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How to Avoid Financial Scams 04/25/2024 08:00pm • As much as everyone would like to believe they're immune to financial scams, fraudsters are sophisticated and use tactics you might not expect to steal your data and money. "Scammers are always trying to find new ways to lure victims and find ways to steal money or personal information and they use FTC sends $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of video privacy settlement 04/25/2024 11:08am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access. In a 2023 complaint, the FTC accused the doorbell camera and h Poland's prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people 04/24/2024 03:09pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Poland's prosecutor general told the parliament on Wednesday that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during the former government in Poland, among them elected officials. Adam Bodnar told lawmakers that he found the scale of the surveillance ���shock Cyberattacks are on the rise, and that includes small businesses. Here's what to know 04/23/2024 06:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Cyberattacks on businesses are rising, including small businesses. It's a troubling trend because a breach can be very costly and time consuming if owners don't have a plan to deal with one. According to the Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, the median cost per ransom Netflix now has nearly 270 million subscribers after another strong showing to begin 2024 04/18/2024 05:27pm • Netflix gained another 9.3 million subscribers to start the year while its profit soared with the help of a still-emerging expansion into advertising, but caught investors off guard with a change that will make it more difficult to track the video streaming service's future growth. The performance a UK police say they disrupted cyber fraud network that stole personal data from thousands 04/18/2024 05:19pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords has been infiltrated and disrupted, London police said Thursday. Metropolitan Police said they seized the LabHost One Tech Tip: What to do if your personal info has been exposed in a data breach 04/18/2024 12:01am • LONDON (AP) ��� Data breaches like the recent one involving millions of AT&T customers are becoming an almost regular occurrence. As more of our lives move online, our personal data like email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates and even passcodes are becoming ever more vulnerable to theft or Data Doctors: Tips for finding lost phones 04/12/2024 07:49pm • Q: My phone went missing and I haven���t been able to locate it using the Find My service, so what should I do next? A: Few things in the digital age are as stressful as losing your smartphone, so understanding how the "Find My" service works for both iPhone and Android users is important. If The 7 Best Cybersecurity Stocks to Buy Now 04/07/2024 08:00pm • Over the last 25 years, the cybersecurity industry has grown from virtual obscurity into one of the most important and fastest-growing industries in the world. In the early 1990s, cybersecurity was in its infancy. The internet -- then known as the World Wide Web -- had not yet been fully adopted as Here's how to protect yourself from common scams this tax season 04/02/2024 05:29am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Tax season can come with several headaches, from gathering documents to finding the time to sit down and file. But one pain that you want to avoid is falling for a tax scam. Year-round, scammers look for ways to trick people into giving them money or personal information. There AT&T says a data breach leaked millions of customers' information online. Were you affected? 03/31/2024 05:32pm • The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T's current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend. In a Saturday announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that a dataset found on the ���dark web��� AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work 03/23/2024 08:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you���re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids' cartoon. Start talking or typing about anxiety and the app generates the kind of comforting, sympathetic statements therapists are trained to deliver. The John Catlin shoots 59, lowest score in Asian Tour history 03/16/2024 07:59am • MACAU, China (AP) ��� John Catlin holed a 20-foot eagle putt on Saturday for an 11-under 59 in the International Series Macau, becoming the first player in Asian Tour history with a sub-60 round. Catlin, a 33-year-old Californian with seven worldwide victories, became the fourth player this year to Jurors weigh fate of Afghan refugee charged with murder in a case that shocked Muslim community 03/15/2024 09:09pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� Prosecutors on Friday wrapped up their case against an Afghan refugee on charges that he gunned down a man in 2022 in what turned out to be the first of three ambush-style killings involving members of the Muslim community in New Mexico's largest city. Muhammad Syed, who s How the AP reported that someone with access to Bernie Moreno's email created adult website profile 03/14/2024 07:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Associated Press reported Thursday that someone with access to a work email account for Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno created a profile in late 2008 on an adult website, seeking casual sexual encounters with men. The story relied on records from a number of