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PetSmart warns customers of credential stuffing attack

Malwarebytes

You can also reset your password by visiting www.petsmart.com/account/. Across the internet, fraudsters are constantly trying to obtain user names and passwords and they often try and test the credentials they find on various websites, like ours. Maybe they found them in the proceeds of a previous data breach.

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Internet safety tips for kids and teens: A comprehensive guide for the modern parent

Malwarebytes

Today’s generation of kids and teens consider their devices and the Internet as extensions of their lives. So without further ado, let’s dive into what we should be teaching our kids about Internet safety and what we can do to enforce these teachings. 7 Internet safety tips. Keep your online accounts secure.

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Bitwarden vs 1Password: Compare Top Password Managers

eSecurity Planet

The average internet user has somewhere around 100 accounts, according to NordPass research, meaning they have to track 100 different passwords or risk using the same one over and over. Business users get access to shared vaults, and administrators can create custom groups, roles, and temporary guest accounts. per user/mo!

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SEC Sanctions Several Companies over Email Account Hacking

Hacker Combat

SEC reiterated that Cambridge Investment Research discovered the first breach in 2018 January but took no action to boost email account security until 2021. . In 2015 the US was investigating cybercriminals believed to have broken into company email accounts and acquired unauthorized access to financial secrets.

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So long passwords, thanks for all the phish

Google Security

By: Arnar Birgisson and Diana K Smetters, Identity Ecosystems and Google Account Security and Safety teams Starting today , you can create and use passkeys on your personal Google Account. When you use a passkey to sign in to your Google Account, it proves to Google that you have access to your device and are able to unlock it.

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Password checkup: from 0 to 650, 000 users in 20 days

Elie

On February 5th, for Safer Internet Day, our team. Password checkup allows users to check, in a privacy-preserving manner, whether their username and password matches one of the more than 4B+ credentials exposed by third-party data breaches of which Google is aware. Accounts which are exposed via data breach are.