Pucker up for a selfie and set your Snapchat filter with dog ears – it is World Social Media Day! If we divide tech users into two groups, the casual account holders and the social media fanatics, this event can mean very different things. The casual user might see social media as a necessary evil, […]
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A recently announced Evite data breach has some alarming potential outcomes. The internet-driven invitation platform allowed people to sign up for events and virtual meetups, so the very nature of the website gave outsiders a way to contact users via email. Access to the users’ Evite accounts means a hacker could send phishing attempts, malicious
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In 2018, more than one million children were victims of identity theft. Keep in mind these are only reported cases meaning there are most likely far more victims than we know. As a parent, it’s important to think about how can we help protect our children from identity theft and the years of repercussions that
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United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it was victim of a data breach at the hands of a third-party partner. The information exposed included photos of license plates and travelers. CBP released a statement about the Customs and Border Protection data breach saying, “In violation of CBP policies and without CBP’s authorization
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Data breach laws can vary from state to state in terms of notification. For years some states did not even have laws in place that required companies to inform victims if their data had been compromised in a breach. Laws vary depending on not only the location of the company that was breached, but also
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When it comes to our technology, our privacy and security are only as good as the devices and content we use. When there’s an unseen flaw in an app, for example, hackers can exploit it and attack our accounts without our knowledge or even without knowing the flaw exists. That was seen in the latest
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Phishing scams are a low-effort way for scammers to trick consumers into revealing personal information. Communication from payment platforms can be convincing with a Stripe email phishing scam now making the rounds. Phishing scams have been around for years, and with the ability to send out millions of phony emails a day, scammers don’t have
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Microsoft announced a data breach that gave hackers limited access to some of its customers’ email accounts. The hackers were able to see email addresses, subject lines of emails, and folders, but not open any emails or their attachments. They also were not able to obtain the customers’ passwords. Essentially, the hackers were able to
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Hackers are targeting vendors of companies for third-party data breach efforts. This trend rose in 2018, with over 4 million records exposed due to criminal efforts focused on vendor security. Data breaches often occur at the hand, or keyboards, of hackers. Criminals can infiltrate insecure systems and steal personal data owned or stored by a
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