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21/09/2020

"Why would someone try to hack me?" Because everything about your accounts have a value...
Hacked Facebook account ($55USD), Hacked Gmail account ($155USD), Stolen PayPal account details ($67USD)....

To see just how prevalent items of personal data are being listed on the dark web, and at what price, we sent our researchers on a data-gathering mission.

27/08/2019

This is a great video - makes you think...
Not everyone knows about this type of scam.
Share the word!

22/02/2019

Scams affecting your bank accounts are on the rise.
When in doubt use your trusted means of contacting the ‘company’.
If that’s the phone - make that call!

(Don’t call the number they ask you to ring tho!!!)

https://www.facebook.com/363623854300/posts/10157336963214301/

11/02/2019

When you get those reminders to update software - Do it!

Vendors (like Apple, Microsoft etc) discover vulnerabilities and send you the updates to 'patch' them.

For example: Apple has released iOS 12.1.4 update which patches the FaceTime 'privacy bug'

Apple releases iOS 12.1.4 update to patche FaceTime privacy bug and 2 "n-the-wild" zero-day flaws

07/02/2019

Happy Safer Internet Day

An annual worldwide event, celebrated globally in 130 countries to help encourage a better internet.

Focus on the 4R's
Respect, Responsibility, Reasoning and Resilience.

"Together for a better Internet"

29/01/2019

Turn off FaceTime NOW...

FaceTime bug allows users to activate a target's microphone.

Apple are working to fix the bug but software update may not be released till the end of this week!!!

The bug allows someone to activate a target's microphone, even if they do not answer the call.

18/01/2019

Are you seeing more spam than usual?

Troy Hunt may have found the latest BIG data breach! 773 Million people!

Check if your email is compromised here - https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". Most of them won't have a tech background or be familiar with the concept of credential stuffing so I'm going to write this post for the masses

03/12/2018

500 million guests of Starwood hotels and resorts may be affected by data breach.

327 million guests information includes: name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, date of birth, gender, and communication preferences.

Prepare for social engineering - particularly threats exploiting this breach with lookalike notification emails.

Marriott values our guests and understands the importance of protecting personal information. We have taken measures to investigate and address a data security incident involving the Starwood guest reservation database. The investigation has determined that there was unauthorized access to the datab...

27/11/2018

Uber fined $1.1Million over the data breach they tried to hide.

British and Dutch data protection regulators fined Uber $1.1 million for failing to protect its customers’ personal information during a 2016 data breach.

08/10/2018

50million users hacked on Facebook.

Be particularly cautious of scams and 'new' (old) friend invitations.

Check active sessions for suspicious behaviour

It affects everything you use Facebook to log into!

Check out all latest developments in the Facebook data breach incident that you need to know about