Your Data For Sale On The Dark Web And What You Can Do About It

As much as we love the convenience of our digital world, we know a hefty price tag can come with it. The world is full of bad actors whose goal is to get their hands on our sensitive, personally identifiable information, or PII. Should you find your PII is for sale on the dark web, it helps to know there are options for doing something about it, even if you think it’s too late. Just some of that hijacked PII can include passwords, email and physical addresses, Social Security numbers, financial accounts, and much more. READ FULL STORY

Gift Cards Being Used For Payment In BEC Scams, And What You Need To Know

Over the years, gift cards have become an enormous “go to” way of giving. Mageplaza found the purchase of gift cards this year will reach nearly $450 billion globally. And like many things involving monetary value and being human, cyber-scammers are exploiting gift cards for profit. They’re now combining gift card fraud with the world’s most lucrative cybercrime, business email compromise (BEC) attacks. According to researchers at Cofense, organizations are getting hip to more traditional BEC tricks and have bolstered protections against them. As a result, fraudsters needed a new lure and turned their attention to gift cards. READ FULL STORY