Online Security and Privacy News

We all know Grinch, a famous character from Dr. Seuss’s book. This evil green creature tries its worst to steal Christmas from kids and ruin their holidays. Just a fairy tale, right? The digital world, however, is no less alarming and hides numerous threats that can affect your Christmas mood. Just like Grinch, scammers, hackers, and other malicious actors apply...

These days, with the rapid development of technologies, scams have become quite a common issue. You can get a few emails from scammers even in one day easily. The scammers’ messages are, in fact, spam sent to your device. Still, it can be quite dangerous spam. You can get certain messages which, once replied can bring bad consequences. In fact,...

An estimated 38 billion dollars. Or the damage caused by one computer virus, MyDoom. Considered the most notorious malicious type of software in history, MyDoom is a computer worm that affects Windows devices. It has infected millions of computers worldwide since 2004 and is still active. Want to learn more about the virus and how you can keep yourself safe?...

Keyloggers are such malicious monitoring devices that might record everything that you type on the keyboard. Each keystroke will be watched by them. They are very dangerous. They might quietly reside in your tool, collecting the most sensitive information of yours. You might not even know that your ID data, banking details, passwords might end up in the cybercriminals’ hands....

Previously, online games were considered for kids and teenagers only. But time changes rapidly, and online gaming has become a really popular activity for people of all ages. We bet you play at least one online game. You probably utilize a gaming console, a PC, or your smartphone to enjoy playing your favorite game in the evening, at the weekends,...