Online safety laws: What’s in store for children’s digital playgrounds?

February 7, 2023

As children’s safety and privacy online becomes a matter of increasing urgency, lawmakers around the world push ahead on new regulations in the digital realm. February 7th is Safer Internet Day (SID), an annual awareness campaign that started in Europe in 2004 and that aims to highlight the need for people to enjoy the benefits of the … More Online safety laws: What’s in store for children’s digital playgrounds?

Is that survey real or fake? How to spot a survey scam

February 3, 2023

“Can I tell a legitimate survey apart from a fake one?” is the single most important question you need to answer for yourself before taking any surveys online. Online surveys and quizzes are all over the internet. They’re quick and cheap to set up, easy for recipients to fill out, and simple for researchers to … More Is that survey real or fake? How to spot a survey scam

Malicious email campaign uses fake DocuSign messages to exfiltrate login credentials

February 2, 2023

SiliconAngle reports that more than 10,000 users across various organizations have been targeted by a new phishing email campaign using fake DocuSign messages to facilitate login credential theft. A new report from researchers at Armorblox Inc. today warns of a recent malicious email campaign that attempted to trick users into believing the emails were from … More Malicious email campaign uses fake DocuSign messages to exfiltrate login credentials

Less is more: Conquer your digital clutter before it conquers you

February 1, 2023

Lose what you don’t use and other easy ways to limit your digital footprint and strengthen your online privacy and security In case you missed it, last week was Data Privacy Week, an awareness campaign to remind everybody that any of our online activities creates a trail of data and that, therefore, we need to better … More Less is more: Conquer your digital clutter before it conquers you

ChatGPT Clone Apps Collecting Personal Data on iOS, Play Store

February 1, 2023

According to Hackread, Several fake ChatGPT clone apps have surfaced on the official iOS and Play Stores, collecting user data and sending it to remote servers. On Android devices, one of the apps analyzed by researchers has more than 100,000 downloads, tracks, and shares location data with ByteDance and Amazon, etc. ChatGPT has been exploded … More ChatGPT Clone Apps Collecting Personal Data on iOS, Play Store