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Navigating the Web of Romance Scams: A Guide for Businesses and Consumers

Webroot

Understanding Romance Scams Romance scams involve fraudsters creating fake profiles on dating sites, social media platforms, or apps to establish relationships with victims, gain their trust, and eventually, scam them out of money. This transparency can be crucial in preventing security risks to the business.

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Be Wary of Scammers in the Holiday Season

Security Through Education

One instance to be careful of is when posting on social media. Also, beware of fake in-app purchases or shared links on social media. Only through learning about the tactic’s scammers use can we truly continue to improve our own personal security.

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Low Hanging Fruit Ninja: Slashing the Risks of the Human Element

Security Boulevard

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was not a Security Consultant. I was a Chef. And I worked as a corporate Chef for an organization that required very long, complex passwords that had to change every 90 days and could not match your last 6 passwords. I was super busy, ….

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What Are My Photos Revealing About Me? You may be accidentally sharing personal information in your photos (an important Guest Post)

Architect Security

Investigative journalists at Bellingcat employ these techniques by scouring public social media photos to help determine the precise locations of missile launchers in Ukraine , terrorist executions in Libya , and bombings in Syria. This is an area of great interest to the U.S.