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You can spot Amazon scam emails if you realize the sender’s email address is not from the official Amazon domain, the message contains a generic greeting and your email service provider warns you that the message may be dangerous. According to data collected by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 34,000 reports were made in 2023 about scammers impersonating Amazon, resulting in approximately $19 million in losses.

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) is a method of transferring data securely from your device to another person’s device while protecting information from any third parties. In general, encryption refers to the process of data being converted from a readable format into ciphertext, which is blocks of random characters that are unreadable to people and machines. Once your data has been encrypted, it can only be read after being decrypted with an encryption key.

While having your own identity stolen is stressful and scary, you will likely be even more terrified if someone steals your child’s identity. Child identity theft occurs when someone steals a minor’s private information to open lines of credit, obtain loans or claim benefits in a child’s name. Based on data from Safe Home, 73% of child identity theft victims know the person who stole their identity, so it’s important to teach children strong online practices.

Managed Apple Accounts may offer some benefits to workplace security, but teams will have to consider whether it’s worth the sacrifice to the end-user experience.

Yes, someone can steal your identity with your government-issued ID or driver’s license. Any documents that contain Personally Identifiable Information (PII) – including your full name, home address, date of birth, photo or even your signature – can be used to steal your identity and target you with phishing scams. Continue reading to learn what someone can do with your ID, how to tell if someone is using your ID, what to do if your ID is lost or stolen and how to keep your ID safe.

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) is a cybersecurity solution that significantly reduces cyber threats by allowing you to browse the internet on an isolated server. Also referred to as browser isolation, RBI effectively separates web content from your device, significantly reducing the attack surface. By implementing an RBI solution, your organization can protect users against online threats, block malicious content from reaching computers and support Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA).

The systems in place to manage software vulnerabilities are often overwhelming and ineffective. But that can change if teams enlist their end users to remediate vulnerabilities.

Yes, viruses can come from a PDF by hiding in malicious code. A virus is a type of malware, which is malicious software intended to infect your device and steal private data. A virus can infect your device only if you interact with it, which could happen by opening a PDF containing a virus. Since PDFs are so widely used, hackers can hide viruses within innocent-looking files to jeopardize your privacy.

If you think you’ve accidentally opened a phishing PDF, it’s important to immediately disconnect your device from the internet, back up your files, run a virus scan on your device and change your passwords. Typically, you can spot a phishing attempt if an email contains urgent and threatening language, too-good-to-be-true offers, spelling and grammatical errors or requests for private information.

It should be no surprise that the costs associated with a corporate data breach can be high. (The average total cost is now nearly $5 million, according to IBM.) What may be more alarming is the average length of time it takes for businesses to recover from a breach – and what that means for their security teams, business operations, and bottom line.