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Amer Owaida • 19 Apr 2021 • 2 min. read
Digital Security
Google’s Project Zero to wait longer before disclosing bug details
How To
Spring cleaning? Don’t forget about your digital footprint
One in six people use pet's name as password
The 30-day grace period is designed to speed up the rollout and adoption of patches
Amer Owaida • 19 Apr 2021
Here are some quick and easy tips to help you clean up your cyber-clutter and keep your digital footprint tidy
Amer Owaida • 16 Apr 2021
Other common and easily hackable password choices include the names of relatives and sports teams, a UK study reveals
Amer Owaida • 15 Apr 2021
Malware
FBI removes web shells from compromised Exchange servers
Authorities step in to thwart attacks leveraging the recently-disclosed Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities
Amer Owaida • 14 Apr 2021
Social Media
WhatsApp flaw lets anyone lock you out of your account
An attacker can lock you out of the app using just your phone number and without requiring any action on your part
Amer Owaida • 13 Apr 2021
Clubhouse in the spotlight after user records posted online
Reports of another trove of scraped user data add to the recent woes of popular social media platforms
Amer Owaida • 12 Apr 2021
Privacy
Data from 500 million LinkedIn accounts put up for sale
The treasure trove of data reportedly includes users’ LinkedIn IDs, full names, email addresses, phone numbers and workplace information
Amer Owaida • 09 Apr 2021
Does data stolen in a data breach expire?
Some personal information just doesn’t age – here’s what the Facebook data leak may mean for you
Tony Anscombe • 08 Apr 2021
Cybercrime
$38 million worth of gift cards stolen and sold on dark web
Easy to redeem and hard to trace, gift cards remain a hot commodity in the criminal underground
Amer Owaida • 07 Apr 2021
