Wawa Breach May Have Compromised More Than 30 Million Payment Cards
In late December 2019, fuel and convenience store chain Wawa Inc. said a nine-month-long breach of its payment card processing systems may have […]
Hackers blitz social media accounts of 15 NFL teams
The league and scores of teams were caught off-guard by the re-emergence of an infamous hacking group The post Hackers blitz social […]
How to take charge of your Google privacy settings
Have you had a Google Privacy Checkup lately? If not, when better than Data Privacy Day to audit the privacy of your […]
Cardplanet mastermind pleads guilty to credit card fraud
Cardplanet offered refunds on invalid card data, along with a card checking service that ensured a stolen card was still valid. ——– […]
Tinder to get panic button, catfish-fighting facial recognition
It’s both a genius move to protect from assault and fraud and a personal data grab. ——– Free High Security Email from […]
Instagram CEO’s homes were targetted by SWATters
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri’s houses were surrounded by SWAT teams after hoax phone calls claimed hostages were being held there. ——– Free […]
New York wants to ban taxpayer-funded ransomware payments
One of the proposed bills would set up a $5m fund to help small towns upgrade their systems and bolster their security. […]
Modern Mass Surveillance: Identify, Correlate, Discriminate
Communities across the United States are starting to ban facial recognition technologies. In May of last year, San Francisco banned facial recognition; […]
Smartphone Election in Washington State
This year: King County voters will be able to use their name and birthdate to log in to a Web portal through […]
Average Ransomware Payments More Than Doubled in Q4 2019
Ransomware attackers collected an average of around $84,000 from victim organizations, up from $41,000 in Q3 of 2018, Coveware says. ——– Free […]