Spam is no longer limited to unwanted promotional emails. Criminals increasingly combine email, text messages, robocalls, social media messages, fake identities, malicious links, QR codes, and AI-assisted social engineering to reach consumers and businesses at scale. These campaigns often imitate familiar interactions, such as bank security alerts, package-delivery updates, job offers, government notices, and account-verification […]

Cookies remain a core part of how websites manage sessions, remember user preferences, measure traffic, and support digital advertising. Their role is changing as browsers tighten tracking controls, regulators enforce stricter consent rules, and businesses rely more on first-party data and privacy-focused technologies. E-commerce sites use cookies to preserve shopping carts and login sessions, while […]

Data breaches remain a persistent business and consumer risk as attackers exploit software vulnerabilities, stolen credentials, third-party access, and human error. The impact extends far beyond exposed personal information. A major breach can interrupt hospital operations, disrupt manufacturing lines, expose financial accounts, compromise customer records, and force organizations to spend millions of dollars on investigation, […]

Okta provides cloud-based identity and access management for employees, customers, applications and, increasingly, AI agents. Organizations use its platform to manage workforce sign-ins, automate access permissions and secure customer authentication across cloud and on-premises environments. In practice, enterprises can use Okta to connect employees with thousands of business applications through single sign-on, while development teams […]

Digital wallets have become a core part of how consumers pay for groceries, shop online, transfer money, and manage financial accounts. At the same time, fraudsters have shifted their attention toward mobile payment ecosystems, using phishing, account takeover, synthetic identities, and AI-powered scams to exploit users and merchants. These trends affect industries ranging from retail […]