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Mother of all Breaches may contain NEW breach data

Malwarebytes

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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The Data Breach "Personal Stash" Ecosystem

Troy Hunt

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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MY TAKE: How consumer-grade VPNs are enabling individuals to do DIY security

The Last Watchdog

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. VPNs give the individual user direct control over the unique data stream transmitting data between their laptop or smartphone and the Internet.

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month – What it Really Means for WordPress Users

SiteLock

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

The Last Watchdog

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. Two-factor authentication may seem technically complicated, but “2FA” is a security measure you already know. Related: Training human sensors.

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

Many others, over the years to come, will check their address on the site and land on this blog post when clicking in the breach description for more information. Checking Email Addresses and Passwords in HIBP There'll be a significant number of people that'll land here after receiving a notification from HIBP; about 2.2M