We read stories about phishing and data breaches and we get worried. Some of us start thinking that maybe we’re better off (security-wise) with paper-based banking. Sending checks, receiving statements in the mail, paying bills the old fashioned way – manually with a checkbook and a stamp. But as Jean Chatzky said this morning on [...]

Two studies show that young people are more likely to be victims of online fraud.  You’d think that since most of them have not experienced a world without Internet and email, they’d be more knowledgeable about phishing and other schemes.  But the insurance group CPP reports that the 16 to 24 age group is most [...]

A few days ago Google decided to shut down its operations in China after a spear phishing attack directed towards Chinese human rights activists, as well as attempts to steal some of Google’s intellectual property.   It is presumed that the attackers sent exploit-ridden PDF attachments in emails to Google employees, thus attempting to gain access [...]