Scam of The Week

When a criminal wants to log into your account without your permission, they have a few different options—they can attempt to steal your password from you with phishing, they can try to guess your password, and sometimes they can exploit vulnerable software to obtain encrypted password hashes that can expose your password via cracking software on their computer.

In another recent scam, cybercriminals pretended to be the telecommunications provider, Verizon.

Omicron, a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, is spreading quickly across the globe. Unfortunately, this news is only made worse by cybercriminals who are creating Omicron-themed phishing scams.