A Breach at an Aussie Software Company Exposes Personal Details of Costa Coffee Employees
Based in England, Whitbread PLC is a true behemoth of the hospitality industry. It owns, among other brands, Costa Coffee, an international chain of coffee shops that has branches in over thirty countries. A lot of...
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Backup 101: Local Backups and Cloud Backups
Here's a question you've probably never asked yourself: 'How much do I trust my computer?' In all likelihood, the answer is 'A lot.' Think about it – family photos, personal projects, work documents, it's all on the...
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What Is Contactless Payment and How Does It Work?
You have probably heard of contactless payment cards. Some of you might even have them in their wallets. But why do we have them? To find out, we must take a closer look and see how they came to be, how they work, and...
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How Do I Change my Netflix Password?
Netflix is a fantastic platform for watching all your favorite shows with other people, and one of its most useful features is that it a single account subscription can make the service available to the subscriber, as...
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How to Delete Saved Passwords on Safari?
When it comes to online security, there is nothing more basic than the password. It’s the cornerstone of login authentication. Without a good one, you're left wide open to the (online) world and all the dangers in it....
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A Data Breach at Adidas' Online Shop Hits Millions
Large sporting events like the FIFA World Cup are very important for sports apparel manufacturers. With millions of eyeballs focused on people wearing their products, the attention paid to the brand is enormous. Last...
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Where Do I Find My Lost Google Authenticator key?
What is Google Authenticator? The Google Authenticator is an app that utilizes two-factor authentication (2FA) services with the help of two algorithms. The first one is the Time-based One-time Password...
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Backup 101: Full, Incremental, and Differential Backups
We all know that backups are important, and with our previous Backup 101 article, we learned that the way they're stored is also quite crucial. In some cases, however, backups could be completely useless. Think about...
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What is End-to-End Encryption?
We all need to feel secure when we share our private thoughts with other people. Even if it's just a mundane conversation, we feel better knowing no one is listening in. That goes double on the internet when you have...
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Ticketmaster Data Breach: Make Sure to Protect Yourself From Identity Theft
Ticketmaster is a giant, it handles roughly 80% of ticket sales across the planet. Naturally, this makes it a lucrative target for cybercriminals everywhere. The company's customers woke up to a rude awakening...
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Three Things You Should Do Before Selling Your Old Laptop
Computers get old. They actually get old quite quickly nowadays, and the signs are often obvious. Frequent crashes, terrible performance, and, in the case of laptops, CPU fans that sound like jet engines after about...
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Microsoft's Azure Won't Let You Use Weak Passwords
Let's talk about password strength requirements. You've all seen the messages saying something to the effect of 'Your password must contain one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, a digit, a special character, and...
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Top 5 Ideas to Keep Your Wi-Fi Network Safe From Hackers and the Funniest Router Names
These days everyone uses Wi-fi. Even if you prefer to web surf on your personal computer at home chances are you still have a router so the rest of your friends and family can browse their favorite websites on their...
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What Is WPA3 and How Much Better Is It Than WPA2?
Good news, everybody: Wi-Fi Alliance® has officially announced WPA3, the successor of WPA2. Many questions can emerge from this simple sentence. Who is Wi-Fi Alliance®? What is WPA3, and how is it different than WPA2?...
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What to Do When Google Authenticator is Not Working on Binance?
What is Binance? Binance is a global cryptocurrency exchange firm. The company is controlled by its CEO Changpeng Zhao, who had previously founded and headed Fusion Systems back in 2005 in Shanghai. Zhao's company...
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BetVictor Leaked a Password List for Its Internal System on the Betting Platform
The FIFA World Cup is in full swing at the moment which means that soccer (or football) fans are being treated to 96 hours of the beautiful game in the span of just over a month. That's 64 games in 32 days, and the...
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What's the Difference Between HTTP and HTTPS? Things You Need to Know to Stay Secure Online
Mozilla Firefox users might have stumbled upon cases when they try to enter some text into an online form and they see a box saying: 'The connection is not secure. Logins entered here could be compromised.' When...
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What Changed About Your Personal Data in Healthcare Institutions Thanks to the GDPR?
It has been just over a month since the European Union implemented General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR is a regulation within the EU and the European Economic Area. It's basically a law on data...
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