IT Governance

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Welcome to our December 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. The account, which belongs to the now-suspended Twitter user “s4ge_ETH”, was verified, had Bankman-Fried’s handle “SBF” and his Twitter avatar.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

In fact, the apps could access nearly all of users’ personal data – data the apps didn’t need. Facebook told users they could restrict sharing of data to limited audiences – for example with “Friends Only.” Facebook promised users that it would not share their personal information with advertisers.

Privacy 92

Privacy Access Government Personal data 92

Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 413 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Ransomware 82

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With nothing more than an employee’s face needed to gain access, accounts can be set up and access levels changed relatively easily, without the hassle or insecurity of improperly saved passwords. Another concern is that of false negatives in identification, which can deny the right person access.

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Authentication Artificial Intelligence Access Passwords 125

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Search for your account across multiple breaches [link] — Have I Been Pwned (@haveibeenpwned) December 4, 2013 And then, as they say, things kinda escalated quickly. ” Anyone can type in an email address into the site to check if their personal data has been compromised in a security breach.

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Data breaches Passwords Sales IT 145

Troy Hunt

MARCH 21, 2018

Transparency has been a huge part of that effort and I've always written and spoken candidly about my thought processes, how I handle data and very often, the mechanics of how I've built the service (have a scroll through the HIBP tag on this blog for many examples of each). — Jannis Tenbrink (@the_jannis) October 2, 2017.

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Data breaches Passwords Government IT 72

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

billion locals' data. It's operating in an era of increasingly large repositories of personal data held by both private companies and governments alike. Here, Motherboard talks about personal data being sold for less than $10 a pop in a case that sounds eerily similar to the previously mentioned Medicare one.

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Security Government Encryption Risk 111