Recently, multiple US government agencies and thousands of individual federal and private companies have been hit by a large-scale cyberattack, resulting in one of the most serious data breaches in recent history. While sources allege that Russian state hackers were behind the attack, government officials are still wrapping their heads around the scope of the data breach as details continue to come forth daily.
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If you spend a lot of time on the internet, you’ve probably seen these Netflix phishing scams.
While Netflix scams have been circulating the internet for quite some time now, this scam is deceptive enough to not only bypass spam filters but even trick some more tech-savvy individuals into parting with their credit card details.
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Last week, Twitter revealed a bug in its iOS application that affects your privacy. The location data on some Twitter accounts were shared, without the owner’s knowledge, with one of Twitter’s partners during a real-time bidding process. Are you affected? Continue reading below to find out.
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In 2018 we saw data breaches compromise the information of millions of people. We were writing about them, what seemed like, every other week. So in 2019, what can we do about it? Unfortunately, data breaches are inevitable and there’s nothing you as an individual can do to prevent them. But, there are ways to minimize the damage.
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Charitable giving continues to grow year over year, and the majority is from individuals. In 2017, 70% of American donations came from individuals, up 5.2% from 2016. In Canada, donations continue to rise every year, with the baby boomer generation being responsible for more than 40% of total donations. But with everything nowadays you need to beware of scammers who will try to take advantage of these good intentions, and pocket your donations instead of distributing them to a greater need.
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In 2018 we saw a rise of problems with Internet of Things (IoT) devices, cryptomining, and a slew of breaches. Read on for how to prepare for the anticipated threats in 2019.
In 2018 we saw a rise in data breaches and deepening mistrust in social media platforms like Facebook. More than ever digital users should be wary about what data is being sold. Read on for 2019’s cyber security forecast.
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Facebook just revealed that a new bug gave app developers too much access to the photos of up to 5.6 million users’ photos. These photos were not shared publicly yet third-party app developers were still able to access them. In what has been a rough year for Facebook security, keep reading for all the details about the latest slip up.
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Google+ is a social media platform Google launched in 2011. In October 2018 the company announced it will shut down its consumer-facing services. As the second large data breach in two months, this information has served to expedite the shutdown of Google’s social platform. You can read Google’s response to their breach of information here.
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Have you ever queried about something on Quora? If so you might be in for a rude awakening. On November 30th Quora found a remote third party hacker was accessing one of the site’s systems, they released a statement about it on Monday, December 3rd. CEO Adam D’Angelo has assured that the breached system is no longer vulnerable and a digital investigation is underway. Keep reading to learn more. …
