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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 […]
Hacking in the Internet of Things Era
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 […]
What Nobody Is Telling You About the Anthem Inc. Breach
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 […]