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The AT&T Breach Lifecycle: Why Your ‘Old’ Data Is Getting More Dangerous
AT&T's $177M settlement covers 73M customers—but the real story is how breach data from 2019 just resurfaced in 2026 with fully decrypted SSNs. Here's why ...
Holiday Cybercrime Surge – Top Tips to Avoid Being a Victim
 As the holiday shopping frenzy kicks off with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, remember that consumers aren’t the only ones hunting for opportunities. This is the prime hunting season for cybercriminals to ...
Louvre Jewel Heist
I assume I don’t have to explain last week’s Louvre jewel heist. I love a good caper, and have (like many others) eagerly followed the details. An electric ladder to a second-floor ...
Generative AI as a Cybercrime Assistant
Anthropic reports on a Claude user: We recently disrupted a sophisticated cybercriminal that used Claude Code to commit large-scale theft and extortion of personal data. The actor targeted at least 17 distinct ...
Tips to Avoid Online Fraud and Crypto Theft
 I recently came across a victim’s story, in how she was scammed online and ultimately lost all her cryptocurrency. In reading the story, and extrapolating from my four decades of working against ...
North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5B in Cryptocurrency
It looks like a very sophisticated attack against the Dubai-based exchange Bybit: Bybit officials disclosed the theft of more than 400,000 ethereum and staked ethereum coins just hours after it occurred. The ...
Secure Your iPhone: Exploring Stolen Device Protection
In this episode, host Tom Eston provides a detailed explanation of the ‘Stolen Device Protection’ for iPhones – a new security feature by Apple. This feature triggers enhanced security factors such as ...
Is Someone Stealing Your Code? How to Lock Down Intellectual Property
Ensuring the robust protection of intellectual property is crucial for enterprises striving to retain their competitiveness ...
Business Email Compromise Scams Revisited
In this best of episode from December 2021, we revisit Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. What are they, how to identify them, and why BEC scams have resulted in well over $3 ...
Fines as a Security System
Tile has an interesting security solution to make its tracking tags harder to use for stalking: The Anti-Theft Mode feature will make the devices invisible to Scan and Secure, the company’s in-app ...

