6 Tips to Spot Online Scams this Shopping Season, and 9 Ways to Stop them:
- November 7th, 2019
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- anti-phishing, Holidays, Mobile Security, Online Privacy, Online Safety, PC security
Singles’ Day, or “Worlds Shopping Day”, marks the start of the November shopping season, followed by Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. Shoppers from all across the globe participate in this purchasing craze, with a drastically growing number of consumers getting their shopping done online rather than at a brick & mortar store, at a staggering 16% vs. only 2% annual increase last year in the US alone, respectively. They wait anxiously all year long to finally get that brand new TV or car, so much that they stand in line outside these shops hours before the doors open and once they do, all hell breaks loose. Others just use this time to get their holiday shopping done for a better price than they would normally find it for. Whatever the reason may be, popular retailers offer huge discounts that are just too hard to resist.
Read more…Phishing for baits: How to get all the treats and none of the tricks.
- October 27th, 2019
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- anti-phishing, Holidays, Mobile Security, Online Privacy, Online Safety, PC security
Halloween is around the corner, and you know what that means – scary customs, scary movies, scary decorations, and, unfortunately, scary cyberattacks. This holiday seems to cause sneaky cyber criminals to rise up from the dead and initiate all kinds of cyberattacks, phishing in particular. Phishing is fraudulent attempt by cyber criminals to collect sensitive information online by pretending to be a trustworthy company or person. Since last year alone, phishing attempts have risen by a scary 40.9%, with 1.5 million new phishing websites being created each month. These attacks cause way too many people to fall victim to pranks that seem completely innocent, but end up costing them a fortune, and what better time to evoke a little fear and phish for goods than on Halloween?
Black Friday, Cyber Monday Shop Safely!
- November 20th, 2018
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- Mobile Security, Online Privacy, Online Safety, PC security
Excited about the amazing Black Friday and Cyber Monday online deals ahead? So are cyber criminals equipped with sophisticated digital traps ready to snatch your money! The good news is that you have the power to protect your online shopping from cyber threats.
The holiday shopping season is a busy time for online shopping and online fraud. You need to keep alert for potential threats, like spam posing as campaigns from famous brands and fake emails claiming that an online retailer has sent out a purchase for delivery to you. Read more…
File-less malware attacks – Can we fight them?
- August 28th, 2018
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- Online Privacy, Online Safety, PC security, Ransomware
File-less malware attacks are on the rise. As a result, much has been written on this sophisticated form of attack, which is able to evade traditional anti-virus solutions due them not needing to install any malware to infect the victim’s machine. Instead, they take advantage of existing vulnerabilities in every computer and uses common system tools, such as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or PowerShell to inject malicious code into normally safe and trusted processes.
ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware Earns ‘Editors’ Choice’ from PC Magazine… again!
- July 23rd, 2018
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- Mobile Security, Online Privacy, Online Safety, PC security
And we made it again! ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware was rated “Editors’ Choice” and referred to as “a clear winner” for the second year in a row by PC Magazine. Based on the same technology that powers Check Point’s enterprise-grade product SandBlast Anti-Ransomware, Zone Alarm Anti-Ransomware went up against several competing products in a comprehensive review of the marketplace.
