IT Security Guru

AUGUST 9, 2022

A data breach is any person’s nightmare. Hackers target small and medium businesses as they don’t have the resources to pay for cybersecurity tools and network upgrades to protect their data against the latest cybercriminals’ tricks as large corporations do. Secure your accounts with complex passwords.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 29, 2022

Reset your password now! Plex suffers data breach. Source code of password manager LastPass stolen by attacker. Adware found on Google Play — PDF Reader servicing up full screen ads. Thousands of Hikvision video cameras remain unpatched and vulnerable to takeover. How to secure a Mac for your kids.

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Social Engineering Adware Password Management Manufacturing 62

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As home users, many of the threats we cover will only affect you second hand, such as disruptions after a company suffers a ransomware attack, or when your private information is sold online after a data breach. AMOS malware can steal passwords from browsers and Apple’s Keychain, as well as grab files. This is changing.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach Russians charged with hacking Mt. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Social Engineering Data breaches Ransomware Cybercrime 85

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Digital attributes are data points about you that are often used for administrative reasons and include: Date of birth. Some hackers even set up rogue hotspots with the sole intention of luring unsuspecting device users and stealing their valuable data. Data Breaches. Weak or Limited Number of Passwords.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

At first considered a reasonably dangerous threat (researchers now believe it’s a form of adware), Silver Sparrow is nevertheless a malware family of intrigue for showcasing “mature” capabilities, such as the ability to remove itself, which is usually reserved for stealth operations. Adware accounted for another 22 percent.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Adware keyloggers. The only good news is that it is not the intent of these programs to harm you (though poor data handling practices by shady adware companies definitely could cause harm regardless of intent). Since so many people reuse passwords, this is unfortunately a fairly reliable strategy. Malicious keyloggers.

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