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With all of that is going on in the world, video conferencing has become the way to keep in touch. Zoom is quickly becoming to de-facto video conference choice. Unfortunately, due to some “bad people”, Zoom is changing some default security settings
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Based on the reaction on Twitter from both users of the Houseparty app and the maker of the app, something is just not right at the moment. It’s possible that the Houseparty app may have been compromised
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Welcome to 2019, and welcome to another data breach. From researcher Troy Hunt, a large set of files were found on a cloud account. The file set included over 87 GB (that would be gigabyte) of data. In the data there was millions of email accounts and passwords. Today’s post
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Another month another merchant announces that their point of sale system was compromised. This time it’s Forever 21 reporting their point of sale was compromised. Forever 21 Announcement – Point of Sale Compromised
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According to a post on the Imgur website, they have suffered a data breach that affects 1.7 million users of the site. For those who don’t use the site, Imgur is an online image sharing community and image host founded by Alan Schaaf in 2009.
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Yahoo has just posted information concerning a newly found breach of its systems. This hack of Yahoo systems appears to be unrelated to a previous announced breach in September 2016. This time the Yahoo breach is reportedly affecting an astronomical 1 Billion (yes that is a B in that number) user accounts, as
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According to a News Release by Quest Diagnostics, it appears they have suffered from being hacked. The news release states that on November 26, 2016, via a third party app that approximately 34,000 individuals have had Name, Date of Birth, lab results, and (in some cases) phone numbers compromised. The following is the News Released
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According to a notice released today by The Madison Square Garden Company, they have suffered a data breach on the on site credit card processing. Per MSG, if you visited the following locations Madison Square Garden Radio City Music Hall The Beacon Theatre The Chicago Theater between November 9th, 2015
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Even though most people don’t like to admit it, porn is one of the most popular features of the internet. Just remember, it’s not something usually spoken about at parties. Here is the problem, it has come to light that one of the biggest players in the online porn business
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Updated 9/22/16 @ 3:15 pm (EDT). Yahoo has now confirmed that it was breach, by what it calls “a state sponsored actor” in 2014. The hack according to Yahoo affects at least 500 million accounts (and to that can we all say DAMM!). Per Yahoo, The account information may have
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The two factor authentication works by using something you know (your password) plus something you have (either email or text message) to prevent anyone who doesn’t have both parts from accessing your account. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Dropbox, iCloud, and most online email services offer two-factor authentication. The following post is about How To Turn On Two Factor Authentication For Online Services.
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If you are a Time Warner Cable (TWC) customer, you really need to consider changing your password. It seems that the FBI has notified TWC that some of the TWC customer data including email addresses, and account passwords, may have been compromised. According to Nathalie Burgos, a spokeswoman for the
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