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

Zero Day

Unfortunately, many organizations will still prioritize secrecy over consumer protection in a bid to hush up incidents and protect their reputations. Enable two-factor authentication Whenever you can, enable  two-factor authentication  (2FA) -- especially after you've become a victim of a data breach. 

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2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: Not Getting Easier; But There is Hope

SecureWorld News

and its allies must keep up; GenAI; mobile threats; RaaS makes it easier for the bad actors; non-human identity management; OT, IoT, and IIoT security and threats; cyber resiliency; SOC models; and improving cybersecurity education and programming. Let me unpack what I mean. could reduce identity theft and build trust online.

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

Zero Day

Unfortunately, many organizations will still prioritize secrecy over consumer protection in a bid to hush up incidents and protect their reputations. Enable two-factor authentication Whenever you can, enable  two-factor authentication  (2FA) -- especially after you've become a victim of a data breach. 

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Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

A California company that helps telemarketing firms avoid getting sued for violating a federal law that seeks to curb robocalls has leaked the phone numbers, email addresses and passwords of all its customers, as well as the mobile phone numbers and other data on people who have hired lawyers to go after telemarketers.

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FCC Enacts Rules Against SIM Swapping to Protect Mobile Phone Users

SecureWorld News

These fraudulent activities not only compromise wireless account access but also pose significant risks to financial accounts, social media profiles, and other online services utilizing phone numbers for multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Utility scams update

Malwarebytes

Utility-based ads targeting mobile phones It only took us 15 minutes to find about a dozen fraudulent ads on Google related to utility bills. This campaign is targeting mobile devices only, as far as we can tell, and U.S. They are registered to advertisers based in the US and their websites look almost authentic. based entities.

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How Thales and Red Hat Protect Telcos from API Attacks

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

How Thales and Red Hat Protect Telcos from API Attacks madhav Thu, 02/22/2024 - 04:55 Application programming interfaces (APIs) power nearly every aspect of modern applications and have become the backbone of today’s economy. These include breaches on major operators such as T-Mobile.