Identity IQ

MAY 13, 2024

How to Help Protect Yourself from a Data Breach While the threat to your personal security can be extremely unsettling, regular privacy scans, strong passwords and authentication, updated software, and being mindful as to what you share online, are major preventative measures you can practice daily to significantly help mitigate this risk.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

If you’re not taking your personal security seriously at every level, that misstep might allow others to gain access to your personal information (like your website login details), and act maliciously to spread their negative results to others. Simple Security Steps to Implement Today. WordPress starts with people.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2021

Passwords are a hot topic on social media at the moment, due to the re-emergence of a discussion about good password management practices. There’s a wealth of password management options available, some more desirable than others. The primary recommendation online is usually a software-based management tool.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2019

Have a quick watch of this: It's a slightly different piece of software based on what's visible, but the objective is the same and the premise is simple: download the tool, pass in the combo list then let it run. Instead, they need to look inwardly and adjust their own security practices instead. So what does it do?

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

The same anonymity model is used (neither 1Password nor HIBP ever see your actual password) and it enables bulk checking all in one go. Another 20 seconds and the software is testing those accounts against Spotify and reporting back with email addresses and passwords that can logon to accounts there.

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