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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt that MercadoLibre’s data related hackers accessed to 300,000 users in the incident and the stolen information includes user account names, passwords, investment details, account information, and card info. Whereas, Vodafone is still investigating the cyber attack claims and internal data theft.

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Nine cyber-attack news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

Second is the news related to Baton Rouge General Health System (GHS), a healthcare service provider that disclosed yesterday that it was hit by a cyber attack in June this year leaking patient details to hackers. The post Nine cyber-attack news headlines trending on Google appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Cybersecurity for Seniors: Easy and Practical Advice – A Free Webinar With Joseph Steinberg, Author of Cybersecurity For Dummies

Joseph Steinberg

Change your password often. We have all received plenty of advice on how to avoid being harmed by cyber-attacks, but staying safe can often be confusing, complicated, or impractical. Don’t open attachments. Don’t click on any links sent in emails or text messages.

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Data Breach leads to Comcast Customer Data Leak

CyberSecurity Insiders

Now, reports are in that the database of the Pennsylvania based digital services provider was hit by a cyber attack leading to a data breach, thus leaking details to hackers. And when they tried to access the account, their attempts failed as their passwords were changed.

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Ransomware attack on Inter Continental Hotel Chain turns in to Wiper Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

Because of the cyber-attack, several guests found several difficulties in online booking of rooms at the hotel chain, resulting in huge losses. InterContinental Hotels Group’s IT staff were using a weak password Qwerty1234 to secure the database that the couple used it for malicious motives.

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MY TAKE: What NortonLifeLock’s $8 billion buyout of Avast portends for consumer security

The Last Watchdog

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords.

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Data Breach at Britain JD Sports leaks 10 million customers

CyberSecurity Insiders

JD Sports, Britain’s online retailer of branded sportswear, has reportedly become a victim of a cyber attack that leaked information of over 10 million customers. JD Sports has assured that hackers accessed no passwords related to their accounts and issued an apology for failing to protect the customer info.