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Month: April 2018

Personal User Data Released From Twitter

In the News First Facebook, now Twitter:  social media data sales to outside companies continue to threaten user privacy. In Twitter Sold Data to...
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Common Passwords and Their Origin

In the News Time and time again, data shows the weaknesses in human password creation. In Why So Many People Make Their Password ‘Dragon’,...
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How Secure is Your Android Smartphone?

In the News If you’re setting up automatic updates for your phone, your patched and ready to go, right?  Answer: maybe. In How Android...
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Facebook Breach: Were Your Private Messages Accessed?

In the News Facebook news coverage has not been kind lately thanks to mounting evidence of misuse of personal user data. In Cambridge Analytica...
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Exposed Medical Records and Information in Hospitals

In the News In Hospitals Exposed by Connected Devices, Phil Muncaster reports that hospitals may be utilizing thousands of Internet-exposed devices with unpatched vulnerabilities,...
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Amazon Gift Card Scam

In the News In What’s up with these ‘Congratulations Amazon User’ pop-up ads?, Jack Morse discusses a common pop-up ad on Amazon claiming to...
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Commercial Stores: Credit Card Breach

In the News In Credit Card Data Swiped From Saks, Lord & Taylor Customers, Lindsay O’Donnell discusses the hacking of consumer credit card information...
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Under Armour User Information

In the News In The Under Armour Hack Was Even Worse Than It Had To Be, Lily Hay Newman discusses the lack of sufficient...
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