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What Are the Risks of a Data Breach?

Identity IQ

What Are the Risks of a Data Breach? IdentityIQ In a society dominated by digital interconnectedness, the risks associated with data breaches loom over individuals, businesses, and society at large. The ramifications extend past financial losses due to personal, corporate, and regulatory privacy being at risk.

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GUEST ESSAY: Lessons to be learned from the waves of BofA phone number spoofing scams

The Last Watchdog

Phone number spoofing involves manipulating caller ID displays to mimic legitimate phone numbers, giving scammers a deceptive veil of authenticity. They may claim that a new credit card or checking account has been opened in the victim’s name, providing specific details such as addresses and alleged deposits to sound convincing.

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Intimate Partner Threat

Schneier on Security

Princeton's Karen Levy has a good article computer security and the intimate partner threat: When you learn that your privacy has been compromised, the common advice is to prevent additional access -- delete your insecure account, open a new one, change your password.

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PCI v4 is coming. Are you ready?

Pen Test Partners

businesses gain the flexibility to define and deploy personalized security measures aligned with their specific cardholder data environment (CDE) setup. The innovative Customised Approach empowers well-established organisations to intricately specify their existing security controls to fulfil the objectives for each requirement.

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Black Friday and Cyber Weekend: Navigating the Tumultuous Waters of Retail Cybersecurity

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Black Friday and Cyber Monday, both hailed as the epitome of shopping extravagance, are also synonymous with a heightened risk of cyberattacks on retail platforms. Incorporate personal security best practices, such as two-factor authentication and encryption, in all your online interactions.

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GUEST ESSAY: Until we eliminate passwords, follow these 4 sure steps to password hygiene

The Last Watchdog

With so much critical data now stored in the cloud, how can people protect their accounts? After breaking a password, cybercriminals don’t only access that single account. Silo your risk by generating a unique password for each of your online accounts. 3) Activate 2FA on all accounts.

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

That link explains it in more detail but in short, it poses too big a risk for individuals, too big a risk for me personally and frankly, can't be done without taking the sorts of shortcuts that nobody should be taking with passwords in the first place! But there is another way and that's by using Pwned Passwords.