If you try to protect yourself against every threat in the world, you’ll soon run out of energy and make your life unbearable. Three-factor authentication here, a twenty-character password with musical notes and Chinese characters there, different browsers for different websites, and abstinence from social media don’t exactly sound life-asserting. What hurts the most is that … [Read more...] about The personal threat landscape: securing yourself smartly
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Indian Government Publishes Draft of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022
The Indian government on Friday released a draft version of the much-awaited data protection regulation, making it the fourth such effort since it was first proposed in July 2018. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, as it's called, aims to secure personal data, while also seeking users' consent in what the draft claims is "clear and plain language" describing the … [Read more...] about Indian Government Publishes Draft of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022
23 Android Apps Expose Over 100,000,000 Users’ Personal Data
Misconfigurations in multiple Android apps leaked sensitive data of more than 100 million users, potentially making them a lucrative target for malicious actors. "By not following best-practices when configuring and integrating third-party cloud-services into applications, millions of users' private data was exposed," Check Point researchers said in an analysis published today … [Read more...] about 23 Android Apps Expose Over 100,000,000 Users’ Personal Data
533 Million Facebook Users’ Phone Numbers and Personal Data Leaked Online
In what's likely to be a goldmine for bad actors, personal information associated with approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular cybercrime forum for free—which was harvested by hackers in 2019 using a Facebook vulnerability. The leaked data includes full names, Facebook IDs, mobile numbers, locations, email addresses, gender, occupation, … [Read more...] about 533 Million Facebook Users’ Phone Numbers and Personal Data Leaked Online
Police Arrest 21 WeLeakInfo Customers Who Bought Breached Personal Data
21 people have been arrested across the UK as part of a nationwide cyber crackdown targeting customers of WeLeakInfo[.]com, a now-defunct online service that had been previously selling access to data hacked from other websites. The suspects used stolen personal credentials to commit further cyber and fraud offences, the NCA said. Of the 21 arrested—all men aged between 18 and … [Read more...] about Police Arrest 21 WeLeakInfo Customers Who Bought Breached Personal Data
DoorDash Breach Exposes 4.9 Million Users’ Personal Data
Do you use DoorDash frequently to order your food online?If yes, you are highly recommended to change your account password right now immediately.DoorDash—the popular on-demand food-delivery service—today confirmed a massive data breach that affects almost 5 million people using its platform, including its customers, delivery workers, and merchants as well.DoorDash is a San … [Read more...] about DoorDash Breach Exposes 4.9 Million Users’ Personal Data
Microsoft Adds 2FA-Protected “Personal Vault” Within OneDrive Cloud Storage
Microsoft has introduced a new password-protected folder within its OneDrive online file storage service that will allow you to keep your sensitive and important files protected and secured with an extra layer of authentication.Dubbed Personal Vault, the new OneDrive folder can only be accessed with an additional step of identity verification, such as your fingerprint, face, … [Read more...] about Microsoft Adds 2FA-Protected “Personal Vault” Within OneDrive Cloud Storage
Unprotected Database Exposes Personal Info of 80 Million American Households
A team of security researchers has claims to have found a publicly-accessible database that exposes information on more than 80 million U.S. households—nearly 65 percent of the total number of American households.Discovered by VPNMentor's research team lead by hacktivists Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, the unsecured database includes 24GB of extremely detailed information about … [Read more...] about Unprotected Database Exposes Personal Info of 80 Million American Households