35 Ways to Protect Yourself Online
The internet is a jungle of a million threats. Take action to protect yourself with the following 35 ways to protect yourself online.
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T-Mobile Suffers Another Data Breach
After a previous breach in August where nearly 50 million customer data were leaked, T-Mobile suffered another data breach, this time less severe. It has affected only a small subset of customers.
4 Free Online Tools to Check if a Website is Dangerous
A common method for malicious actors is to direct you to a phishing site in order to harvest your username and passwords and also to make you download malicious software (malware). Always safely check if a website is dangerous before you click.
A 19 Year Old Hacker Received $4,500 Bug Bounty for an Easy-To-Exploit Vulnerability
A high impact privacy bug was found in Facebook's Android application by a young bug bounty hunter. The 19 year old hacker received a $4,500 bug bounty
Vulnerability vs Exploit, Do You Know The Difference?
Many news and articles keep on referring to words like vulnerability and exploits. But do you really know the difference?
How To Check If Your Phone Has Been Hacked
Is your device behaving weirdly? Outgoing calls you did not make, your device is getting hot without reason? Maybe its time to check if your phone has been hacked.
Copies of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Infected with Malware
The long awaited Marvel movie "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is out. People are trying to download an illegal copy are up for an unpleasant surprise.
Popular Game Series “Just Dance” Targeted by Attackers
Ubisoft Entertainment a French video game company recently announced that they have identified an intrusion in their IT Infrastructure targeting Just Dance.
NCA Shares 585 Million Compromised Passwords With “Have I Been Pwned”
The National Crime Agency of United Kingdom (NCA) shared a collection of more than 585 million compromised passwords that were found during an investigation with the infamous Have I Been Pwned website.
Hacking Group Leaked Confidential UK Police Data
Russian hacking group "Clop" leaked confidential information held by the UK police onto the dark web. The data were stolen from Dacoll, an IT company which handles the Police National Computer.
Threat Actors Impersonating Pfizer
Phishing campaigns that use COVID-19 as a hook are still on the rise. Hackers are increasingly using vaccine-related emails in their targeted spear-phishing attacks.
Audio Tech Giant Exposed Thousands of Customers’ Data
The data may be old, but it's still valuable to criminals and hackers, and the leak itself could have been much worse. It represents a massive oversight by a huge, multinational, well-known company.
Why Do Data Breaches Happen
We have gotten used to seeing news every day of sensitive data being exposed to unauthorized parties, but do you know why do data breaches happen?
Facebook Owner Meta Bans Fake Accounts Used by Cyber-Spy Firms
Facebook said it canceled 1,500 fake social media accounts used by seven surveillance-for-hire firms to conduct online attacks against government critics and members of civil society.
Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacked
On Sunday, AscendEX announced via Twitter that it had identified a number of unauthorized transactions from one of its hot wallets on Saturday.
HR Management Platform Hit by Ransomware
HR management platform Kronos has been hit by a ransomware attack and information from its customers may have been accessed.
Massive Internet Scans and Log4j Exploit Attempts
Many organizations have noticed a surge in internet scans to discover vulnerable systems and exploit attempts on them.
Top Malware for November 2021
Checkpoint Research through its global threat index revelas the top malware for November 2021.