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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Last year, a security firm in the UK uncovered that they could gain access to a GoPro camera and secretly watch or eavesdrop on users…This kind of incident is not new. In December 2014, hackers succeeded in publishing thousands of webcam streams from individuals and businesses. By visiting a website one could watch what’s happening in […]

The Anthem Inc. breach is massive and making headlines this week. The company disclosed on Wednesday that personally identifiable information (PII) of 80 million current and former members and employees have been lifted from their servers, including: Names Dates of birth IDs and social security numbers Addresses Phone numbers Email addresses Employment info Yikes. There’s a good chance […]