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Hired to Be Hacked: The Sophisticated Cyberattacks Targeting America's Job Seekers

Hired to Be Hacked: The Sophisticated Cyberattacks Targeting America's Job Seekers

As online job searching has become the dominant method for finding employment in the United States, it has also become a primary hunting ground for credential thieves and malware distributors. Cybercriminals are deploying fake job listings, impersonating corporate recruiters, and exploiting the emotional urgency of a job search to harvest personal data and infect applicants' devices. The threat is accelerating — and most victims never see it coming.

The VPN Reality Check: Separating Genuine Protection From Marketing Fiction

The VPN Reality Check: Separating Genuine Protection From Marketing Fiction

Virtual private networks are among the most aggressively marketed privacy tools on the internet, yet most users have a fundamentally distorted picture of what they actually do. This explainer cuts through the promotional noise to clarify what a VPN genuinely shields you from, where its protections end, and how to make an informed decision about whether you need one at all.

Disrupting the Machine: What FBI-Led Ransomware Takedowns Teach Us About Modern Cybercrime

Disrupting the Machine: What FBI-Led Ransomware Takedowns Teach Us About Modern Cybercrime

When international law enforcement dismantled the LockBit ransomware network in early 2024, it was heralded as a landmark moment in the ongoing battle against organized cybercrime. But how do agencies actually bring down operations that span dozens of countries, operate on encrypted infrastructure, and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit revenue? And what do these victories — and their limits — mean for the businesses and individuals targeted by ransomware every day?