Clark County School District in Nevada, the fifth-largest school district in the United States, recently experienced a massive data breach. Threat actors gained access to the school district’s email servers, which exposed the sensitive data of over 200,000 students. The district is now facing a class-action lawsuit from parents, alleging it failed to protect sensitive personal information and take steps to prevent the cybersecurity attack.

No, it is not safe to accept Zelle payments from strangers because there is always the possibility of the stranger being a scammer. If the stranger is a scammer, then you could end up losing money by accepting a Zelle payment from them. It’s best to only use Zelle to send and receive payments from people you know and trust.

The different types of ransomware include crypto ransomware, locker ransomware, scareware, leakware and Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). Ransomware is a type of malware, also known as malicious software, that prevents victims from accessing the data stored on their devices until they’ve paid a cybercriminal a certain amount of money, commonly referred to as a ransom.

You can shop online securely by shopping on reputable websites, using strong and unique passwords when creating online shopping accounts and watching out for phishing scams. The internet has allowed retailers to sell online and provide a convenient way to shop; however, online shopping also exposes people to potential cyber attacks that can put them at risk of losing their personal and financial information.

To prevent becoming a victim of fraud, you should always keep your data in a secure location, protect your online accounts with strong passwords and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), sign up for a dark web monitoring service to receive dark web alerts, learn to spot phishing scams and more. Continue reading to learn more about fraud prevention tips you should be following.

ServiceNow users can eliminate secrets sprawl in their organization by dynamically retrieving credentials from their Keeper Vault via a seamless integration with Keeper Secrets Manager. ServiceNow is a cloud-based platform that provides workflow automation, service management and business-process automation solutions to enterprises. ServiceNow is one of the most popular and widely deployed IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions available today.

A compromised account is an account that has been accessed without the owner’s permission. Compromised accounts can happen for a variety of reasons including public data breaches, using weak passwords, failure to enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on online accounts, falling for phishing scams or having malware unknowingly installed on your device. Continue reading to learn more about compromised accounts and tips to prevent your accounts from being compromised.