Door Dash Data Breach - Discovered September 2019 Occurred in May 2019
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DoorDash Data Breach Announced 9/27/19 – Discovered September 2019, Occurred in May 2019

DoorDash has just today announced that they discovered a data breach earlier this month (while the Door Dash data breach occurred in May of 2019, they only just discovered it this month). Here is the information you need about the DoorDash data breach.

Animoto Says Breached Passwords were Encrypted so Why do the Hackers Have Full Animoto Passwords
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Animoto Says Breached Passwords were Encrypted so Why do the Hackers Have My Full Password?

Last summer Animoto was the target of a data breach, in their posted-but-not-emailed announcement of the breach Animoto assured users that any compromised passwords had been “hashed and salted”. And yet, blackmail spammers now have full Animoto passwords.

More than 400 Million Personal Telephone Numbers Exposed in New Facebook Data Scandal
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More than 400 Million Personal Telephone Numbers Exposed in New Facebook Data Scandal

The telephone numbers of as many as 419 million Facebook users have been exposed, it was discovered earlier this week and made public yesterday (September 4, 2019).

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Nearly Two Dozen Texas Towns Victims of Coordinated Ransomware Attack, Single MSP Vulnerability Suspected

A ransomware attack affecting 22 towns in Texas is believed to have had a single point of origin: a security hole, malware, or other weakness in a common, as yet unnamed, managed services provider.

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If You Get the “Complete Required Actions” Email from GoDaddy Do NOT Open It!

If you get an email that seems to be from GoDaddy with the subject “Complete required actions”, do not open it, and for goodness sake do not click on the links in it!

WARNING: Simple 301 Redirect Wordpress Plugin Hacked and Will Redirect Your Site
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WARNING: Simple 301 Redirect WordPress Plugin Hacked and Will Redirect Your Site – Hundreds Already Affected

If you run the Wordpress plugin Simple 301 Redirect plugin, or the 301 Redirect addon Bulk Uploader by Webcraftic and Ash Durham, you are in danger of having your site get redirected to a malicious site.

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How to Cancel, Deactivate, and Delete Your Canva Account Following the Canva Breach

If you have a Canva account, you can be forgiven for not knowing that it was breached, as not all, if any, Canva users got a notification from Canva about the breach, even though more than 136million users had their private information compromised. So you may be wondering how to cancel, deactivate, and delete your Canva account.

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Phone Call from “Fraud Risk” is Itself a Fraudulent Call – Don’t Answer It

If you receive a phone call from ‘Fraud Risk’ (i.e. the caller I.D. says “Fraud Risk”) don’t answer it! It is either your carrier alerting you that the call is a fraud risk, or it is a scammer spoofing the caller I.D..

ZombieLoad, Meltdown and Spectre: Triple Threat to Nearly All Computers
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ZombieLoad, Meltdown and Spectre: Triple Threat to Nearly All Computers

Zombie Load, Spectre, and Meltdown are security holes in the processors of many, many personal computers as well as servers, including those in the cloud.

Massive Capital One Breach of Data Stored on Amazon Affects Millions
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Massive Capital One Breach of Data Stored on Amazon Affects Millions

Capital One has revealed that it experienced a massive data breach of the personal data of credit applicants that was stored in the cloud on Amazon.

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How to Protect Yourself or Your Business from Ransomware in 2 Steps

The City of Baltimore had their city government computer system shut down by the Robbinhood ransomware. Yet it could have been avoided, or at least mitigated. Here’s how to protect yourself or a business from ransomware.

Tesla Data Security Hell on Wheels
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Tesla: Data Security Hell on Wheels?

The same data uploads and downloads that make Teslas dream cars for some Tesla owners also may make them security hell for all Tesla drivers. That’s because Tesla vehicles are big, wheeled Internet of Things devices.

Alert_ WhatsApp Spyware Found on Many Phones - Update Your WhatsApp App Now!
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Alert: WhatsApp Spyware Found on Many Phones – Update Your WhatsApp App Now!

WhatsApp is urging users to update to the latest version of WhatsApp ASAP, after it was revealed that WhatsApp spyware – believed to be the handiwork of Israeli cyber company NSO – has been installed on countless phones.

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Microsoft Admits Breach, Hackers Accessed Users’ Outlook, Hotmail, and MSN Email for Months (Full Text of Microsoft Email Statement Included)

Microsoft has disclosed, over the weekend, that hackers have hacked into and accessed Microsoft users’ Outlook email, Hotmail email, and MSN email, over the course of several months, ending just last month (March of 2019).

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More than 800Million Email Addresses Exposed in Verifications.io Blunder

A security researcher has discovered a massive leak of email addresses – in fact more than *800 million* email addresses. The massive exposure is due to lax security at an email address verification service called Verifications.io. Never used Verifications.io? It doesn’t matter, the odds are very good that your email address is in there.