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7 Ways To Improve Your Personal Security Right Now

Security Boulevard

Does waking up each morning to an earful about the latest cyber disasters leave you worried about your personal security? With all ransomware attacks, identity theft scams, and countries hacking one another, it's enough to make anyone wonder… How about starting off with a cup of clarity instead?

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GUEST ESSAY: Lessons to be learned from the waves of BofA phone number spoofing scams

The Last Watchdog

Related: The rise of ‘SMS toll fraud’ The Bank of America scam serves as a prime example of how criminals exploit this technique. Victims of the Bank of America scam have shared their experiences, shedding light on the deceptive tactics employed by these fraudsters.

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

Webroot

In the digital age, the quest for love has moved online, but so have the fraudsters, with romance scams reaching record highs. These scams don’t just harm individuals financially and emotionally; they can also pose significant risks to businesses.

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Unmasking 2024’s Email Security Landscape

Security Affairs

This scam cleverly manipulates trust and the routine nature of order confirmations to breach personal security. Seasonal Scam Emails The report highlights an uptick in scam emails tied to holidays, leveraging the seasonal hustle to bait users into phishing traps.

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Be Wary of Scammers in the Holiday Season

Security Through Education

This time of year also brings a surge of promotional scams. With the increase of malware related scams mentioned at the outset, it is important to be on guard when searching through our inbox. If you mistype a website by accident, there may be a scam website deliberately misspelled to catch accidental web traffic.

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MY TAKE: How consumer-grade VPNs are enabling individuals to do DIY security

The Last Watchdog

As part of this mindset, more consumers are subscribing to a personal VPN service which they use to shield themselves from disinformation sweeps and to protect themselves from Covid 19-related hacks and scams. The leading B2C VPNs all recognize this and have begun promoting the use of personal VPNs as, essentially, a DIY security tool.

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When Accounts are "Hacked" Due to Poor Passwords, Victims Must Share the Blame

Troy Hunt

The second story was about a number of verified Twitter accounts having been "hacked" and then leveraged in Bitcoin scams. The issue I continually came back to when reflecting on the hacking "victim blaming" comments was that they implied people were not responsible for the personal security decisions they made.

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