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Graduation to Adulting: Navigating Identity Protection and Beyond!

Webroot

Why protecting your identity matters Imagine this: you’re building your credit score, applying for a credit card, or renting your first apartment. These milestones are crucial, but they also make you a prime target for identity theft and fraud. Losing them to cyber threats can compromise your future.

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These are the 15 Top Cyber Threats Now

SecureWorld News

Sometimes when you are down in the cyber attack trees defending your organization, it can be tough to see the cyber threat forest. Understanding how things are shifting in the forest, or overall threat landscape, can help us categorize, strategize, and prioritize our resources. What are the top cyber threats right now?

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Encrypting files and emails: A beginner’s guide to securing sensitive information

CyberSecurity Insiders

One of the most effective ways to do this is through encryption. Encryption is the process of converting plain text or data into an unreadable format using an encryption algorithm, which can only be deciphered or decrypted by those who have the decryption key. Why encrypt files and Emails?

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2023: A Year of Record-Breaking Data Breaches

Identity IQ

Data breaches reached an all-time high, leaving a trail of identity theft cases. This has left victims scrambling to understand the extent of the damage and how to help protect themselves against the evolving threat of identity theft. But the numbers alone tell only part of the story.

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What do Cyber Threat Actors do with your information?

Zigrin Security

Financially Motivated Threat Actors Financially motivated threat actors are the most populated kind of threat actors. They would come for all kinds of data since data like credit card numbers equal directly to money, government or corporate secrets can be sold, and they can encrypt all kinds of critical data for ransom.

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How to Help Protect Your Digital Footprint

Identity IQ

How to Help Protect Your Digital Footprint IdentityIQ Every click, search, and interaction online contributes to your digital footprint – an intricate trail of data that encapsulates your digital identity. Be Mindful of Your Online Accounts Your online accounts are key access points to your digital identity.

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Today’s CISO Insights – How to Tackle the Quantum Threat

CyberSecurity Insiders

Due to this specific way of processing, quantum computers can also break many of the current encryption algorithms used to protect data. Most likely his data is protected using current encryption algorithms and keys. It is safe, encrypted, and should take forever to decrypt.” This is why CISOs everywhere should be concerned.

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