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A Declaration of Digital Independence
Earlier this month, I delivered a Web Summit keynote about the importance of taking back control of your digital identity, so together we can build a better internet. Digital life is risky and complicated When it comes to our digital lives, this year was an extraordinary one—extraordinary not only in the sheer quantity and scale […]
Facebook Was Hacked: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Facebook, the social media giant with over two billion monthly active users, reported earlier today that their engineering team discovered an attack on their systems that compromised the information of 50 million Facebook users. As one of the leading data-collection agencies in the world, Facebook is nearly unrivaled in its depth and range of user […]
Reddit Was Hacked: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Reddit, which bills itself as the front page of the internet, fell victim to one of the internet’s oldest and most pressing issues: hacking. Earlier today, Reddit disclosed that “a hacker broke into a few of Reddit’s systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses and a 2007 database containing […]
Dashlane’s CEO on Why You Should Be Concerned About Your Data
Data privacy is a red-hot topic nowadays. Between the massive Equifax breach, the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal, and all of the publicity generated by the European Union’s new GDPR legislation, now is as good a time as any to dive into the state of data privacy in America. Earlier this month, security researcher Vinny Troia says he […]
Dashlane Uncovers Troubling Password Patterns
Virginia Tech and Dashlane Analysis Find Risky, Lazy Passwords the Norm Dashlane analyzed over 61 million passwords and uncovered some troubling password patterns. The analysis was conducted with research provided by Dr. Gang Wang, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. The Virginia Tech project, described as “the first large-scale […]
Twitter Asks 330 Million Users to Change Their Password—What Happened?
Yesterday, Twitter disclosed a bug that left 330 million user passwords exposed in plaintext in an internal log. Twitter has been adamant that there has thus far been no breach or evidence of misuse; rather, a bug in their system meant that someone could have accessed those passwords. Any scenario where user passwords are stored in […]
Meltdown and Spectre: What you Need to Know to Stay Safe
Two critical security flaws were found, named “Meltdown” and “Spectre” which affect virtually all processors on the market. Nicole Perlroth, a New York Times cybersecurity writer, does a tremendous job of explaining the security flaws in this article. You can additionally read her Twitter thread below if you prefer. https://twitter.com/nicoleperlroth/status/948684376249962496 Essentially, this breaks down to […]
Yahoo Breach Update: Every Yahoo Account Impacted By 2013 Breach, Now 3X Larger Than Initially Reported
The Yahoo data breach incident that happened in 2013 was initially reported to have only impacted 1 billion users at the time making it the largest data breach in history. However, it has just been announced that the impact was, in fact, much worse as the massive data breach affected not just 1 billion but […]
Sensitive Data for 143 Million US Equifax Customers Were Exposed in a Data Breach. Here’s Everything You Need to Know.
Credit reporting company Equifax announced Thursday that a “cybersecurity incident” could potentially affect up to 143 million of its US customers. This story is still developing, but here’s everything we know so far. What happened? According to a press release from Equifax, hackers exploited a vulnerability in the company’s US web application to gain access […]
Another Global Ransomware Outbreak Is Occurring Right Now. Here’s What We Know So Far.
Last update: 6/28/2017 at 11:49am — This is a developing story and we will update it as we learn of new details. What is going on? According to Motherboard and various international publications, another wave of ransomware is reportedly infecting computers in Spain, France, Ukraine, Russia, Britain, Denmark and several other countries. It is currently unknown […]
Everything You Need to Know about WannaCry Ransomware and How to Keep Your Accounts Safe
Updated: 5/30/2017 [Update] A massive ransomware attack affected thousands of schools, hospitals, and other organizations in more than 150 countries. In a recent blog post, researchers at Kryptos Logic argue that approximately 727,000 unique IP addresses were WannaCry victims and “that the real number of affected systems, by assessing the sinkhole data, is in the millions, […]
DDoS Attacks Are Crippling Twitter, Amazon, and Reddit. Here’s How.
Updated 10/24/2016 On Friday, October 21, Twitter, Spotify, Reddit, AirBnb, Github, and several major websites reported outages due to a Distributed Denial of Service attack (DD0S). Here’s what you need to know about the attack and how to protect yourself. Wait, what exactly happened? On the morning of October 21, several prominent websites were taken […]