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Largest Password Leak in History Exposes 10 Billion Passwords
The largest password leak in history has exposed 10 billion passwords in a file named RockYou2024. This massive leak includes passwords from various breaches over the years, making it a significant security threat. Details of the Leak RockYou2024 was posted on a popular hacking forum by a user named “ObamaCare”.…
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Smart Toothbrushes Used in Swiss DDoS Attack
UPDATE Tom’s Hardware has confirmed that the Smart Toothbrush attack was actually just a hypothetical situation. Fortinet the security firm behind this hypothetical attack acquired the following statement from the firm: “To clarify, the topic of toothbrushes being used for DDoS attacks was presented during an interview as an illustration…
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UK to Introduce New Law Mandating Businesses to Disclose All Ransomware Attacks
While ransomware is a sad modern reality (and risk) for both businesses and individuals, for the former it’s particularly tempting, wherever possible, to not actually disclose to the public when they have been the victim of a cyber security attack. In fact, with many cyber security insurance policies offering to…
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Cyber Security Insurance Analyst Says Premiums Are Doubling Each Year Due to Attacks!
It is a sad reality of modern times that as businesses look to move more and more into the online world, this only goes to increase their overall risk of eventually being a victim of hackers and/or security exploits. – Because of this, we have seen in recent years the…
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Ransomware Experts Believe More Businesses Are Paying to Get their Data Back
Ransomware currently represents one of the biggest cyber security threats to both businesses and individuals. – For those of you unaware, this particular malware encrypts all of the main data on the PC (or laptop) and then requests a payment (usually in the form of Bitcoin) to give you the…
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Nvidia Counter-Hacks its Hackers in Attempt to Secure 1TB of Stolen Data
Earlier this week reports appeared online suggesting that Nvidia had just been subjected to a rather substantial, and seemingly successful, cyber attack. Although details on the incident are still more than a little unclear, subsequent online information, supposedly posted by the hackers, has suggested that ‘internal systems’ had been compromised…
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Research Firm Reveals Our Worst Password Categories!
When it comes to most security research announcements about the passwords we use online, the information is usually pretty standard. We see god awful list of very easy-to-guess codes (123456, qwerty, etc.) that usually makes us not want to live on this planet anymore. – Following a report via TechSpot,…
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TerraMaster Introduce New Anti-Ransomware Software!
TerraMaster has announced the launch of its comprehensive suite of cybersecurity features to provide excellent protection against all variants of ransomware, viruses, and other forms of cyberattack. There has been an increase in new variants of ransomware that specifically target NAS devices. TerraMaster continuously bolsters the suite of cybersecurity features…
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UK Forensics Firm Confirm Paying Cyber-Attack Ransom
Forensics Firm Confirm Ransomware Payment In 2017 we saw a huge rise in the number of ransomware attacks. If you’re not aware of that these are, basically it’s malware that gets onto your system (usually via an e-mail attachment you downloaded) that effectively encrypts all of your documents. The next…
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Security And Hack Issues Revealed To Hot Tubs
Hot Tubs Hacking I daresay that many people for Christmas decided to treat themselves (or their family) to the purchase of a hot tub. Yes, I have to admit, there is something mildly pleasant in having the jacuzzi like experience in the open air. Oh, and maybe a bottle or…
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Twitter Confirms ‘Unusual Traffic’ May Be Hacking Attempt
Twitter Confirms ‘Unusual Traffic’ May Be Hacking Any major organisation such as Twitter is clearly going to be a very tempting target for people who want to try and misuse the internet. It wouldn’t, for example, to suggest that throughout the year, sites such as YouTube, Google, Yahoo, Facebook and…
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Dell Issues Password Reset After Cyber Attack
Dell Issues Password Reset After Cyber Attack Despite their somewhat waning popularity in recent years, Dell is still one of the biggest major PC and laptop manufacturers out there. As such, their website has many people with a registered account who sign up for news, technical support or perhaps just…
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Humble Store Releases Cyber Security Book Bundle
Humble Book Bundle I’m sure that many PC owners (well, gamers specifically) will be aware of the Humble Bundle. For those of you who are not, it is a website that regularly runs promotions in which your purchase goes towards charity. In brief, it’s a way to buy games and…
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Marketing Firm Exactis Leaks Personal Info of Almost Entire US
340 Million Individual Records Exactis is not a company name many Americans are familiar with. However, judging by the size of the latest data leak discovered by security researchers, they certainly know many Americans. Exactis is a marketing data and aggregation firm, based out of Palm Coast, Florida. Researcher Vinny…
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Digital Ransom Demands Skyrocket In The UK
Digital Ransom Demands Skyrocket In the UK by Anything Up To £150,000 Towards the beginning of last year, I predicted that 2017 would be rampant with lock-out malware specifically designed to random your systems. A little over 2 months later the Wannacry epidemic launched. Admittedly, this wasn’t much of an insight…
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