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16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself

Zero Day

Also:   How to delete yourself from internet search results and hide your identity online For individuals, the damage can be more personal than figures on a balance sheet. And while financial costs may be a factor, individual victims may face targeted phishing campaigns, social engineering schemes, identity theft, and damage to credit.

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Heard about the 16 billion passwords leak? Here are the facts and how to protect yourself

Zero Day

Also:   How to delete yourself from internet search results and hide your identity online For individuals, the damage can be more personal than figures on a balance sheet. And while financial costs may be a factor, individual victims may face targeted phishing campaigns, social engineering schemes, identity theft, and damage to credit.

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3 crucial security steps people should do, but don't

Malwarebytes

Just 15 percent of people use a password manager. Just 35 percent of people have unique passwords for most or all of their accounts. Creating strong, unique passwords is simple enough, as any person can throw a cat at a keyboard and likely fulfill the password requirements for most online accounts.

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The Challenges Facing the Passwordless Future

eSecurity Planet

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. By 2015, Microsoft joined, and in 2020, Apple followed. Dashlane last month integrated passkeys into its cross-platform password manager. See the Top Password Managers.

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Australian social news platform leaks 80,000 user records

Security Affairs

Immediately change your email password and consider using a password manager. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. What happened to the data? We discovered the Snewpit bucket on September 24 and immediately reached out to the company in order to help secure the bucket.

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350 million decrypted email addresses left exposed on an unsecured server

Security Affairs

Here’s how: Create long, strong, and unique passwords that are difficult to guess, or use a password manager to generate strong passwords for you. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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IndieFlix streaming service leaves thousands of confidential agreements, filmmaker SSNs, videos exposed on public server

Security Affairs

While IndieFlix believes that the bucket has been publicly accessible since May 2015, the company has not found any suspicious activity or unauthorized access attempts to any of its accounts during the period. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Disclosure. Pierluigi Paganini.