Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy This Week in Database Leaks: Cognyte, CVS, Wegmans: Billions of records were found exposed this week due to unprotected databases owned by major corporations and third-party providers. DarkReading, June 18, … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, June 20, 2021
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Cybersecurity News of the Week, June 13, 2021
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Cybersecurity Tips for Business Travelers: Best Practices for 2021: As we emerge from the pandemic, organizations will confront a new world of business travel and a new world of cybersecurity tips for … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, June 13, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, June 6, 2021
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy What Is Amazon Sidewalk, and Should You Disable It?: On June 8, 2021, most Amazon smart home devices—as well as certain other connected gadgets—will become part of a nationwide network called Sidewalk. Here’s … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, June 6, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 30, 2021
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors: If you use Alexa, Echo, or any other Amazon device, you have only 10 days to opt out of an experiment that leaves your personal privacy … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 30, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 23, 2021
Individuals at Risk Cyber Defense Taking Time Off? What Your Out of Office Message Tells Attackers: As more people are vaccinated and free to live a more normal life again, vacation plans, trip pictures and conference hashtags will flood social … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 23, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 16, 2021
Individuals at Risk Cyber Defense Cloudflare wants to kill the CAPTCHA: Security keys could not only bolster authentication but may also remove one of the most annoying aspects of the internet. ZDNet, May 14, 2021 Cyber Update Microsoft … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 16, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 9, 2021
Individuals at Risk Identity Theft She responded to a smishing scam. Then the spam texts got worse. Experts explain why. Text message scams are on the rise, but there's little that can be done to stop them: It took just a momentary lapse in … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 9, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 2, 2021
Individuals at Risk Identity Theft Experian API Exposed Credit Scores of Most Americans: Big-three consumer credit bureau Experian just fixed a weakness with a partner website that let anyone look up the credit score of tens of millions of … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, May 2, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, April 25, 2021
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Bugs Allowed Hackers to Dox John Deere Tractor Owners: A security researcher found two bugs that allowed him to find customers who had purchased John Deere tractors or equipment. MotherBoard, April 22, … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, April 25, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, April 18, 2021
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Clubhouse Joins Facebook and LinkedIn as Target of Data Scraping; Cumulative One Billion User Profiles Have Been Leaked: Hot on the heels of high-profile data scraping incidents at Facebook and LinkedIn that … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, April 18, 2021