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Nearly 10 billion passwords stolen by hackers — how to protect yourself

The RockYou2024 leak has exposed close to 10 billion credentials. Here's what we know and how to protect yourself.

Is this the biggest password leak ever uncovered? Researchers claim nearly 10 billion credentials under threat — here's what we know so far

Is this the biggest password leak ever uncovered? Researchers claim nearly 10 billion credentials under threat — here's what we know so far

10 billion unique plaintext passwords have been leaked online, stolen from multiple breaches over two decades.

Alibaba-owned online marketplace may have breached millions of users

Alibaba-owned online marketplace may have breached millions of users

Over 11 million Taobao users have data taken, but the platform claims no foul play.

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This top online video downloader is exposing user data — and trust us, you don't want some of this data exposed

A video downloader found inadvertently exposing people who downloaded porn and other videos.

Massive COMB data breach reveals info on over a billion people — here's what we know about "compilation of many breaches"

Someone's compiling data leaked in different breaches, with around 1.2 billion users possibly at risk

New report puts Android vs iOS security to the test — here’s the winner

Security is an important consideration when choosing a smartphone and in the Android versus iOS debate, one operating system is clearer safer according to new research.

"Your iPhone does not go to sleep with you" — harrowing experiment reveals just how much data your iPhone shares, even with Russia... Thankfully it's worse on Android

One report tested a brand-new iPhone with 100 apps, leaving it idle for a week. In that time it contacted Russia.

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Website builder Ucraft leaks data of hundreds of thousands of users

Website builder Ucraft leaks data of hundreds of thousands of users

Around 200,000 Ucraft users may have lost sensitive information following breach.

26 billion records exposed online in biggest data leak ever — what to do now

26 billion records exposed online in biggest data leak ever — what to do now

Mother of all Breaches contains 12 terabytes of records obtained from previous leaks, breaches and hacked databases.

Entire Brazilian population potentially put at risk by major data leak

Entire Brazilian population potentially put at risk by major data leak

Yet another unprotected database was recently discovered, but this one held private info on virtually every Brazilian citizen.

Indian IT services giant HCL Technologies hit by ransomware

Indian IT services giant HCL Technologies hit by ransomware

The attack was limited, HCL claims, and did not affect operations.

A popular Android barcode scanner app has some worrying cybersecurity flaws

A popular Android barcode scanner app has some worrying cybersecurity flaws

Everything users scanned went to a database that was open and available to anyone who knew where to look.

Green Card Lottery applicants see private data leaked online

Green Card Lottery applicants see private data leaked online

Green Card lottery applicants have private data leaked online, available to anyone who knew where to look.

Line mobile messaging app hit by systems breach, thousands of accounts leaked

Line mobile messaging app hit by systems breach, thousands of accounts leaked

Users, business partners, and employees all affected by Line breach that happened after a supply chain attack.

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Children's personal information is at risk due to data leaks in school apps

Some data has been leaked due to a misconfiguration, uncovering seriously harmful data about schoolchildren.

Royal Mail website put users at risk due to major security fail

An open redirect vulnerability was found in one Royal Mail website, possibly allowing for data theft and malware distribution.

A major online torrent service has suffered a major data breach - check if you're affected

WiHD database was left unprotected online for anyone who knew where to look.

Forget ChatGPT, Google Bard could have some serious security flaws

Google Bard has a lower guard on security compared to other generative AI platforms, report claims.

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Minecraft server hosting giant Shockbyte confirms there was no cause for concern following Git leak

Server company behind popular games like Minecraft leaked files on Git, but users have nothing to worry about

The official NASA website has some out-of-this-world security flaws

A vulnerability was present for months, despite being spotted twice already.

Thousands of Microsoft servers are at risk from some serious security bugs

IT teams are super slow at patching, putting their endpoints at serious risk.

Data of 30 million WordPress users leaked by top cloud accounting firm

A Canadian cloud unicorn leaves database with sensitive data unattended.

Lionsgate streaming platform leaks data of 37 million users

An unprotected ElasticSearch instance was found holding Lionsgate user IP addresses and other data.

Urgent WhatsApp warning issued to millions after phone numbers stolen by hackers

Users of the instant messaging service are being urged not to fall for phishing texts - after it was announced that cyber criminals have access to millions of phone numbers

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