Planning a vacation this year? Make sure your confirmation e-mail is legit BEFORE you click anything!

That’s right, summer is right around the corner and cybercriminals are exploiting travel season by sending fake booking confirmations that look nearly identical to e-mails from airlines, hotels and travel agencies.

Phishing is the buzzword in everyone’s mouth. As the most common method of cyber-threat, it’s a way of playing on victims’ emotions to coerce them into disclosing sensitive data.

While over 90% of cyberattacks begin with a phishing email, that is not the only way that phishers reach out to their victims. Since our digital messages have expanded far beyond our electronic inboxes, so too have phishers found other avenues for reaching out to victims and extorting money and personal information from them.

Ransomware attacks affect 66% of organizations, no matter the size. The average fee demanded exceeded $2.5B in 2024. The danger only grows as AI advances and threat actors use cutting-edge technology to generate ransomware code faster, and execute it more efficiently.

Chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and the recently released DeepSeek have revolutionized how we interact with technology, offering assistance with almost every task imaginable — from drafting e-mails and generating content to writing your grocery list while keeping it within your budget.

But as these AI-driven tools weave themselves into our daily routines, questions about data privacy and security are becoming harder to ignore. What exactly happens to the information you share with these bots, and what risks are you unwittingly exposing yourself to?

Think ransomware is your worst nightmare? Think again.

Hackers have found a new way to hold your business hostage — and it may be even more ruthless than encryption. It’s called data extortion, and it’s changing the rules of the game.

While it’s easy to blame cyberattacks on sophisticated hacking, the truth is that many attackers rely on social engineering — a craft of deception designed to manipulate people into giving up sensitive information or access. The scary part? It’s not just high-tech companies that get targeted, it’s all of us. Here’s a breakdown of the most common social engineering tactics so you can spot them before it’s too late.

Artificial intelligence contributes heavily to the battle of cyber-threats versus cybersecurity, on both sides of the war.

As the popularity of AI rose, different “models” of AI have developed consequently. One is Generative AI, which refers to a type of artificial intelligence that can create brand-new content based on the data it has been trained on.

There are hundreds of so-called “people-finding websites” out there, also known as people search sites, and other similar iterations. From Spokeo to Intelius, MyLife, Instant Checkmate, US Search, and even digitized Whitepages — there are a lot of ways to find personal contact information for a small fee. Anyone in the world, available to snoop on.

Artificial intelligence has exploded in a brand new way the past couple of years. The emergence of advanced chatbots have helped us all, but complex deepfakes have also given cybercriminals a faster and more effective method for perpetuating their bad acts.

AI can create brand-new malware code in minutes, compared to the hours it would take a threat actor to make one manually. They can take audio and video files of real people (even YOU!) and generate fake clips of them posting, speaking and performing various actions.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently filed a complaint against popular social media application, Snapchat. This complaint involves the “My AI” chatbot, which allegedly poses risks and harms to young users.

The FTC’s investigation suggests that the company may be violating laws against minors’ data privacy on the app.