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How to Use Canary Tokens to Catch Hackers When They Access Your Files

Canary Tokens is free, simple to use, and could help keep your data safe.

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Were You Hit by the Duolingo Data Breach? Here’s What to Do Next

The language-learning app, Duolingo, was hacked, so cybercriminals might have access to your name and location. Here's why that matters.

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Twitter's History of Security Lapses and How They Affected Users

Twitter's suffered many data breaches in the past, affecting millions of users. Only by knowing of these breaches can you protect yourself in future.

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What You Need to Know About the Major GoDaddy Security Breach

Have visitors to your website been redirected to malicious pages instead? The problem could've been your host if you use GoDaddy...

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Activision Hack Exposes Employee and Game Data

Activision Blizzard has confirmed a data breach in which data on employees and games was stolen.

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Massive T-Mobile Data Breach, Smartphone RAM Explained, and Parental Controls for Phones and Tablets

Our tech podcast for technophobes tackles parental control software and whether your phone has enough RAM.

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How to Protect Yourself After the Deezer Data Breach

Your Deezer account may be one of the 228 million that got leaked in a data breach. So, learn how to protect your personal information.

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Why You Should Be Worried That 200 Million Twitter Emails Have Leaked

Anyone can download the massive data file stolen from Twitter by hackers. It links usernames to email addresses—and that's a big deal.

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CircleCI Urges Customers to Rotate Secrets After Security Incident

Software development company CircleCI urges its users to rotate secrets after experiencing a security incident.

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What Is the CVE-2021-4034 Polkit Privilege Escalation Vulnerability?

Here's everything you need to know about the CVE-2021-4034 Polkit privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel.

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How to Protect Yourself After the Latest Alleged Twitter Data Breach

Details of more than 400 million Twitter accounts are reportedly for sale, so what does this mean for your security?

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If You've Ever Used LastPass, You Should Change All Your Passwords Now

The password manager, LastPass, has been breached by hackers, which means your master passwords could be for sale.

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The 5 Biggest Data Breaches of 2022

Here are some of the most notable data hacks of the past 12 months, taking into account the number of people affected and the type of info leaked.

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Customer Data Accessed in LastPass Password Manager Breach

LastPass has announced that customer data was accessed in a security breach, marking the company's second hack in 2022.

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How to Protect Yourself After an Alleged WhatsApp Data Breach

Data from 487 million WhatsApp accounts is seemingly up for sale online. Here's what's happened and how you can keep yourself safe.

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Dropbox Suffers Data Breach After Phishing Attack

Dropbox has suffered a data breach wherein an attacker stole 130 GitHub repositories.

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Samsung Suffers Another Massive Data Breach: Should You Be Worried?

For the second time in 2022, Samsung's suffered a data breach. Though the company seems very relaxed about it, you need to know what was compromised.

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Why You Should Change Your Plex Password Right Now

Has Plex been hacked? What should you do if your credentials might be in the hands of hackers? Here's what you need to know.

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