All tagged breach
I have always considered myself pretty lucky in that I rarely receive fraudulent text messages. That luck recently ran out. Over the past few weeks I have noticed an uptick in the number of SMS phishing (smishing) messages that I receive on my phone. A few days ago, the smishing seemed to become even more frequent…
In late 2013, after the Adobe data breach, Australian cybersecurity expert, Troy Hunt, created the free web service, HaveIBeenPwned (HIBP), “as a free resource for anyone to quickly assess if they may have been put at risk due to an online account of theirs having been compromised or ‘pwned’ in a data breach.”
What does “pwned” mean? In this context, it basically means that…
It’s August 2020 and many families take this time to go on vacations. COVID-19 has caused many people to delay or cancel those plans so instead of Beach Week, here at Between The Hacks, we are dubbing this week as Breach Week.
Why? Because there was an unusually large number of data breaches made public this week. Avon, Drizly, Dave.com, Havenly and many others had data breached publicly online this week. So if you didn’t make it to the beach this year, put on your swimsuit, grab a frozen, fruity drink and relax as you learn which companies were breached, check if you were impacted, and learn how to be alerted if you are impacted by data breaches in the future.
Tech companies Helping businesses and schools stay connected in response to Coronavirus
FBI Arrests Alleged Owner of Deer.io, a Top Broker of Stolen Accounts
Warning — Unpatched Critical 'Wormable' Windows SMBv3 Flaw Disclosed…Then patched
Comcast Publishes info about customers who pay to have their info private
