Most people who have frozen their credit files with Equifax have been issued a numeric Personal Identification Number (PIN) which is supposed to be required before a freeze can be lifted or thawed. Unfortunately, if you don't already have an account at the credit bureau's new myEquifax portal, it may be simple for identity thieves to lift an existing credit freeze at Equifax and bypass the PIN armed with little more than your, name, Social Security number and birthday.

The password 'ji32k7au4a83' looks pretty random and feels as though it should be unique - read this article to find out why it's neither!

By Waqas

The cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro have discovered A new malware strain tapped into GitHub posts and Slack channels. Dubbed Slub by researchers; the malware works by exploiting a VBScript engine vulnerability that is classified as CVE-2018-8174 (patched by Microsoft last year). By doing so, the malware can compromise authentic, genuine websites and redirect the visitors to a fake page. When […]

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