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

Zero Day

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. Close Home Tech Security 16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach?

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Election season raises fears for nearly a third of people who worry their vote could be leaked

Malwarebytes

Drilling further into the data, 56% said they were “extremely concerned” or “very concerned” about the security of their personal information during this election season. Escaping this data collection regime has proven difficult for most people. The reasons could be obvious.

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Inside the DemandScience by Pure Incubation Data Breach

Troy Hunt

Apparently, before a child reaches the age of 13, advertisers will have gathered more 72 million data points on them. I knew I'd seen a metric about this sometime recently, so I went looking for "7,000", which perfectly illustrates how unaware we are of the extent of data collection on all of us.

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

Zero Day

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. Close Home Tech Security Heard about the 16 billion passwords leak? Here are the facts and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach?

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Lumma/Amadey: fake CAPTCHAs want to know if you’re human

SecureList

They purchase advertising slots that redirect users to malicious resources, employing various tricks to achieve infections. Users in Brazil, Spain, Italy, and Russia were most frequently affected. Conclusion Cybercriminals often infiltrate ad networks that are open to all comers.

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Comparing Antivirus Software 2025: Avast vs. AVG

eSecurity Planet

In 2020 , the company harvested users’ browsing data, particularly data collected from Avast and AVG’s free versions and browser extensions, to be monetized through company subsidiary Jumpshot. In February 2024 , the FTC ordered Avast to cease “selling browsing data for advertising purposes” and to pay out $16.5

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IVPN review: This VPN takes privacy to the next level

Zero Day

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. I went through the report, which mostly showed that they haven't handed over any user data despite getting several orders to do so.  Neither ZDNET nor the author are compensated for these independent reviews.

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