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Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) can be considered the modern incarnation of the old installment plans that some brick-and-mortar stores used to give their customers. BNPL is often available on major e-commerce websites. Upon checkout, customers just have to select the BNPL option and their repayment schedule. There is usually no upfront payment required. Customers just need to start paying 1 or 2 months later, with monthly installment payments. The installments are often interest-free which makes...

A phishing attack taking place against an organization has revealed a crafty method to bounce between victims in a way deemed "ingenious" by a researcher.  On September 29, cybersecurity architect and bug bounty hunter Craig Hays outlined a recent phishing attempt which went far beyond the usual spray-and-pray tactics and basic attempts to compromise a network, to become "the greatest password theft he had ever seen."   In a Medium blog post, Hays detailed how a response team...

We all know we should create secure passwords. But, for all the time we spend worrying about our passwords, there’s a backdoor you never think about. The security questions/answers that you provide to get back into your account if you lose your password are usually easy to guess or find out in order to bypass your passwords. Thankfully, many services are realizing security questions are very insecure and axing them. Google and Microsoft no longer offer security questions for their accounts —...