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Online Privacy and Overfishing
2024-06-05 11:00

In the mid-20th century, scientists began noticing that the number of fish in the ocean-so vast as to underlie the phrase "There are plenty of fish in the sea"-had started declining rapidly due to overfishing. Just as certain fish populations in the world's oceans have fallen 80 percent, from previously having fallen 80 percent, from previously having fallen 80 percent, our expectations of privacy have similarly fallen precipitously.

Ticketmaster confirms massive breach after stolen data for sale online
2024-05-31 21:43

Live Nation has confirmed that Ticketmaster suffered a data breach after its data was stolen from a third-party cloud database provider, which is believed to be Snowflake. While the breach has allegedly exposed the data of over 560 million Ticketmaster users, the company states that they do not believe that the breach will have a material impact on the overall business operations or its financial condition.

Zscaler says it was not hacked after rumors circulate online
2024-05-08 23:30

Zscaler says that today's rumors it was breached are false after a threat actor claimed to be selling access to one of the "Largest cyber security companies." In a Wednesday afternoon post, Zscaler said its ongoing investigation has shown no evidence that they were breached.

How MFA can improve your online security
2024-05-06 03:00

Please turn on your JavaScript for this page to function normally. In this Help Net Security round-up, we present excerpts from previously recorded videos in which security experts talk about multi-factor authentication.

Triangulation fraud: The costly scam hitting online retailers
2024-04-30 05:00

Could you shed light on the severe financial losses that result from triangulation fraud and explain the intricacies of this scheme? The payments industry estimates triangulation fraud causes financial losses among merchants to range from $660 million to $1 billion monthly.

Microsoft will limit Exchange Online bulk emails to fight spam
2024-04-15 19:11

Microsoft has announced plans to fight spam by imposing a daily Exchange Online bulk email limit of 2,000 external recipients starting January 2025.Exchange Online doesn't support sending bulk or high volumes of emails from a single account, and until now, Microsoft has not placed any restrictions on bulk emails.

Hacker claims Giant Tiger data breach, leaks 2.8M records online
2024-04-13 14:00

Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger disclosed a data breach in March 2024.A threat actor has now publicly claimed responsibility for the data breach and leaked 2.8 million records on a hacker forum that they claim are of Giant Tiger customers.

Home Depot confirms worker data leak after miscreant dumps info online
2024-04-08 18:01

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Microsoft slammed for lax security that led to China's cyber-raid on Exchange Online
2024-04-03 02:15

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Microsoft slammed for lax security that led to China's cyber-raid on Exchange Online
2024-04-03 02:15

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