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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

Krebs on Security

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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How to make your PC passwordless in the Windows 10 May 2020 Update

Tech Republic Security

You don't need an account password to sign into Windows 10 version 2004.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

bank accounts. Multiple accounts are registered to that email address under the name Alexander Valerievich Grichishkin , from Cherepovets. It states that the yearbook for the Amtek class of 2004 is hosted at 41.wmpay[.]com. This post is an attempt to remedy that omission. ” Likewise, the bulletproof domain service icamis[.]ws

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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

It is astounding that billions of online accounts have been breached over the past 18 years and that US consumer accounts are by far the most compromised. accounts have been breached so far. The scale is so massive that it makes up 15 percent of all breached users globally since 2004 (the year data breaches became widespread).

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Q&A: Cybersecurity in ‘The Intelligent Era’

IT Security Guru

Ensuring that AI systems are transparent, accountable, and effectively trained and retrained to mitigate bias is essential for maintaining public trust and ensuring fair and equitable treatment of individuals, whether as employees or citizens. The sheer number of instances of public key encryption in use today is impossible to quantify.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware madhav Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:33 The inception of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004 came at a critical juncture in our technological history. emphasized collective action and individual accountability. Themes such as "Our Shared Responsibility" and "Own IT.

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SHARED INTEL: A foolproof consumer’s guide to creating and managing bulletproof passwords

The Last Watchdog

So many people use the same combination of username and password for every account. You see, these days, many data breaches could be traced back to people using the same password across multiple accounts. From there, it’s easy to reset the pass code for almost all of your accounts when the bad guy controls your email too.

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