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National Consumer Protection Week: Keeping your personal data safe in a digitally connected world

Webroot

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. Each year, the first week of March (March 2-8) is recognized as National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW).

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

Zero Day

Close Home Tech Security 16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? PT Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one.

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

Zero Day

Here are the facts and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? PT Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one.   Think you've been involved in a data breach?

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Key Cybersecurity Trends for 2025. My Predictions

Jane Frankland

With 24% of all data breaches using ransomware, this commoditisation of cybercrime significantly broadens the field, resulting in a sharp increase in the frequency and variety of attacks. Insider Threats as a Growing Concern Insider threats represent one of the most underestimated vectors in this evolving landscape.

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

SecureWorld News

Zero Trust Architecture Becomes the Norm: Organizations will fully embrace Zero Trust principles, leading to better segmentation and control over data, even in hybrid and remote work environments. AI Governance Across Supply Chains: U.S.-based based organizations may identify AI Governance and security as an operational risk.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 513 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Spreads via Impersonation of Official Email to Target Users in Taiwan Belgian prosecutor probes alleged Chinese hacking of intelligence service Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning Cybersecurity Trump 2.0

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Many data brokers are failing to register with state consumer protection agencies

Malwarebytes

Hundreds of data brokers haven’t registered with state consumer protection agencies, according to The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC). The NPD data breach made international headlines because it affected hundreds of millions of people, and it included Social Security Numbers.