by Ari Lazarus Consumer Education Specialist, FTC You may have heard the recent news that Twitter discovered a bug that stored passwords “unmasked” in an internal log. What does this mean? If you are a Twitter user, your password could…
If you answer the phone and hear a recorded message instead of a live person, it’s a robocall. We’ve seen a significant increase in the number of illegal robocalls because internet-powered phone systems have made it cheap and easy for…
March 17, 2017 by Lisa Lake Consumer Education Specialist, FTC Scammers know how to design phony checks to make them look legitimate. In fact, the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ just released a list of the most “risky” scams, based…
July 18, 2017by Amanda KoulousiasAttorney, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, FTC Has your computer been acting strange lately? Maybe your default search engine or other browser settings changed, or you’re getting suspicious warnings about your computer’s performance. Are you…
Original release date: July 17, 2017 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an article on the privacy risks associated with Internet-connected children’s toys. FBI warns that Internet-connected toys may contain “sensors, microphones, cameras, data storage components, and other…
If you have an Android phone and can check for updates or upgrades, please do this. They have numerous updates and have upgraded operating systems that fix security flaws. It is strongly suggested to install antivirus on an android device. This is important as it…
Google Chrome scam that infects your computer. A Google Chrome scam that could infect your computer with malware continues to pose a threat to users, according to cybersecurity experts. The script, which targets the Chrome browser on Windows, rewrites the…
byAri LazarusConsumer Education Specialist, FTC If you’ve got a wireless network, your wireless router connects your computer and other devices to the internet. If it’s reasonably designed and configured, the router also is a gate that should prevent hackers from…
