National Public Data, a background check service recently confirmed that hackers breached its systems. The data security incident involving as many as 2.9 billion data records may have involved personal information extending across three countries, the United States, Great Britain and Canada. The information that was reportedly breached contained name, email address, phone number, social…
IT Security Survey 2024 is based on an internet-based survey centered on IT security conducted by AV-Comparatives between 11th December 2023 and 31st December 2023, which included world-wide 1,350 participants: We are proud to present our annual Security Survey for 2024. This initiative is part of our ongoing commitment to optimizing our service to the…
Motorola recently introduced four new security features delivering additional protection for users and their Motorola smartphones: The update allows users to feel confident in their data privacy, even in theft situations, protected against hackers while surfing the web, and comfortable in identifying device vulnerabilities and storing important files. Plus, it’s already available on Motorola’s latest…
Google’s Bug Hunters is officially defined as “an international group of Bug Hunters keeping Google products and the Internet safe and secure.” There are three steps to hunting security vulnerabilities that could be found in a Google-owned or an Alphabet (Bet) subsidiary web service that handles reasonably sensitive user data: –Prep and get inspiration from the community and start bug…
DuckDuckGo Expanding 3rd-Party Tracker Loading Protection to Include Microsoft, Image/DuckDuckGo Originally, DuckDuckGo was limited in how it could apply its 3rd-Party Tracker Loading Protection on Microsoft tracking scripts because of a policy requirement related to using Bing as a source of private search results. Now DuckDuckGo is expanding its 3rd-Party Tracker Loading Protection not only for Facebook, Google,…
Hive Systems Password Table Image/Hive Systems Hive Systems recently updated the Hive Systems Password Table for 2022. The Hive Systems Password Table determines how easy or diffficult for hackers to decipher a password. The Hive Systems Passwords Table has been shared across the internet, social media, the news, and organizations worldwide. Although the Hive Systems Password Table is a…
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cybersecurity leader, recently released the Trend Micro’s biannual Cyber Risk Index (CRI) report that concluded that the risk of cyber attacks has increased in the last year. The report, “measures the gap between respondents’ cybersecurity preparedness versus their likelihood of being attacked. In the first half of 2021 the CRI surveyed more…
DuckDuckGo’s Email Protection Beta, Screen Capture/DuckDuckGo The recent release of DuckDuckGo’s Email Protection (Beta) is defined as “the easy way to block email trackers and hide your address.” DuckDuckGo Email Protection is a recent feature in DuckDuckGo’s apps that protects your email privacy without switching to other email services: “We remove hidden trackers from incoming emails sent to this…