Barnes & Noble Hack: A Reading List for Phishers and Crooks

Customers’ lists of book purchases along with email addresses and more could have been exposed — and that’s a problem. Continue reading Barnes & Noble Hack: A Reading List for Phishers and Crooks

Cloud Leak Exposes 320M Dating-Site Records

A misconfigured, Mailfire-owned Elasticsearch server impacted 70 dating and e-commerce sites, exposing PII and details such as romantic preferences. Continue reading Cloud Leak Exposes 320M Dating-Site Records

Cash Advance Service Dave.com Reports Data Breach

Digital banking and cash advance app Dave has reported a data breach after a bad actor published a database containing personal information of 7.5 million users on a public hacking forum. According to a data breach memo, “a malicious party recent… Continue reading Cash Advance Service Dave.com Reports Data Breach

5 Ways to Strengthen your Password

We use passwords to secure a variety of personal and professional accounts. These accounts protect important data such as ourbanking information, medical portals, or company emails. As we create more profiles for different business and life-critical ap… Continue reading 5 Ways to Strengthen your Password

Maze Ransomware Behind Pensacola Attack, Data Breach Looms

Maze exfiltrates data as well as locks down systems. Officials said they don’t know yet whether any residents’ personal information has been breached.  Continue reading Maze Ransomware Behind Pensacola Attack, Data Breach Looms

Adobe exposes 7 million Creative Cloud accounts online

Creative software giant Adobe has issued a security notice confirming the embarrassing exposure of over 7 million user accounts, potentially leaving users vulnerable to phishing scams. On Friday, an Adobe blog entry titled “Security Update”… Continue reading Adobe exposes 7 million Creative Cloud accounts online

California adds biometric specs to data breach law

California is changing its Information Practices Act of 1977 to expand the definition of personal information with additional identifiers, including biometric data of those affected. The amendment comes with new instructions on how to notify affected p… Continue reading California adds biometric specs to data breach law