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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month – What it Really Means for WordPress Users

SiteLock

2016 marks the 13th year of NCSAM and it was also this year that President Barack Obama officially declared October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month. NCSAM 2016 is broken into weekly themes in order to ensure that all citizens are made aware of the steps they can take to ensure their own security online.

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The Data Breach "Personal Stash" Ecosystem

Troy Hunt

LeakedSource services were often advertised on hacking forums and there was suspicion that its operators were actively looking to hack organizations whose data they could add to their database. You may only search information about yourself, or those you are authorized in writing to do so.

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 15, 2016. People will receive notifications or browse to the site and find themselves there and it will be one more little reminder about how our personal data is misused. I've reproduced a list that was published to the hacking forum I mentioned and that contains 2,890 file names.