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Facebook expects to face a massive fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the result of an investigation into its privacy policies—that’s about one month’s revenue for the social media giant.
To be clear the amount of fine… Continue reading Facebook Could Be Fined Up To $5 Billion Over Privacy Violations
Facebook has been caught practicing the worst ever user-verification mechanism that could put the security of its users at risk.
Generally, social media or any other online service asks users to confirm a secret code or a unique URL sent to the email … Continue reading Facebook Caught Asking Some Users Passwords for Their Email Accounts
Major data breaches and cyber attacks are occurring at an alarming rate, and if you are still not using a VPN and password manager app, you are seriously out of excuses.
Not just VPN software and a password manager, cybersecurity experts also recommen… Continue reading Get 4 Essential CyberSecurity Software For Less Than $10 Per Month
Holy moly, Facebook is again at the center of a new privacy controversy after revealing today that its platform mistakenly kept a copy of passwords for “hundreds of millions” users in plaintext.
What’s more? Not just Facebook, Instagram users are also… Continue reading Facebook Mistakenly Stored Millions of Users’ Passwords in Plaintext
Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed details of two newly identified Magecart attacks targeting online shoppers of bedding retailers MyPillow and Amerisleep.
Magecart is an umbrella term researchers gave to at least 11 different hacking groups th… Continue reading New MageCart Attacks Target Bedding Retailers My Pillow and Amerisleep
When biometrics work properly, they can provide you with an easy to use security solution with a reasonable level of…
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Sorry, but I felt no need to purchase a monocle so I could have it pop out of my eye…
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One of the ways that hackers get users to click on malicious links or believe false emails is to use…
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As information security professionals, our goal is to protect information against attacks on confidentiality, integrity and availability. Today, I want…
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By David Balaban
We live in a world where anonymity and online privacy are impossible things. Your phone calls can be tapped, smartphone data can be stolen, and even the camera and microphone can be turned on remotely. You can be watched from the satel… Continue reading Taking Care of Your Personal Online Security (For Paranoids)