10 Practical Ways to Stop Phishing-Based Ransomware Attacks Ransomware attacks usually start with an email that looks legitimate. You get a message from what appears to be a colleague, a vendor, or a well-known service asking you to open an attachment or click a link. One wrong click and your files are encrypted, with a demand for payment to get them back. ...
What Microsoft’s Email Security Data Reveals About the Threats in Your Inbox Intro Every day, your inbox faces a steady stream of attempts to trick you, scam you, or infect your device. The numbers behind those attempts are hard to come by, but Microsoft recently published a year’s worth of data from its Defender for Office 365 platform. The benchmarks cover what its filters see, block, and miss. While the data comes from enterprise customers, the patterns apply to anyone who uses email. ...
Prime Day Shopping? 9 Tips to Avoid Scams and Shop Safely Amazon Prime Day brings deep discounts — and a predictable surge in phishing emails, fake deals, and fraudulent sellers. Criminals know shoppers are hunting for bargains and often let their guard down. The good news: most scams follow patterns you can spot with a little awareness. Here’s what to watch for and how to protect yourself. ...
What Microsoft’s Year of Email Security Data Means for Your Inbox Protection Microsoft recently released a detailed report based on one year of threat data collected from its Defender for Office 365 platform. The report covers phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and malware trends observed between July 2025 and June 2026. While the data comes from Microsoft’s own customer base—and may not represent every email environment—it offers a grounded look at the attack patterns that actually reach inboxes. For anyone who uses email personally or runs a small business, these findings point to concrete adjustments worth making. ...
9 Ways to Avoid Online Shopping Scams This Prime Day Prime Day is one of the biggest online shopping events of the year, with millions of people hunting for deals on electronics, household goods, and more. Unfortunately, it’s also a peak season for scammers. Fraudsters know that shoppers are in a hurry and less cautious, and they use that to push fake deals, phishing messages, and counterfeit storefronts. ...
Prime Day Shopping? 9 Essential Tips to Outsmart Scammers Amazon Prime Day has become one of the biggest shopping events of the year, and scammers know it. They flood inboxes, social media feeds, and search results with fake deals, phishing links, and counterfeit stores designed to steal your money and personal data. Before you click “buy,” it’s worth understanding what’s happening and how to protect yourself. ...
Avoid Online Shopping Scams This Prime Day: 9 Tips to Protect Yourself Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping events of the year, and for scammers, it’s also one of the busiest. The combination of limited-time deals, promotional emails, and consumers in a hurry creates the perfect environment for fraud. According to a recent article by PCMag titled “Stay Safe This Prime Day: 9 Crucial Tips to Avoid Online Shopping Scams,” phishing attempts, fake websites, and payment fraud spike significantly during this period. If you’re planning to shop for bargains, it’s worth taking a few precautions before you click “buy.” ...
Stay Safe on Prime Day: 9 Tips to Outsmart Online Shopping Scams Introduction Prime Day has become one of the biggest shopping events of the year, with millions of people hunting for deals on everything from electronics to household goods. Unfortunately, scammers know this too. Every year, phishing emails, fake websites, and counterfeit sellers ramp up during these sales events, hoping to catch shoppers off guard. A recent article from PCMag outlines nine key steps to protect yourself. I’ve summarized those tips here, along with a few extras that come from experience in the security space. ...
9 Ways to Avoid Getting Scammed on Prime Day Prime Day is one of the biggest online shopping events of the year. For shoppers, it means steep discounts on everything from electronics to household goods. For scammers, it’s a hunting season. Fraudsters ramp up phishing emails, set up fake websites, and push counterfeit products, hoping that urgency and excitement will lower your guard. ...
Privacy Tools Need a Tune‑Up for the AI Age — Here’s What to Update Now What happened In June 2026, the World Economic Forum published guidance on updating data privacy tools to reduce cybersecurity risk in an era where artificial intelligence is changing how attacks work. The piece, along with supporting WEF articles on AI‑driven cybercrime and trends redefining risk in 2026, makes a clear point: the privacy settings and tools many of us set up a year or two ago are no longer enough. ...