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Every day, someone is falling victim to an online scam, a bogus email, or another method used by cybercriminals to steal our identity, data, and/or money.  Verizon, in its 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report covering 11/1/2023 to 10/1/2024, noted that human involvement was indicated in 60% of all cybersecurity breaches. Even the most tech savvy of us have been fooled so our level of tech knowledge does not make us immune to attack. “Why is this so?” you might ask. Depending on the way you…]]>