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Resources to stay safe and secure online
Ukrainian police announced they have arrested six people suspected of being members of the “Cl0p” ransomware gang. The Cl0p group has wreaked cybersecurity havoc on businesses and …
In February 2021, a user on a popular hacker forum released the largest data leak of all time, the Compilation of Many Breaches, or COMB for short. This data breach contains approximately 3.2 billion …
In just a couple of hours, a threat actor sold over 43 Million records of US citizens for $50,000. After the first batch of data was sold, the threat actor posted data from another 8.5 million …
Over the past 48 hours, we have been watching the news about the RockYou2021 “Password Leak” blowing up in the media. Unfortunately, there are many misconceptions about this so-called …
A few days ago, the Justice Department announced that it had recovered around $2.3 million in Bitcoin that was paid to the extortionists group DarkSide who hit the Colonial Pipeline with a ransomware …
Google is promoting a new standard for online privacy called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC). While most everyone outside of the online advertising industry favors getting rid of third-party …
Imagine reading a glowing review online about a VPN service. You have read through the website, analyzed the pricing options, and are just about to purchase a subscription — but then something …
Most people love the holiday season. That includes cybercriminals, who see it as an ideal time to make money. Thanks to the pandemic, people are doing more of their holiday activities online. Hackers, …
A handful of ad blocker companies are earning big bucks for not blocking ads from hundreds of advertisers, including big names like LinkedIn, Reddit, Amazon, and even Google. While the practice of …
Last year we published a guide that highlighted the most alarming cybersecurity statistics and trends unfolding at that time. But things move fast in the tech world, and cybersecurity is a high-threat …
VPN services typically promote themselves for online security and anonymity, and access to geo-blocked content. And they typically brag about not keeping logs, high download speed, and diversity of …
UPDATE September 2021: Kape has continued its acquisition spree and purchased ExpressVPN. We have a new and more in-depth article on the situation here:Kape Technologies (Formerly Crossrider) Now Owns …
