Webroot

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Identity theft. Consider all the connected devices you use for daily tasksbrowsing, shopping, banking, gaming, and more. Effective security software shields you from worms, trojans, adware , and more. Cyber threats. Online profiling. Financial fraud. Social media misuse. The list just gets longer.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

As most of the aged community, i.e. those above 65 are using desktop or laptops, hackers are seeing them as easy prey to spread ransomware, bank related customer support scams and Trojans and botnets through video calling apps. Coming to threats targeting mobile devices, the company says that it blocked over 3 million adware attacks, 7.2

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In some instances, cyber crooks are seen sending email messages to innocent people and are urging them to enter banking details, so that they can get hold of tickets at discounted prices. Interestingly, cyber criminals are not putting an end to their tactics here-so.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Many search hijackers in this family also use notifications, which qualifies them as adware. Remember that a social security number, birth date, and a bank account number is all the information a cyber-criminal needs to perform identity theft. And the consequences of that theft can be devastating.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Broadly speaking, a digital identity can be split into two categories: digital attributes and digital activities. Bank details. population vulnerable to identity theft. How to Protect Your Digital Identity. Cybercriminals and identity thieves are always exploiting public concern to create scams that feel real.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Sadly, there’s not a lot you can do to prevent incidents like these yourself, other than stay on top of the news and protect yourself against identity theft. Banking Trojans Banking trojans are one of the most serious threats facing Android devices. But other threats you can do something about. This is changing.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Malware can be categorized based on how it behaves (adware, spyware and ransomware), and how it propagates from one victim to another (viruses, worms and trojans). If you’re lucky, the only malware program you’ve come in contact with is adware, which attempts to expose the compromised end-user to unwanted, potentially malicious advertising.

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