It’s not uncommon for someone to have so many online accounts, they can’t remember them all off the top of their head. Between customer accounts on e-commerce sites to forum memberships and community platforms, it isn’t easy to keep track of which websites have your information. While you usually don’t have to worry too much […]
Continue ReadingSpotify has reset the passwords of 350,000 accounts, after researchers found a database online containing 380 million records that included login credentials for the music streaming service. Spotify Targeted in Credential Stuffing Scheme The research team at vpnMentor, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, claims to have discovered a possible credential stuffing operation. Credential […]
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A hotel reservation platform has exposed users’ data along with the details of at least 10 million customers worldwide. This could affect anyone who has booked a room via an online booking site in the last seven years. Here’s what you need to know about this massive leak, how this can possibly affect you, and what you can do […]
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So much is going on every month in the world of cybersecurity, online privacy, and data protection. It’s difficult to keep up! Our monthly security digest will help you keep tabs on the most important security and privacy news every month. Here’s what happened in November. 1. Marriott International Suffers 500m Record Data Breach As […]
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Timehop, the popular social media memory jogger, has suffered a security breach. The result is that 21 million Timehop users have potentially had some of their data breached. However, Timehop is trying to assure users it now has everything under control. For those unfamiliar with Timehop, it’s an app which resurfaces your old social media […]
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The Web of Trust browser extension has been silently and forcibly removed by popular web browsers Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. German news outlet NDR conducted an independent investigation into Web of Trust’s (WOT) data handling practices, reporting that the widely-used privacy and security extension was collecting and selling user data to third-parties. Breach the Web […]
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