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More Than 1400 Australian Government Accounts Are Protected by "Password123"
Every day, we see a number of research reports detailing how poor the state of information security is nowadays. Hours upon hours are spent putting together these papers, and the idea of all this hard work is to tell... Read more
Google Can Track You Even If You Turn Location History Off
Isn't the smartphone the best device you've ever owned? It lets you do anything from paying bills, to writing emails, to killing green pigs with the help of a sling and a bird that is in a bad mood. It's versatile and... Read more
Twitter Offers a New Security Feature After 330 Million Passwords Are Leaked
When more than 330 million Twitter users were affected by a system bug back in May, one of the biggest social media networks got lucky. The bug was found within the system, and it wasn't induced by outside forces. As... Read more
Surprise! Most Data Breaches Occur Due to Human Error
Even though a lot of data breaches are carried out by cybercriminals, the recent statistics show a considerable part of such incidents occur because of failures happening inside the companies who store sensitive user... Read more
New WPA2 Attack Discovered by Accident. Here's What You Need to Know.
For years, we all thought that when it comes to the security of a wireless network, WPA2 is just about unbeatable. WPA2, as you may know, is the second incarnation of the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) protocol which... Read more
Microsoft Edge Finally Adds WebAuthn Support: What Is Web Authentication?
Microsoft's own Bill Gates declared in 2004 that the password is dead. Embarrassingly for what is undoubtedly one of Silicon Valley's most influential figures, after fourteen years, the password still seems to be very... Read more
Twitter Suffers Internal Glitch - Change Your Password Immediately
If you are an avid Twitter user, you must have received a notice the moment you logged into your account back at the beginning of May that you should change your Twitter password. This was related to an internal... Read more
65% of Business Travelers Worry About Their Company Data's Security
Many people associate traveling with breaking the monotony of everyday life, experiencing new cultures, having a good time with friends and family, etc. For others, however, traveling often involves meeting business... Read more
Instagram Users Get Locked out After an Unexplained Russian Hack
Quite a few Instagram users have had their accounts hijacked. It's not a selection of separate incidents. It seems to be a coordinated campaign that, by the looks of things, is carried out by the same group of... Read more
Should You Quit Facebook Because of Its Recent Talks with Major US Banks?
What is Facebook exactly? Some would say that it's a brilliant way of communicating with people, discussing interesting topics, and sharing fun memories and cat videos. Others will say that Facebook is a viciously... Read more
Sears Delta Breach Among the Biggest Data Breaches in 2018
Poor safety practices of companies and their customers continue allowing major data breaches in 2018, and the joint data breach of Sears and Delta might be one of the biggest ones we will see this year. Although the... Read more
Reddit Data Breach Exposed. What Do Reddit Users Need to Do Now?
Reddit was recently the sixth most popular website in the world according to Alexa. It has more than 1.5 billion monthly visits which shows that for many people, it's the perfect place for anything from discussing... Read more
SIM Swapping Attacks – Stealing Everything from Your Bitcoins to Your Instagram Accounts
You often see and hear people compare a password to a physical key. While it's obvious where the parallels come from, there are quite a few differences. For example, without the key, you can't unlock the door. Gaining... Read more
Passwords to UK's and Canada's Government Servers Exposed. Who's to Blame?
Hollywood would have you believe that you'd need quite a few things if you want to steal sensitive information from the governments of two of the World's biggest economic superpowers. You'd need thousands of dollars'... Read more
Social Media Monitoring App Mention Blames Third-Party for a Recent Data Breach
Data breaches are an unfortunate fact of life. Some companies don't take the security of your data seriously enough and are easy prey for hackers. Other organizations work hard to protect users' personal information,... Read more
The New National Data Encryption Rules May Be Enforced Soon
As some of you may have heard, Ted Lieu, Mike Bishop, Suzan DelBene, and Jim Jordan, members of the United States Congress, recently presented a bill called the ENCRYPT Act. The idea of it is to create national data... Read more
Yale Graduates Learn That Their Social Security Numbers Were Leaked 10 Years Ago
In the event of physical theft, you will most likely notice that your TV is missing. When it comes to the World Wide Web, however, things are a bit different. We've talked in the past about how data breaches often go... Read more
LifeLock Bug: Millions of Email Addresses Were Left out in the Open
We have discussed identity theft protection on these pages, and we have hopefully helped you understand what the service offers, what it doesn't offer, and under which circumstances it can be beneficial to you. Today,... Read more
