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The Rise of Deepfake Scams in 2025: How to Detect and Defend Against Them

A Jacksonville teenager, Brooke Curry, became a victim of a pornographic deep fake when an altered nude image of her was shared online without her consent. Like Brooke, many people are becoming victims of deepfakes. You or I can be next!!!! Why it is very easy to make Deepfakes ?…..

Admin April 11, 2025

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Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late— Check Your Email Breach Status Now

Data breaches are highly prevalent in this digital age. Whether it's social networking sites or shopping portals, your email can expose a lot—and if someone breaches it, they can put you in a dire situation. In this guide, I will show you how to determine whether your email has been…..

Admin April 9, 2025

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How Hackers Use Legit-Looking Emails to Breach Organizations — And How to Stop Them

Email was first invented in 1971 to pass messages between users. Since its invention it has revolutionized communication. Like every technology has its own virtues, email does too. This fabulous technology is now being exploited by threat actors to commit cybercrimes. You won’t believe an estimated 3.4 billion phishing emails are…..

Admin April 7, 2025

Cyber Security News

Smishing Triad Scam: How to Spot and Avoid Fake Toll Payment Messages

The Smishing Triad, a cybercriminal group based in China, has emerged as a significant threat due to its global-scale smishing campaign and its notorious involvement in numerous cybercrimes in the past. This dangerous smishing group is now targeting citizens in the US and UK as part of its ongoing cybercrime…..

Admin April 6, 2025

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TikTok’s €500M Privacy Fine Explained: Is Your Data at Risk?

The penalty is one of the largest imposed by Ireland's Data Protection Commission, TikTok's primary European regulator. We all know pretty much about TikTok. Don't we? Those of us who does not know, it is a social media platform and short form video app where user can create, share and…..

Admin April 6, 2025

Cyber Security News

Indian Embassy Issues Urgent Advisory: What You Need to Know About Fraud Calls

On Tuesday, the Indian Embassy in the United States issued a warning about fraudulent calls. The advisory mentioned that scammers are calling people pretending to be the Embassy of India in order to scam them. How the Scam Works Callers claim there are "errors" in visas/passports and demand payment. They threaten deportation or…..

Admin April 2, 2025

Cyber Security News

Non-state cyber actors are the biggest threat to the USA: US Intel Chief

At the Senate Intelligence Committee's annual worldwide threats hearing on March 25, 2025, Trump's intelligence head Tulsi Gabbard officially testified that the country's greatest cyber threat comes from non-state cyber criminals. According to her evidence, the nation's economic interests are being targeted by a variety of non-state actors. They are…..

Admin March 26, 2025

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10 Digital Killers: The Viruses That Shook Our World

Viruses are destructive computer codes that have the ability to seriously destroy computer systems, resulting in loss of data, system failure, and security threats. The first computer virus was identified in 1971, and ever since then, malwares have continued to advance over the years, becoming increasingly more dangerous and complex.…..

Admin March 25, 2025