Listen Mode – Audio Version When browsing online, you are bound to come across websites that may seem untrustworthy. Sometimes the site itself looks fine, but the ads or popups feel sketchy. This is extremely common and something every internet user should understand to stay safe. Websites, including this one, often display ads to generate revenue. These ads typically come from advertising networks such as Google or Amazon. However, that does not automatically mean the ads th

Transcript In 2013 a single overlooked email resulted in a data breach at Target, stealing the data of up to one hundred and ten million customers. A simple attack — targeting not Target itself, but a small heating and air-conditioning company in Pennsylvania. An email so ordinary, nobody thought twice before opening it. Inside that message was malware — silent, patient, and designed to steal. And that single moment would become the doorway to one of the largest retail data b

Half of America had their identity stolen in 2017, and barely anyone talks about it. Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the U.S., was breached by hackers. And this wasn’t just a basic leak. Equifax holds some of the most sensitive data in the country, Social Security numbers, birthdays, driver’s licenses, addresses, everything a hacker needs to steal your identity. In total? 147 million Americans were exposed. That’s nearly half the adult population of t

Audio Version Firetools is an application that uses Firejail to create a sandbox environment. Specifically, Firetools refers to the graphical user interface (GUI), while Firejail operates in the background to manage the sandboxing. A sandbox is a secure environment that isolates applications from accessing other data on your computer. This differs from a virtual machine, which runs an entirely separate Operating System (OS) within your computer. Think of it like a safe room f

On Google Chrome, there is a feature called "Incognito Mode". Many users may use this feature to hide browsing history, stop cookies, or...

Session Hijacking (also known as session stealing) is a common attack method used to take over a user's session. Taking over a session...

Discord, a popular media platform, uses tokens to allow you to connect and stay connected to your account. This is a session token, and...

A huge win for the cybersecurity community as well as for the security of all consumers. The FCC now must approve for Internet of Things (IoT) devices to meet security standards with the new Cyber Trust Mark. AI Generated What is the Cyber Trust Mark? The Cyber Trust Mark is a new marking that IoT devices can Voluntarily agree to getting. This marking means that the device was sent to the FCC and inspected to meet high end security qualifications. If the IoT device has a FCC

Password managers are a special tool that can either be installed as an app or be integrated with another service. Google chrome has a...

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) are necessary security practices that must be implemented to...

Discord phishing issue with fake links that may lead to account loss.

In 2023, a corporation known as 23andMe suffered multiple credential stuffing attacks to their users. 23andMe collects genetic DNA...

In cybersecurity, a brute force attack is a technique used to gain unauthorized access to an account through sheer persistence. When...

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A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is used to secure internet traffic. The main goal of a VPN is to safely encrypt internet traffic. This is...

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X, previously known as Twitter, has made a significant change to one of their account security features. SMS 2FA, a widely used two-factor authentication method, is a common way to secure accounts or profiles, and it has traditionally been provided for free by many websites and applications. However, X has decided to lock this feature behind a paywall, citing that misuse of SMS 2FA was costing the company millions. Users must now subscribe to X’s premium plan to access this c