Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This scam cleverly manipulates trust and the routine nature of order confirmations to breach personal security. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Email Security) Stefanie is a regular writer at Bora.

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Phishing Identity Theft Scams Malware 127

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2020

According to the company, customers’ messages within the Walgreens mobile application may have been viewed by other users due to a bug in the personal secure messaging feature. “We recently learned of unauthorized disclosure of one or more of your secure messages within the Walgreens mobile app.

Mobile 115

Mobile Data breaches Advertising Banking 115

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Whether that’s banking, social channels, or downloading that cool-looking app, there are simple ways you can protect yourself and your community, and actions you can take if you’re a victim of a cyber crime or hack. Creating a culture of security within your large, medium, and small business is critical to avoiding data breaches.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Small Business Cybercrime Internet 52

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Vladimir : All team members should pay attention to the security of the code they write, but at least one person per team should see the bigger picture throughout the product lifecycle and be responsible for security overall. Personally, security training helps me learn new security attacks and stay up to speed.

Engineering 64

Engineering Software Technology Risk 64

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Browser Guard adds an extra layer to your personal security, on top of your antivirus or firewall. It’s the world’s first browser extension to do this, while at the same time identifying and stopping tech support scams.

Identity Theft 109

Identity Theft Insurance VPN Mobile 109

Veracode Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Vladimir : All team members should pay attention to the security of the code they write, but at least one person per team should see the bigger picture throughout the product lifecycle and be responsible for security overall. Personally, security training helps me learn new security attacks and stay up to speed.

Engineering 52

Engineering Software Technology Risk 52

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

But simpler passwords are much easier to hack. Two-factor authentication may seem technically complicated, but “2FA” is a security measure you already know. Anytime a website sends you an SMS code or asks a personal security question, that’s a form of 2FA.

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Passwords Password Management Accountability Data breaches 244

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

One of my contacts pointed me to a popular hacking forum where the data was being socialised, complete with the following image: As you can see at the top left of the image, the root folder is called "Collection #1" hence the name I've given this breach. The collection totalled over 12,000 separate files and more than 87GB of data.

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Data breaches Passwords Password Management Accountability 280

Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Twitter was hacked this week. We need to start treating them that way, and that means both requiring them to do a better job on security and breaking them up. Class breaks are endemic to computerized systems, and they're not something that we as users can defend against with better personal security.

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Hacking Banking Accountability Government 311