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2023: A Year of Record-Breaking Data Breaches

Identity IQ

Data breaches reached an all-time high, leaving a trail of identity theft cases. This has left victims scrambling to understand the extent of the damage and how to help protect themselves against the evolving threat of identity theft. But the numbers alone tell only part of the story.

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Stay Safe Online: 5 Essential Tips for World Wide Web Day

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As our digital lives increasingly intertwine with our real-world identities, we leave a trail of personal information on the internet. Cyber threats such as phishing, identity theft, and malware attacks are ever-present dangers that can compromise our privacy and security.

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Stay Safe Online: 5 Essential Tips for World Wide Web Day

Security Boulevard

As our digital lives increasingly intertwine with our real-world identities, we leave a trail of personal information on the internet. Cyber threats such as phishing, identity theft, and malware attacks are ever-present dangers that can compromise our privacy and security.

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What do Cyber Threat Actors do with your information?

Zigrin Security

Financially Motivated Threat Actors Financially motivated threat actors are the most populated kind of threat actors. They would come for all kinds of data since data like credit card numbers equal directly to money, government or corporate secrets can be sold, and they can encrypt all kinds of critical data for ransom.

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RockYou2024: The Largest Password Compilation (10 Billion) Ever Leaked

SecureWorld News

For individual users, the exposure of passwords means an increased risk of account takeovers, identity theft, and fraud. Businesses must ensure that they are using robust encryption methods to store passwords and encourage end-users to adopt strong, unique passwords for their accounts.

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Today’s CISO Insights – How to Tackle the Quantum Threat

CyberSecurity Insiders

Due to this specific way of processing, quantum computers can also break many of the current encryption algorithms used to protect data. Most likely his data is protected using current encryption algorithms and keys. It is safe, encrypted, and should take forever to decrypt.” This is why CISOs everywhere should be concerned.

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10 Effective Ways to Prevent Compromised Credentials

Identity IQ

10 Effective Ways to Prevent Compromised Credentials IdentityIQ Protecting your personal information and online identity is crucial, especially as cyber threats continue to gain traction. In fact, last year 55% of identity crime cases reported to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) were due to compromised credentials.