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Ignoring a real breach notification invites risk, but falling for a bogus one could be even worse. Stop reacting on autopilot. Receiving a data breach notice may have once been a rare event. With data breaches hitting record numbers, however, these notifications are no longer as surprising as they once were. In the US alone, there were 3,322 such breaches reported last year, resulting in nearly 280 million notices being emailed to victims. In Europe, daily incidents grew by 2

If you’ve been the victim of fraud, you’re likely already a lead on a ‘sucker list’ – and if you’re not careful, your ordeal may be about to get worse. The worst thing you can do after falling victim to fraud is let your guard down. Online scammers only care about one thing: making money, so when new opportunities arise to do just that, they take them. It doesn’t matter if it involves re-victimizing someone who has already been defrauded, raising false hopes and exploiting th

Faking it on the phone: How to tell if a voice call is AI or not

Like any other marketplace, the social commerce platform has its share of red flags. It pays to know what to look for so you can shop or sell without headaches. Social commerce has gone mainstream. According to one estimate , the industry was on track to be worth over $1.1 trillion globally in 2025, with over half of young people buying on social media sites. But wherever money and users are to be found online, so are fraudsters and cybercriminals. So it is with Poshmark: a p

Has your inbox recently been deluged with unwanted and even outright malicious messages? Here are 10 possible reasons – and how to stem the tide. For all our modern obsession with social media and messaging apps, email remains a daily staple for many of us. Modern email providers are pretty good at filtering out unsolicited messages known as spam, their checks don’t necessarily work all the time. Much like with unwanted phone calls , sometimes it can feel like the internet go

Here’s how the most common scams targeting Apple Pay users work and what you can do to stay one step ahead Apple Pay is clearly a hit with consumers. According to estimates , it had hundreds of millions of global users and processed trillions of payments in 2025 alone. But where there is money to be made, scammers will not be far behind. Apple is well known for designing digital ecosystems with security and privacy in mind. That’s why Apple Pay uses biometric authentication

Have you ever received a package you never ordered? It could be a warning sign that your data has been compromised, with more fraud to follow. Global e-commerce sales are predicted to exceed $6.4 trillion in 2025. And a large share of these will come via marketplaces. But while they ostensibly offer convenience and safety for consumers and expanded reach for businesses, there is a darker side to the industry. In 2024, Amazon alone proactively blocked over 275 million suspec

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