platform provider Mimecast published its Global Threat Intelligence report 2024 H1. Of note, malicious links and AI-driven bots in call centers rank as among the greatest threats to cybersecurity defenses, with small businesses bearing the brunt of attacks. The report analyzed the threat landscape during the first...

Mimecast Notes Growing Malicious Link, AI-Enabled Tool Use in Cyberattacks

FlightAware has become the latest in a long line of companies to have exposed sensitive customer data online by mistake.The flight tracking website has sent a breach notification letter to affected customers, confirming that a “configuration error” discovered on July 25 2024 “may have inadvertently exposed” personal information people kept in their FlightAware accounts.That information includes user IDs, passwords, and email addresses, and depending on the information the users left with the site, may also have included full names, billing addresses, shipping addresses, IP addresses, social media accounts, telephone numbers, year of birth, last four digits of their credit card...

Top flight tracking app says customer info has been leaked online — see if you're affected

A massive data breach has Americans worried about their private info getting into the wrong hands, but a pair of newly released websites could make it easier to find out if you’re affected. The breach concerns a little-known company called National Public Data, which performs background checks on US...

Is Your SSN in the National Public Data Breach? Here's How to Find Out

With the growing convenience of smartphones, many users have become accustomed to storing sensitive information such as credit and debit card numbers, as well as social security numbers, directly on their devices. However, security experts are warning against this practice due to the risk of exposing personal information to unauthorized parties.

Never store credit cards or Social Security Numbers on your phone

Your data is important—to you but also to corporations. Apps may sell your data and build profiles about you. How do you fight back and reclaim your privacy? You need to delete apps that vacuum up your personal information. That includes getting rid of your accounts completely and requesting they delete your private data. Here’s where to start.

Give Your Privacy a Quick Boost by Deleting These 10 Data-Hungry Apps

Until only a few years ago, the assumption was that 9-5 office-based work was the best thing for business. Now, thanks to the global remote-work experiment kickstarted by COVID, the majority of companies have moved the needle on remote working – including major tech corporations like Google. While Google’s...

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In this day and age of what feels like numerous hacking attempts at every turn, it helps to become familiar with your phone’s privacy settings and to select those that you should turn off in order to keep your data as private as possible. There’s no ...

4 Privacy Settings You Should Have Turned Off In 2024: Background App Refresh & More

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Nowadays, we often prefer comfort more than privacy (Not sure if you’d agree or not, but this is the case nowadays). You often share your Gmail account with other sites without analyzing the risks at stake. From social media profiles to newsletters, we often give away our Gmail addresses...

How to Remove your Gmail Account from Unwanted Websites?

Facebook, being one of the most widely used social media platforms, is often a target for unauthorized access. One of the most effective ways to protect your Facebook account is by regularly changing your password. Whether using a phone, Android device, or PC, this guide will show you exactly how to change your Facebook password to ensure your account remains secure.

How to Change Your Facebook Password

Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app's functions. But default privacy settings are also a potential risk to your privacy. The...

Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy

As Much Detail About You As They Offer For Airplanes!. FlightAware is fun, letting you keep track of the planes flying over your head as well as offering more accurate about your flight status than the airline you are flying with does. If you pay the subscription fee you can get even more details about the history of the plane and technical specs of it’s type. Many people have been using it for years, and sadly they found out that flight information isn’t the only thing they’ve been sharing. Users should have received an email this weekend suggesting you change your password as they have been leaking personal data for about three years now.

FlightAware Spilled Detailed Personal User Data For Years

Fed up with gigantic smartphones? If even the iPhone mini seemed oversized to you, maybe you’ll appreciate an incredibly small smartphone like the NanoPhone. Smaller than a credit card, this tiny smartphone proves ideal for those moments when you need something extraordinarily compact, featherweight and fuss-free. Whether you’re traveling...

This $110 smartphone is smaller than a credit card

Want to make your iPhone crash? It’s easy. Type four simple characters into the App Library’s search field and the iOS SpringBoard will go down like a house of cards. The good news is that a fix already seems to be on the way from Apple for this extremely minor bug.

Warning: Typing these 4 characters in the wrong place crashes your iPhone

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

When smart devices keep watch on your valuable home spaces, it's smart of you to ask about their hacking and security vulnerabilities. Security cameras have run into disasters in the past, like an ADT employee who spied through customer cams for years before ADT resolved the issue, or Wyze's video glitch that let strangers see other people's home videos.

6 Ways to Stop Your Home Security Camera From Being Hacked

Classic keyboard designs continue to reign supreme in computer setups, but a split keyboard makes for a more ergonomically healthy choice. Some split keebs look just a little different than a regular keyboard. But some, like the one in today’s M2 Mac mini setup, look almost alien. This one has two completely separate halves that the user places on either side of a Magic Trackpad 2.

Would you dare try this radically split keyboard? [Setups]

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The Thetis FIDO2 Security Key works as a two-factor authenticator, password manager and more, and you can get three of these cybersecurity devices for just $64.99....

Get 3 physical security keys for less than $70

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