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When Canada-based adultery site Ashley Madison was hacked, cybercriminals wasted no time in taking advantage of it. Even now, a year later, they continue to blackmail people and hold their data hostage. We look back at what happened then and talk about what’s happening now.

Ranscam deletes your files and then demands ransom to restore them, or it will delete them. Yes, in that order.

Check this out to know if you want to fall for one of the latest Facebook scams

What happens when real cyber experts head to TV to stop cybercrime?

Tax season means that more folks than the IRS are after your money.

Kaspersky Lab’s Q2 report on spam and phishing has arrived, and brought little surprises.

There are several ways to avoid phishing attacks on your Facebook account. The common theme in each is to be highly suspicious of any online request for your personal information

Fraudsters hacked Skype and tricked people from a contact list to send them about $5,000 over the course of a few days. Skype support, local banks and the police refused to do anything.

Interpol just released an alert regarding cyber-attacks targeting multiple ATMs around the world. During the course of a forensic investigation performed by Kaspersky Lab, researchers discovered a piece of malware infecting ATMs that allowed attackers to empty the cash machines via direct manipulation, stealing millions of dollars.

Phishing is the most developed form of Internet scamming. Let’s explore the topic in order to better understand why it became so prominent and what measures one can take to avoid a phishing attack.

Beware of phishing, malware, spam and other online scams based on the extremely popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

Internet scammers are quite smart and greedy, and know how to disguise their traps, but there are always some ways to find out where these traps are.

If it is absolutely necessary that you check your email and the only way to do it is on a public computer, forward your email to a disposable email account like Mailinotor or Trashmail that has a short life and a timed expiration.

A Brazilian cybercriminal scam targeting a popular payment method known as Boletos is costing that country billions. How can you protect yourself?

It’s getting harder and harder to spot fraudulent online retailers as more and more websites peddling discounted good emerge in the already crowded field of Internet merchants.

A new criminal campaign targeting a large European bank had been discovered earlier this year – the Luuuk. For one week, criminals managed to steal as much as 500k Euros from 190 accounts, before they hastily withdrew from sight.

Major sporting events always attract the attention of cybercriminals, and there’s no reason to think the Brazil World Cup will be any different. With group stage matches kicking off in

Everyone should know by now that there are, sadly, no members of deposed African royal families who want to share millions of dollars with you, no strings attached. What everyone

You can tell your kids to stay off the social networks and you can tell yourself that they’ll listen, but chances are they’ll find a way on, anyway. So we’re