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If your home is your castle, your Wi‑Fi router is the drawbridge. When it’s down, anyone can stroll in—steal data, spy on traffic, or hijack your internet. The good news? Locking it down is easier than you think. And once you do, you’ll feel the difference: fewer weird devices on your network, smoother streaming, and…
If a stranger tried to swipe your wallet, you’d feel it. When malware slips onto your laptop or phone, you often don’t. It hides in email attachments, sneaks into downloads, and rides along with “free” apps—and it can lock your files, spy on your keystrokes, or drain your bank account while you’re none the wiser….
If you’re reading this, your phone probably holds your entire digital life—messages, photos, banking apps, work accounts, and more. That makes it a high‑value target for thieves and hackers. The good news? With a few smart settings and habits, you can make your smartphone a hard target without turning your life into a security headache….
If you’re picturing a hoodie-wearing hacker hammering away at code, you’re only seeing half the story. The other half is quieter—and far more common. It’s the phone call from “IT,” the email from your “CEO,” or the text from your “bank” that feels urgent and oddly convincing. That’s social engineering: when attackers hack people before…
If you’ve followed the rise of social-engineering-driven hacks over the last few years, this one will make you pause. A 20-year-old from Florida—tied by researchers to the group known as Scattered Spider (aka 0ktapus)—just received a decade-long federal prison sentence. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and identity theft tied to SIM swapping and…
Could your passport photo be two people at once? It sounds like sci‑fi, but that’s the unsettling reality of face morphing—a deepfake technique that blends two faces into a single, eerily plausible image. If a morph slips into your system, automated face recognition might accept it as both people. That opens the door to identity…
If you’ve ever thought “my AI agent would never fall for a scam,” here’s the wake-up call. A new attack technique called “PromptFix” takes a classic social engineering move—fake errors and CAPTCHAs—and turns it into a stealthy way to hijack agentic AI. It doesn’t bully the model. It misleads it. And that’s precisely why it…
When a financial watchdog is targeted by hackers, the ripple effects are immediate. Systems get locked down, investigations begin, and a key question hangs in the air: who’s at risk right now? That’s where many Canadian finance professionals and firms found themselves after the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) disclosed a cybersecurity incident. CIRO—Canada’s national…
If you work in the markets, you already know: seconds matter, trust is currency, and the wrong click can cost millions. That’s why a newly uncovered malware campaign targeting trading and brokerage firms should have your full attention. It blends a 2008-era remote access trojan (Gh0st RAT) with modern stealth tricks like steganography—hiding malicious code…
Can you tell the difference between a legitimate investment ad and a deepfake scam? If you hesitated—even for a second—you’re not alone. As inflation squeezes budgets and market volatility keeps retirement dreams on edge, it’s natural to look for ways to make your money work harder. Scammers know this. And thanks to AI-generated videos, hijacked…
