Sentences with phrase «giving cyber criminals»

Phishing messages are intended to trick you into giving cyber criminals your information by asking you to update or confirm personal or online account information.

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But with all of these benefits comes risk, as the increase in connected devices gives hackers and cyber criminals more entry points.

Ransomware has been around since the late 1980s, but in recent years it has become increasingly popular with cyber criminals, especially since the creation of bitcoin in 2009 gave hackers an easy way to get paid anonymously.

In one instance, cyber criminals hacked security cameras at a school in Columbia Falls, Montana, giving them the ability to keep school personnel under surveillance.

In doing so, people are tricked into giving this information directly to cyber criminals, who, in turn, use it for identity theft, financial theft or other cybercrimes.

Security firm Splash Data has just released its annual list of the most popular passwords stolen over the course of the year and despite the growing sophistication of cyber criminals, and efforts of governments to protect us, we apparently give no shits.

In a survey released today, the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) found that only 6 of the 50 largest public hospitals in the U.S. are protecting their email domains from being hijacked by cyber criminals focused on tricking patients into giving up personal information.

Digital currency exchanges are prime targets for hackers and cyber criminals given the huge growth in coin valuations.