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Phishing Scam in Discord Separates People from their NFTs

I’ve seen people on Twitter, who are into cryptocurrency and who have those hexagon shaped avatars (that they had to pay for), praise the blockchain. There appears to be a widely held concept that the blockchain is safe because it cannot be changed. Some of those people, who are in NFT focused Discords learned a lesson the hard way. Vice

Superman Tops McAfee’s Toxic Avenger List

With San Diego Comic Con quickly approaching, everyone is jumping on board the superhero bandwagon. Today even McAfee has joined the hype. (The company, not the man, however, we'd love to see a comic book based on John McAfee!) In a press release, the anti-virus company released its second annual list of superhero searches that lead to bad links, viruses,

Is it the Browser, or the People Using the Browser?

Another breach of security, at another big name.  Or is it?  The recent announced breach of email and personal information comes to us from Google and those with Gmail accounts.  The "attacks" have come from China, and affected "top U.S. officials."  But reading the fine print in all of the articles out there about this latest "breach," brings up the

Epsilon Risks Downplayed

The theft of names and email addresses from Epsilon has reached across the Atlantic. Last week I received notification from two UK companies, one of which is a household and high street name, Marks and Spencer, the other is Crucial UK, who will be familiar to almost anyone who has bought computer memory. I've included the content from both of

Banking Online can it be trusted?

For a long time now anytime a email comes in that says anything about banking I delete it. Recently a bank I do business with started sending e-mails informing me of special offers which as a consumer was worth investigating. But to be honest with you I don't trust any of the e-mail, as it is to hard to determine

Google Safe Browsing Firefox Extension

Firefox has released an extension that you should load. This extension will help you when you are are surfing the web and are directed to a website that may not be who or what it appears. Phishing has been going on for a while and people are usually sucked in when they get a e-mail that tells them to visit