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Details of Netflix’s Password Sharing Crackdown Emerge
Netflix is currently in the midst of its password-sharing crackdown, and details about the popular streaming service’s efforts to restrict users from sharing passwords have emerged.
According to the streaming giant’s quarterly...
Microsoft Targeted by Hackers in Phishing Campaign
Microsoft was recently targeted by threat actors who abused the Oauth app registration’s “Verified Partner” system by impersonating legitimate companies.
Microsoft stated that these hackers took part in a large consent phishing...
1Password Reveals Update for its iOS App
A massive update for iOS is being rolled out for the popular password manager, 1Password. It gathered feedback from forums and user reviews, and from its internal team to include all of the improvements in the 1Password 8 update —...
ITRC: Data Breach Victims Increased by 41.5% in 2022
Over 422 million people were victims of data breaches during 2022, according to a report released by the Identity Theft Research Center (ITRC). While the total was just shy of matching 2021’s record numbers, victims were affected...
GoTo Confirms Hackers Stole LastPass Customers’ Encrypted Backups in Security Breach
GoTo — LastPass’s owner — has released a statement confirming that its customers’ encrypted backups were stolen by hackers during a system breach that took place last year.
On Nov. 30, GoTo CEO Paddy Srinivasan confirmed that a...
Deloitte Verifies Surfshark’s No-Logs Policy
Surfshark announced its no-logs policy has been independently audited and verified by Deloitte, which is one of the Big Four auditing firms. This is the first audit the VPN has conducted of its no-logs policy.
“The test was a s...
Riot Games Compromised, Suspends New Content
The gaming company, Riot Games, was the victim of a a social engineering attack on Jan. 20, and as a result, suspended new releases and content — including regularly scheduled patches.
Not only was source code for the games Lea...
PayPal Data Breach in December Affected 35,000 Customers
PayPal suffered a massive breach in December and has alerted the nearly 35,000 potentially affected customers with a notice that explains the situation and what customers must do to keep their account safe. The information that wa...
T-Mobile Data Hack Affects 37 Million Customers
Wireless carrier T-Mobile discovered a network breach on Jan. 5 that resulted in data being stolen from over 37 million customers. After their investigation concluded, T-Mobile announced that no passwords, payment card information...
Surfshark Introduces Dynamic MultiHop for Double VPNs
The cybersecurity company, Surfshark, recently released a feature called Dynamic MultiHop. It allows users to choose which servers they want to connect to while using a double VPN. The new tool relies on one of Surfshark’s recent...