Malwarebytes

JANUARY 31, 2024

From SpyCloud’s blog: “a small number of individual breaches totaling a large number of records – approximately 1.6 As Troy Hunt of HaveIBeenPwned pointed out on his blog, there is a data breach “personal stash” ecosystem. That leaves a lot of new records. But it does nothing to enforce that restriction.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Passwords Internet 121

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 29, 2024

Stashes of breaches like this are all over the place and they fuel an exchange ecosystem that replicates billions of records of personal data over and over again. You may only search information about yourself, or those you are authorized in writing to do so. That's not going to keep you out of trouble!

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Data breaches Passwords Advertising Personal Security 276

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2021

I’ve written this countless times: keep your antivirus updated, click judiciously, practice good password hygiene. Collectively, they’ve nurtured an entire new field of affiliate marketing partners: an army of bloggers and YouTubers who allude to VPNs as part of their blogs and videos. Related: Privacy war: Apple vs. Facebook.

B2C 214

B2C VPN Marketing Antivirus 214

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Since October is National Cyber Security Awareness month (NCSAM), we thought it would be fitting to write a bit about the overall subject of cyber security and how that applies to WordPress website owners. It’s not just about WordPress-powered websites, it’s about all people who browse the internet. It’s led by the U.S.

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Cybersecurity Small Business Cybercrime Internet 52

Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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.

Authentication 52

Authentication Passwords Media Encryption 52

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

More Americans than ever are working remotely and seeking out entertainment online, and this increase of internet activity has fueled a dramatic spike in cybercrime. Until biometrics or a quantum solution change our everyday approach to encryption, passwords remain our first line of defense against data breaches, hackers, and thieves.

Passwords 244

Passwords Password Management Accountability Data breaches 244

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows. In total, there are 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords. This is when treating the password as case sensitive but the email address as not case sensitive. There are 21,222,975 unique passwords. It'll be 99.x%

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Data breaches Passwords Password Management Accountability 280