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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

For this study, a data breach was defined as an intruder copying or leaking user data such as names, surnames, email addresses, passwords, etc. More than two thirds of American accounts are leaked with the password, putting breached users in danger of account takeover. That’s for the B2C users. Essential security tool.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

NOBELIUM, a group of Russia-based hackers, gained access to multiple enterprises through software code, stolen passwords, compromised on-premises servers, and minted SAML (Security Assertions Markup Language) tokens. Dep’t of Just., Response to state-sponsored hacking routinely requires very close coordination with multiple U.S.