Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2025

Nova Scotia Power confirmed a data breach involving the theft of sensitive customer data after the April cybersecurity incident. This week, the company disclosed a data breach after the April security incident and revealed that threat actors stole sensitive customer data. Nova Scotia Power Inc.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Data breaches and account hacks are a growing concern for users, especially with the personal and professional information shared on the platform. If youre worried about your Instagram account being hacked , it's essential to take proactive steps to protect your data. Revoke access to any app you no longer use or trust.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Here are 50 ways to avoid getting scammed on Black Friday — and beyond. Popular browsers, like Safari or Firefox, frequently issue updates to protect against scams. Never use duplicate usernames or passwords across any of your online accounts to limit your exposure in case of a data breach. Report scams.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2025

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that the recent data breach exposed data belonging to 69,461 individuals. Coinbase disclosed that a data breach impacted 69,461 individuals after overseas support staff improperly accessed customer and corporate data. We said no.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 26, 2025

As such, readers should be the lookout for any scams or phishing attempts in the coming weeks. And, importantly, as the owner of the website Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), which helps people search whether theyve been involved in a data breach, Hunt had one more data breach to add to the website’s collection: His own.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

After a Revolut employee fell for a phishing scam last Sunday night, the app-based transactions startup experienced a data breach. The post Revolut Suffers Data Breach appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 14, 2022

For many years now, I've lamented about how much of my time is spent attempting to disclose data breaches to impacted companies. It's by far the single most time-consuming activity in processing breaches for Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) and frankly, it's about the most thankless task I can imagine.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2025

Before we get to the Apple scam in detail, we need to revisit Tony’s case. The Owner: The phishing panel owner, who will frequently listen in on and participate in scam calls. Perm’s group and other crypto phishing gangs rely on a mix of homemade code and third-party data broker services to refine their target lists.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Modern TVs have “unprecedented capabilities for surveillance and manipulation,” group reveals Internet Archive suffers data breach and DDoS Google Search user interface: A/B testing shows security concerns remain AI girlfriend site breached, user fantasies stolen MoneyGram confirms customer data breach Exposing (..)

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 1, 2021

I'll talk more about the last past of the trip then as well as those all new fresh 2021 data breaches I'm sure we'll have by Friday.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The City of Philadelphia discloses a data breach that resulted from a cyber attack that took place on May 24 and that compromised City email accounts. Potentially affected Individuals are recommended to remain vigilant against fraudulent activities such as identity theft and scam attempts. Department of Health and Human Service.

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Adam Levin

JULY 10, 2020

2020 is on the path to becoming a record-breaking year for data breaches and compromised personal data. While the number of publicly reported breaches in Q1 2020 decreased by 58% compared to 2019, the coronavirus pandemic gave cybercriminals new ways to thrive,” wrote Bitdefender researcher and blogger Alina Bizga.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

(it's a beautiful piece I'm very humbled to have received) I killed some time messing with an SEO spammer (what do you mean Troy Hunt sucks?!)

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

This month, take advantage of all that NCPW offers, including access to free tools and information that can help you identify and prevent online scams, fraud, and identity theft. The growing risks to your data During the third quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than 422 million records worldwide.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 29, 2022

The airliner, that truly stands as a low-cost carrier, has suffered a data breach as per a report released to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT- In). CyberX9 claims that the Vi data breach info was available to it, after it purchased it from a tech forum where a group of hackers kept it for sale.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 31, 2024

TL;DR — Tens of millions of credentials obtained from info stealer logs populated by malware were posted to Telegram channels last month and used to shake down companies for bug bounties under the misrepresentation the data originated from their service. How many attempted scams do you get each day? Of the total count, 89.7%

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Here’s a closer look at what typically transpires in the weeks or months before an organization notifies its users about a breached database. .” Urgency should be a giant red flag. Take a deep breath.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That investigation detailed how the 38-year-old Shefel adopted the nickname Rescator while working as vice president of payments at ChronoPay , a Russian financial company that paid spammers to advertise fake antivirus scams, male enhancement drugs and knockoff pharmaceuticals. “I’m also godfather of his second son.”

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Identity IQ

MAY 10, 2024

Dell Data Breach Affects 49 Million Customers IdentityIQ Dell Data Breach Affects 49 Million Customers Dell recently announced its investigation into a data breach exposing the personal information of more than 49 million customers. How Did This Data Breach Happen?

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Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The automaker reveals in a data breach warning that a subcontractor uploading Toyota source code to a GitHub repository unintentionally set to public access was the primary cause of the data loss. The post Toyota Discloses Data Breach Impacting Source Code appeared first on Hacker Combat.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Some of the information out there was granular enough to allow a variety of scams, but the most serious is SIM-card swapping scams, where a criminal, armed with enough information about you, and most crucially your phone number, arranges to have your number moved to a phone in the criminal’s possession. . Introducing the legacy fail.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Phishing In phishing scams, cybercriminals trick people and businesses into handing over sensitive information like credit card numbers or login details for vital online accounts. The hackers hijacked the channels to spread cryptocurrency scams, while deleting some of the groups old videos in the process.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 8, 2025

One-time passcode workaround Passwords alone offer a limited level of security because they can be easily guessed, stolen through phishing, or compromised in data breaches.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2025

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Text scams grow to steal hundreds of millions of dollars Apple patches security vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS. Update now!

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

After recording this video, someone also pointed out that the data is already being abused in a pretty traceable fashion: @troyhunt not sure if this is particularly useful but I just received this scam attempt. One click gets you a unique email address for every online signup. Try it now!

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 15, 2024

In what could be one of the largest data breaches in history, personal information of potentially billions of individuals may have been compromised in a hack of National Public Data (NPD), a Florida-based background check company. Stay alert for phishing attempts and other scams.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

The company warns that the stolen data can be used to carry out scams, phishing attacks, and identity theft against Australians.

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Graham Cluley

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A Facebook friend request leads to arrest, Twitter scams ride again via promoted ads, and adult websites expose their members. Oh, and Graham finds out what Rule 34 is. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2024

Personal information like names, addresses, phone numbers, passcodes, and social security numbers are prized assets for cybercriminals because they can be used to make scams much more believable. Protecting yourself from a data breach There are some actions you can take if you are, or suspect you may have been, the victim of a data breach.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 19, 2024

Of course, scam calls warning about the termination of utility service if a payment is not made immediately are nothing new. Hence, criminals do seem to increase their perpetration of utility-shutoff scams at times of extreme weather. I was tempted to ask the caller if she could see my payment for $527.01

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

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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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2023

Phishing scams pose a significant risk to companies and can lead to great loss in the form of stolen account credentials, fraudulent payments and corporate data breaches, among others. The post Defending Against Known, Unknown & Unknown-Unknown Email Scams appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

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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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Other than that, there's the usual things including new tech (the Apple Watch), data breaches (Facepunch and another especially nasty one), sextortion scams and fabricated Spotify breaches. So yeah, business as usual on the internet!

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Identity IQ

APRIL 20, 2023

Tax Season Scams: How to Protect Your Identity IdentityIQ While it’s important to be on high alert and protect your identity all year long, tax season is an especially vulnerable time. Every tax season, identity thieves run a variety of scams to get their hands on taxpayers’ personal information. It’s probably a scam.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Below are some of the most-read and commented-on enterprise stories throughout 2018, a year marked by a relentless onslaught of data breaches, data leaks and increasingly sneaky scams. What the Marriott Breach Says About Security. Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever. Thanks for your patience.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 20, 2025

We would like to stress that we are not referring to any vulnerability or data breach with Semrush or its platform in this post. In this blog post, we detail how fraudsters are taking an indirect approach to hacking Google advertisers and by the same token likely gaining access to Semrush accounts.

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