Grandparents bring wisdom, love, and support to our lives. This year on Grandparents Day, we want to celebrate by keeping them safe, especially online, where scammers increasingly target seniors with alarmingly sophisticated ruses.
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Parents are being reminded to exercise caution about the toys that the purchase their children, after the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had taken action against a robot toy maker.
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New verification tools aim to shield job seekers from fraudsters posing as recruiters or executives.
LinkedIn has announced a new set of measures aimed at authenticating users and making professional networking safer. The platform will now verify companies with paid Premium Company Pages, extending a feature that was previously limited to select organizations. By requiring verified status, LinkedIn hopes to strengthen trust between businesses and potential candidates.
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Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler has once again highlighted the fragility of data security, uncovering an unprotected 378 GB database containing sensitive internal files linked to Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU).
If you’ve spent any time around IT, you must own that dusty box of legacy cables – a tangle of odd connectors, just in case you ever need one again. Before a common standard like USB came along, things were a messy puzzle of dozens of different plugs and ports. USB(-C) changed that by giving us one simple, reversible connector that handles everything – power, data, and video – making it easy for devices to work together.
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Ransomware groups continue to evolve their tactics, but few have made as sharp an impact in 2025 as SafePay. Once a lesser-known player, the group has surged into prominence by quietly amassing hundreds of victims across the globe. In June, SafePay topped Bitdefender’s Threat Debrief rankings after claiming 73 victim organizations in a single month, and the group followed up with 42 more victims in July—its second-highest monthly tally to date.
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Google issues an urgent September patch bundle with fixes for high-severity vulnerabilities already being exploited.
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Scams don’t just target the vulnerable or the inexperienced. They can even trick successful entrepreneurs with a proven history of smart decisions.
Recently, Swedish entrepreneur Erik Bergman revealed to the world how scammers impersonating YouTuber MrBeast and other big names convinced him to send $1.25 million in crypto.
The long-awaited Thread 1.4 upgrade promises a unified smart home network, but staggered rollouts have many households juggling fragmented meshes for now.
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Your nonprofit depends on donor data — names, email addresses, donation history, payment details — to keep relationships strong and fundraising campaigns effective. But the moment you collect that information, you also take on a big responsibility: keeping it safe.
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