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Steps Every Outlook User Must Take in the Wake of a Major Security Breach
Last Friday, Outlook users started receiving breach notification emails from Microsoft which, in addition to telling them that an unknown attacker has accessed some of the information in their inbox, informed them...
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It Takes Hackers 60 Seconds to Find and Attack a Vulnerable Server
Movies and, to a certain extent, mainstream media would have us believe that organizing a cyberattack involves a lot of planning, plenty of resources, and a teenage computer geek who's in a bad mood all the time. This...
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Do Not Fall for Fake Instagram Helper Apps That Can Steal Your Password
Why are social networks so successful? Well, in short, they are thriving because people spend quite a lot of time using them. And people do this because they're interested in what the rest of the world thinks about...
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What Is Instagram's Nasty List and What to Do If You're on It?
If you're told that you've ended up on Instagram's 'Nasty List', you'll likely want to know what the reason for this is. A 'Nasty List' sounds like a list of accounts that have done something wrong, so, especially if...
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There's a Fake Google Wallet App, and It Is Used to Hijack Google Accounts
You could argue that Google is the classic Silicon Valley success story. What started off as a useful search engine is now a commanding part of almost everything we do online. Over the years, Google released apps and...
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What Is a Google Security Key and How Does It Work with Your Android 7.0+ Phone?
Google's security people reckon that they know a thing or two about Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) or 2-Step Verification, as they like to call it. They think that the most secure 2FA systems are the ones based on a...
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What Is a Baldr Data Stealer and How to Protect Your Passwords Against It
Baldr is the name of a new family of information-stealing malware. Its authors first introduced it to cybercriminal circles in January, and about a month later, Microsoft's security team reported that they have seen...
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99 Phishing Sites but Microsoft Did Not Leave One
A phishing website is a wonderful instrument for virtual schemers. Once a phishing website is set up, the attackers can trick gullible visitors into disclosing personal information or interacting with unreliable or...
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A Mobile Application Exposed Passwords and Enabled Car Theft
As you probably know, the tendency to connect everyday objects to the internet is often referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution, and although nowadays, we ought to be rather careful when using words...
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Millions of Facebook and Instagram Passwords Were Left in Plain Sight. What Now?
If you are an avid Facebook or Instagram user, you definitely know that signing into your accounts has never been easier. All of your devices can sign you in automatically, when your passwords are saved in your...
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What Is a Two-Factor Authentication Phishing Attack?
When you leave your home, do you just leave the light on to trick thieves into thinking that someone’s home, or do you lock all doors and windows? When you park your car, do you lock it but leave the window open, or...
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A Vulnerability in Xiaomi's Guard Provider App Could Expose Devices to Malware
Many people assume that the only thing they need to do to protect their devices is to install some sort of security software. They tend to view anti-malware products as a panacea that can guarantee the safety of their...
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Two Leaky Databases Left over 540 Million Facebook User Records Publicly Accessible
For a while now, Facebook has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Last month, security reporter Brian Krebs revealed that the passwords of hundreds of millions of people had been stored in plaintext in...
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More Than 100,000 Were Trapped by a New Spam Campaign
According to Statista, on average, we send and receive more than 280 billion emails every day. Any sort of analysis of such an astronomical amount of information would be difficult, but despite this, researchers have...
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Why Is Facebook Asking for Email Passwords?
How much does Facebook know about you? Different people will give different answers. If you don't have a Facebook account, for example, you are likely to say that the world's largest social network knows nothing about...
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Toyota Reveals a Second Major Data Breach Within Two Months
As you probably know, when a company with millions of customers issues an official announcement that contains the statement 'we take security very seriously', the said company has most likely been a victim of a...
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Small Businesses Become the Favorite Target of Cyber Criminals Looking for Identity Records
Like it or not, cybercriminals breach online services every day and steal personal information of millions of regular users like you. The data is later sold for a profit and/or abused it in a variety of different...
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Beware of Malware That Is Spread via LinkedIn DMs
There seems to be not a single platform that hackers and cyber attackers are not ready to exploit. They can expose you to malware via your own email inbox. They can create fictitious websites to expose you to scams....
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