Google+ is a social networking site that Google created to compete with Facebook.  It didn't have the desired effect though.  Google had scheduled it to be pulled in August of this year but after the data breach in December 2018 they have moved that date up to April...

Recently Microsoft discovered eight applications in their store which were installing Monero CryptoMining scripts and removed them from the store. What were the applications: Did you install one of these? You need to uninstall it immediately.  CryptoMiners use up your...

Last year many data breaches didn't seem to be in the news.  If you shop online information like your ID, social security number, home address, passwords and credit card numbers could be stolen! The worst part?  You may not even know about these data breaches! Who was...

While using the Goolge Play Store is still the best way to get apps on your phone, some malicious ones still slip through every once in a while.  Google is good at finding them but sometimes not before they have been downloaded by thousands! These photo apps have...

This new strain of malware is capable of getting into web browser cookies and stealing text messages, credit card credentials and passwords. After the cookies are collected, they are uploaded to a server where the hackers are then able to use that information. Which...

The developers of the Mozilla Firefox browser have been working on this a long time and it's going to be in one of the updates that will come out in the near future. Along with blocking the cryptoming, you will also be able to start blocking 'fingerprinting' which is...

What is a 'drive-by download'? This is when a file is downloaded from a browser without the user knowing or asking for it.  It could be done with malvertising or just a malicious script on a website that you visited accidentally. What this means to you: When this...

This malvertising group is called VeryMal after their domain name.  It uses code that detects whether a person is using Windows or Apple when they click onto their advertisement. If the code finds Apple fonts and images it will redirect the person to a fake Flash...

Of all the scams out there, the romance scam is probably the most overlooked of all.  The members of the 'Scarlet Widow Gang' set up fake dating profiles and social sites.  These scams can go on for months! They pretend to be lonely and trusting.  After they have...

This alternative web browser is working on adding features to keep you safer online, including blocking cryptomining and fingerprints. While they have been working on this for a while, it looks like the features may be coming out sooner rather than later. What this...