June 24, 2020

iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, Safari to give us ‘No, thanks!’ option for ad tracking

At WWDC, Apple promised to double down on data protection in its upcoming iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, and Safari releases.

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March 09, 2020

99% of compromised Microsoft enterprise accounts lack MFA

Cybercriminals compromise over a million Microsoft enterprise accounts each month as too few customers use multi-factor authentication.

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March 06, 2020

Boots yanks loyalty card payouts after 150K accounts get stuffed

The UK pharmacy chain says it wasn't hacked, its systems are fine. It's all the password reusers mucking things up again!

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February 20, 2020

Ring makes 2FA mandatory to keep hackers out of your doorbell account

Amazon is following Google's lead by forcing all users to use two-factor authentication when logging into their Ring accounts.

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January 14, 2020

Lottery hacker gets 9 months for his £5 cut of the loot

We don't care how little you made from your crimes, the judge said. We care that you went after an outfit that gives a ton to charities.

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September 17, 2019

Former hacker warns against password reuse

Kyle Milliken is back from jail, and he has some advice for you: Do. Not. Reuse. Your. Passwords.

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August 27, 2019

Court squeezes $1 million back from convicted phisher

Prolific phishing scammer Grant West has been sentenced to 10 years, 8 months, and reimbursement for victims.

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August 20, 2019

Chrome users ignoring warnings to change breached passwords

If you were told that the password you had just entered was known to have been compromised in a data breach, what would you do?

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June 11, 2019

It’s a SCAM: Send Bitcoin or your company’s reputation is TOAST!

"I will insult people. And everyone will not care that it's not you." But it's social-disaster baloney!

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