While hackers are finding new ways to infiltrate computers and networks, email accounts remain the preferred target for extracting sensitive data. The latest breach was found in the Yahoo email service, which was officially acknowledged and confirmed by the internet company on its Tumblr page.
A recent report by the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov), indicates that phishing is on the rise. In fact, phishing is the kind of cybercrime an average user is most likely to encounter on a day-to-day basis. Phishing attacks rely on human vulnerabilities, making them more difficult to defend against when compared to viruses, for example. Although
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