Security Topics

••• Ad Blocker 1-23 - The Best Ad Blockers for 2024

••• Ad Blocker 8-24 - Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

••• Antivirus - Microsoft Defender Antivirus review

••• Antivirus - HitmanPro malware removal tool for Windows 

••• Antivirus - Malwarebytes malware removal tool 

••• Anti-Virus 7-24 - Stop paying for third-party antivirus software 

••• AT&T 4-24 - How to check if your data was exposed in the AT&T breach

••• Browser 11-23 - Should you allow your browser to remember your passwords?

••• Chrome 1-25 - Time to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions

••• Data 12-23 -  The Difference Between Throttling and Data Deprioritization

••• Email 1-22 - 4 Steps to Change Your Email Address

••• Encryption 4-23 - Google Authenticator Will Get End-to-End Encryption
••• Financial 8-23 - Virtual Cards: Protect Your Financial Records Online

••• Google 7-23 - Google's privacy policy now explicitly states that it's going to suck up all your data to train its AI

••• Password 8-24 -  Disney+ Will Start to Aggressively Crackdown on Password Sharing  
••• Passwords - How long does it take a hacker to crack one of your passwords in 2024?

••• Passwords 1-24 - The Best Password Managers

••• Passwords 11-23 - How global password practices are changing

••• Passwords 10-23 - You Should Delete the Passwords from Your Old Browser

••• Passwords 2-24 - Passwords you should memorize 

••• Printer 11-24 - Problems? Beware the bogus help 

••• Privacy 10-22 - 30-second privacy check every Google and Facebook user must do today

••• Privacy 1-24 - Canadian Police Say ‘Porch Pirates’ Have a Right to Privacy

••• Recovery - Video - How To Set Up A Recovery Email Address For Your Google Account

••• Recovery - Set up a recovery phone number or email address

••• Security 2-25 - Hackers are targeting your password manager app

••• Security - Discover YubiKey 5 | Authentication for Secure Login

••• Security 12-24 - FBI: Android and iPhone Users Shouldn’t Text Each Other

••• Security 10-24 - Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021

••• Security 12-24 - FBI Warns Smartphone Users—Hang Up And Create A Secret Word Now

••• Security - Protecting against malware in macOS

••• Security 11-24 - Gmail Users Beware—Link Hovering Attacks On The Up

••• Security 10-23 - Protect Your Device Your Way with Samsung Auto Blocker

••• Security 7-24 - Everything You Need to Know About Samsung’s Auto Blocker Feature 

••• Security 10-24 - New Gmail Security Alert For 2.5 Billion Users As AI Hack Confirmed

••• Security 10-24 - Hackers are stealing more info than ever, these 4 actions protect you

••• Security 9-24 - How often should you turn off your phone? Here’s what the NSA says

••• Security 8-24 - Google Chrome Adds App-Bound Encryption to Protect Cookies from Malware

••• Security - Subscribe to the Florida Consumer Services E-Newsletter

••• Security - Set up an online account to access government agencies - Login.gov 

••• Security - Head to the Federal Trade Commission's IdentityTheft.gov and fill out a form to receive a personal recovery plan.

••• Security - Check if your email address is in a data breach: Have I Been Pwned

••• Security - Key website you must check to see if your information has been leaked in a data breach

••• Security 5-24 - 10 most common 4-digit PIN numbers — are you at risk of a cyberattack?

••• Security - ShieldsUP

••• Security 6-24 - US government bans Kaspersky antivirus software - what you need to know

••• Security 4-24 - Malware hiding in pictures? More likely than you think

••• Security Center 5/24 - Intel® Product Security Center Advisories

••• Security 5/24 - Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches

••• Security 4/24 - The FBI is Telling Passengers to Avoid Using USB Charging Points in Airports Because They Could Infect Your Phone With Spy Malware 

••• Security 4/24 - WiFi WPS vulnerability: disable it, or else

••• Social Security 8-24 - Was Your Social Security Number Stolen in the National Public Data Hack? What You Can Do

••• Social Security - Create your personal my Social Security account today

••• Sophos - Intercept X for Mobile - Android, iOS and Chrome OS

••• Sophos 2-24 - Security App for Apple iPhone••• Sophos 2-24 - Security App for Android Phone

••• Taxes 3-24 - Your tax return is secret by law. TurboTax wants you to give up your privacy.

••• Taxes - IRS-related spam: For any spam claiming to be from the IRS or refers to taxes, you should report it to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov. They recommend including the full email header information if it's an email and for texts, the Caller ID and the message body.

General spam: For any other kind of spam, you should report it to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at their website https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/. This is a one-stop shop for reporting all kinds of fraudulent messages and scams.

••• Temu 4-23 - Is Temu legit? Cybersecurity expert warns it's not the bargain you want

••• Travel 4-23 - FBI Warning Travelers To Avoid Public Charging Stations At Airports — Here’s What You Should Do Instead

••• Virus 2-24 - Sixteen virus scanners for Windows 10/11 tested and compared 

••• Windows - Stay protected with Windows Security

••• Credit & Identity Theft Booklet (Download free from Federal Trade Commission)

••• Fraud 9-23 - Elderly Fraud Information

••• Hackers 10-23 - Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more

••• Hackers 12-23 - An entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack (Maine)

••• Hackers 1-24 - Popular Password Vault Was Breachable By Bypassing Windows Hello Security Measures

••• Hackers 1-24 - Hackers discover way to access Google accounts without a password

••• Hackers 2-23 - What Does A Phishing Email Look Like (Plus 7 Phishing Email Examples)
••• Phishing - How FIDO standards have made it possible to be free of phishing

••• Phishing 2-24 - What is a Man-in-the-Middle Attack?

••• Phishing 2-24 - Fake LastPass App Targets People Trying to Do the Right Thing

••• Phishing 2-24 - Fake LastPass phishing app nabs a five-star rating on Apple’s App Store

••• Ransomware 3-24 - US prescription market hamstrung for 9 days (so far) by ransomware attack

••• Ransomware 3-23 - Ransomware attacks aren’t as sophisticated as you’d think

••• Ransomware 3-23 - Windows includes built-in ransomware protection. Here’s how to turn it on

••• Scams - Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

••• Scams Info - 2-25 Issue Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 

••• Scam -  Bitdefender Scamio - Free Scam Detector

••• Scams 11-24 - New Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox Warning—Do Not Use These Websites

••• Scam 12/23 - I review security software for a living and I just found a new way to stop online scams

••• Scam 4/24 - Google urges millions to switch on ‘7-day’ Gmail setting immediately after hackers break into accounts with new attack

••• Scams - Marion County Sheriff - How to spot scams in order to make sure you don’t become a victim

••• Scams 8-23 - Gift Card Scams

••• Scams 5-23 - USPS, Postal Inspection Service Roll Out Expanded Crime Prevention Measures
••• Scams 10-23 - Fake Call from Sheriff's Office Scam

••• Scams - T-Mobile® Scam Shield App – Block Scam & Unwanted Calls (Free & Premium)

••• Spam - AT&T ActiveArmor - Wireless, Internet, Cybersecurity

••• Spam 11-23 - Verizon Has a Newly Updated App to Stop Spam Calls That Can Stop 42 Billion Unwanted Calls

••• Trojan 2-24 - First ever iOS trojan discovered — and it’s stealing facial recognition data to break into bank accounts