These major cyber attacks may have already affected you in 2016
Be forewarned: Cyber attacks can be foreign spies, terrorists, activists ' or just some jerk with too much free time. They strike in many painful ways. Here are some of the types of attacks and how they happen, along with a handful of recent examples cited by Hackmageddon.com.
Account hijacking
A hacker just needs an email address or username and its password. Then, it's simple work to take over an account, be it email or dating site profile, and use it for nefarious purposes. Hackers might...