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"Pwned", the Book, is Finally Here!

Troy Hunt

which I've now included in this book 😊 These are the stories behind the stories and finally, the book about it all is here: I announced the book back in April last year after Rob, Charlotte and I had already invested a heap of effort before releasing a preview in October. This book has it all. Pat Phelan.

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Cibersegurança Para Leigos: Best-Selling “Cybersecurity For Dummies” Book Now Available In Portuguese

Joseph Steinberg

Cybersecurity For Dummies , the best-selling cybersecurity book written for general audiences by Joseph Steinberg , is now available in Portuguese. Readers of the book learn in simple, straightforward language what threats face them, as well as how to protect themselves against such threats.

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Barnes & Noble Experiences Major Data Breach

Adam Levin

Barnes & Noble has confirmed a data breach following a cyberattack that took many of their services offline. . The email also indicated that customer transaction histories may have been compromised, meaning that information about their purchases may be included in the breached data.

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Data Breaches, Class Actions and Ambulance Chasing

Troy Hunt

This post has been brewing for a while, but the catalyst finally came after someone (I'll refer to him as Jimmy) recently emailed me regarding the LOQBOX data breach from 2020. A data breach made you sad and now you want money for being sad? If he's received more spam as a result of a breach, which breach was it?

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The State of Data Breaches

Troy Hunt

I've been harbouring some thoughts about the state of data breaches over recent months, and I feel they've finally manifested themselves into a cohesive enough story to write down. Data Breach Victims are Making it Worse I'm talking about class actions.

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La Cybersécurité pour les Nuls: Best-Selling “Cybersecurity For Dummies” Book Now Available In French

Joseph Steinberg

Readers of the book learn what threats exist, as well as how to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to such threats. Of course, the book also shows people how to recover if they have already suffered a hacker attack, a malware infection, and/or a data breach. Topics covered in the book include: ?

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". It's made up of many different individual data breaches from literally thousands of different sources. Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows.