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In has become so frequent it might almost bore us. A data breach exposed the identities, account information and contact data of 267 million users. If it didn’t expose hundreds of millions of people to identity theft and account takeovers across thousands of other internet sites, we could be forgiven for ignoring it. Facebook Yet …
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A settlement of $6 million was reached in a lawsuit involving 3.7 million patients of a hospital system impacted by a 2016 data breach. If approved by the courts, those affected will be entitled to $500 or $10,000 depending on the degree of damaged caused to them. Patients affected should take immediate action. Banner Health …
T-Mobile announced a massive data breach affecting users of its prepaid wireless accounts. Beyond account information, it exposed the phone number and address of its users. T-Mobile is downplaying this breach but there may be serious cause for concern since a mobile phone is a essentially a credit card with an antenna. T-Mobile: Move Along …
Wizards of the Coast, the maker of popular fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering have revealed that they left a copy of their database on shared cloud server without a password, allowing it to be accessed to anyone. The data breach has exposed the personal information of over 452,634 players. Magic: The Gathering Exposes Games …
Two former twitter employees have been charged with spying for Saudi Arabia. They used geolocating and other tools available to Twitter to provide a wealth of personal information including location, IP address, names of users who shared the same computer and other details to help the Kingdom located and identify its targets. Saudi Arabia Wanted …
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The smart device in your home can be taken over remotely by a laser beam shone on it by hackers. Your “smart device” then becomes a dumb slave following the Hacker’s – not your – every command whether it’s to unlock your front door, open your garage, adjust your thermostat or do anything else these …
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A recent FBI report in tells us that sextortion scams have more than doubled, up 242% in 2018 costing victims $83 million per year. Cyber criminals claim to have sensitive photos or similar information of a sexual nature and threatens to release it to your friends and family unless you pay extortion Meet Sextortion: The …
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Apple’s iOS 13 software update launched with its new iPhone 11 and available as a free upgrade for iPhone 6s and later devices includes some tremendous and some would say long overdue privacy and security features that you need to start using immediately to protect your data and your privacy from fraud and misuse.
A scan of 30,000 iOS App reveals that developers are deliberately deactivating security features made available to them by Apple which protect users. Most developers completely disable a default called ATS in order to improve communication with ad servers but thereby expose their apps to hackers.
This Memorial Day let’s remember that our brave fighting men and women face the additional burden of increased risk of identity theft both during and after their lives. Frequent travel, valuable benefits and other factors make them targets for criminals off all types but a few tips can help us protect them.
