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As Tax Day looms and last-minute taxpayers feel the pressure, a surge of IRS scams is on the rise.   Research by our McAfee Labs team projects a fresh wave of sophisticated tax scams as the stress of peak filing season sets in, with bogus text messages leading the way.   Nearly half of taxpayers complete their taxes between mid-March and April 15, which gives scammers ample opportunity to cash in as people rush their filings with the IRS.   Based on our data from 2024, here’s what we can expect in the coming days:  We’ll see a surge in tax scams – The…

The cryptocurrency world feels like a wild ride full of risks, twists, and big dreams of building wealth. In its early days, it was only a far-out idea that some tech enthusiasts shared, but for a while, it has been in the spotlight, shaking how people perceive security, value, and even freedom.  After a bear market in 2023, 2024 brought a new wave of confidence and hope among investors, with bullish sentiment and cautious optimism prevailing.  According to crypto news today, a lot has been going on in the industry, such as President Trump establishing a Bitcoin reserve, XRP seeing…

Hiding WordPress malware in the mu-plugins directory to avoid detection Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2025 Sucuri researchers spotted threat actors deploying WordPress malware in the mu-plugins directory to evade security checks. In February, Sucuri warned of threat actors exploiting WordPress mu-plugins, which auto-load without activation, to maintain persistence and evade detection by hiding backdoors in the plugin directory. “Unlike regular plugins, must-use plugins are automatically loaded on every page load, without needing activation or appearing in the standard plugin list. Attackers exploit this directory to maintain persistence and evade detection, as files placed here execute automatically and are not easily…

ORIGINALLY AIRED ON AUGUST 30, 2021 Articles discussed in this episode: 01:38 – Story # 1: https://carbuzz.com/news/tom-cruise-couldnt-stop-thieves-stealing-his-bmw-7-series 14:45 – Story # 2: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg84yy/data-brokers-netflow-data-team-cymru 23:24 – Story # 3: https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-microsoft-warns-thousands-cloud-customers-exposed-databases-emails-2021-08-26/ 27:37 – Story # 4: https://cyberworkx.in/2021/08/28/five-different-malware-families-targeting-pulse-secure-devices/ 33:08 – Story # 5: https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-warns-of-elaborate-new-cybercrime-scheme-to-steal-your-login-details 36:36 – Story # 6: https://twitter.com/EdClowes/status/1430083273015840776?s=19 39:43 – Story # 7: https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/26/qurium_bright_data_philippines_ddos/ 46:18 – Story # 8: https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/florida-woman-fired-rampage-company-computer-system 50:22 – Story # 9: https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2021/08/white-house-tasks-nist-producing-another-cybersecurity-framework/184868/ Ready to learn more? Level up your skills with affordable classes from Antisyphon! Pay-What-You-Can Training Available live/virtual and on-demand

A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer, Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.Xiaofeng Wang has a long list of prestigious titles. He was the associate dean for research at Indiana University’s Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, a fellow at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a tenured professor at Indiana University at Bloomington.…

Most VPN services offer an app for iOS. With the best VPNs for iOS, you need only connect to a server, and your connection is secured. You can browse and stream anonymously, with your internet traffic and IP address hidden. VPNs also excel at getting around geo-blocking and preventing ISP throttling. Despite these numerous advantages of using a VPN on iOS, there are changes you can make to further improve your security, privacy, and connection speed. We’ll take you through 10 tips to help improve your VPN experience on iOS. 10 tips to improve your VPN experience on iOS Here are…

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Are Your Machine Identities Trapped in a Security Blindspot? A critical question persists: How secure are your Non-Human Identities (NHIs) across the cloud? While businesses invest heavily in human-centric cybersecurity solutions, they often overlook the vulnerabilities associated with NHIs – the machine identities such as servers, service accounts, applications, and bots that are integral to daily operations. NHIs are omnipresent across industries, from financial services and healthcare to travel, and they play a vital role in systems used by DevOps and SOC teams. Yet, traditional security measures are insufficient when it comes to protecting these identities and their associated secrets.…

With global tensions climbing, cyber attacks linked to nation-states and their allies are becoming more common, sophisticated, and destructive. For organizations, cybersecurity can’t be treated as separate from world events anymore, they’re closely connected. Conflict between countries is spilling into cyberspace. Whether it’s during military escalations, trade disputes, or diplomatic standoffs, governments are using cyber operations to exert pressure, gather intelligence, or disrupt systems. These attacks often hit private businesses, not just governments or critical infrastructure. One growing concern is the blurred line between cybercrime and state-sponsored hacking. Criminal groups sometimes work directly with governments, or at least operate with…