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What You Need to Know about the Coast Guard Data Breach

What You Need to Know about the Coast Guard Data Breach

The Coast Guard is the only branch of the United States military in the Department of Homeland Security. It enforces federal law, controls the nation's borders and maritime Approaches, and protects the United States ports and waterways.

Mars Hydro Security Flaw Puts IoT Users at Risk

Mars Hydro Security Flaw Puts IoT Users at Risk

Mars Hydro is a leading Chinese brand producing a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) devices for indoor gardening and the hydroponics industry.

What You Need to Know about the Community Health Center Data Breach

What You Need to Know about the Community Health Center Data Breach

Community Health Center (CHC) is a non-profit founded in 1972 and headquartered in Middletown, Connecticut. It offers a broad range of services, including dentistry, primary care, urgent care, specialty medical services, and behavioral health.

What You Need to Know about the DeepSeek Data Breach

What You Need to Know about the DeepSeek Data Breach

DeepSeek, founded by Liang Wenfeng, is an AI development firm located in Hangzhou, China. The company focuses on developing open source Large Language Models (LLMs) and specializes in data analytics and machine learning.

What is Automated Clearing House (ACH) Fraud and How Does it Work?

What is Automated Clearing House (ACH) Fraud and How Does it Work?

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Everything You Need to Know About Card-Not-Present Fraud

Everything You Need to Know About Card-Not-Present Fraud

Credit and debit cards are vital for online purchases in today's digital environments, but that doesn't mean they're safe from misuse.

Credit Card Cloning: What Is It , How It Works, and How to Protect Yourself

Credit Card Cloning: What Is It , How It Works, and How to Protect Yourself

Discover a charge on your credit card that you don't recognize. It could be from a card cloning event. Card cloning predominantly affects credit cards, but this phenomenon may also impact some payment platform cards (like those from PayPal or Zelle).

What You Need to Know about the PowerSchool Data Breach

What You Need to Know about the PowerSchool Data Breach

PowerSchool was founded in 1997 and is known for its expertise in providing cutting-edge education technology within the education community.

Protect Yourself from Package Delivery Scams: Tips to Identify, Avoid, and Act

Protect Yourself from Package Delivery Scams: Tips to Identify, Avoid, and Act

Package delivery has become an essential element of modern life, with estimates that the global delivery market will generate over $118 billion of growth from 2024 to 2028.

What is a Ticket Scam and How to Spot a Ticket Scammer

What is a Ticket Scam and How to Spot a Ticket Scammer

In 2015 the Better Business Bureau (BBB) received its first Taylor Swift ticket scam report, sent to its online Scam Tracker.

Top Warning Signs of Loan Scams and How To Stay Safe

Top Warning Signs of Loan Scams and How To Stay Safe

When was the last time you needed a loan? How about the last time you bought a car, opened a new credit card, or started the process of debt consolidation?

How Can You Spot a Scholarship Scam Before It’s Too Late?

How Can You Spot a Scholarship Scam Before It’s Too Late?

Secondary education has always been a luxury, but only recently has it become expensive enough to require loans. Thankfully, students looking to avoid indebtedness have some options available—the best of which are scholarships.

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How to Buy a House with Bad Credit

How to Buy a House with Bad Credit

Buying your own home is the American Dream, but it might seem out of reach to those with bad credit. However, the good news is, if your credit is less than perfect, you do still have options and in most cases, can still buy a home. Read More

How Secure Is Your Password? Tips to Improve Your Password Security

How Secure Is Your Password? Tips to Improve Your Password Security

Any good IT article on computers and network security will address the importance of strong, secure passwords. However, the challenge of good passwords is that most people have a hard time remembering them, so they use simple or obvious ones that pose a security risk. Read More

Top 10 Senior Scams and How to Prevent Them

Top 10 Senior Scams and How to Prevent Them

Senior scams are becoming a major epidemic for two reasons. First, seniors often have a lot of money in the bank from a life of working hard and saving. Read More

What is the Dark Web: Things You Need To Know Before Accessing The Dark Web

What is the Dark Web: Things You Need To Know Before Accessing The Dark Web

The dark web, also known as the "darknet", is a portion of the internet that lies outside the boundaries of traditional search engines. Read More

Secure Wi-Fi and Wireless Technology Security Tips

Secure Wi-Fi and Wireless Technology Security Tips

Your Wi-Fi network is another handy access point that hackers use to infiltrate your computers, steal your identity, and grab your personal details. Read More

Adult Friend Finder Hacked, 412 Million Accounts Exposed

Adult Friend Finder Hacked, 412 Million Accounts Exposed

Six databases that were owned by Friend Finder Networks, Inc. suffered a massive data breach in 2016, which cost 412 million users their accounts. Read More

How to Erase Yourself from the Internet

How to Erase Yourself from the Internet

In this highly digital age, it is near impossible to erase all information online about yourself, but you can do a lot to remove online information and minimize your risk of identity theft or worse.  Read More

Credit Freeze vs. Lock: What’s the Difference?

Credit Freeze vs. Lock: What’s the Difference?

With all our technology and connectedness comes a price, vulnerability. Now more than ever before, our credit and identities are at risk from cybercriminals, thieves, and hackers. Read More

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