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More Americans say they have lost personal data

Posted on April 15, 2014

The Pew Research Center reports that growing numbers of Americans report that they have experienced personal data loss. Findings from a January 2014 survey show that: 18% of online adults have had important personal information stolen such as their Social Security Number, credit card, or bank account information. That’s an increase from the 11% who reported personal

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Posted in Security Breaches | Tags: Pew Research Center |

TrustedSec CEO on The Katie Show

Posted on December 28, 2013

TrustedSec CEO on The Katie Show TrustedSec CEO David Kennedy appeared talks to Katie Couric about how easy it is for hackers to break into your home computer. Resources mentioned in the video: Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0 (EMET)

Posted in Home computer security | Tags: cookies, emet, java, limited user account, webcam |

Two Million Passwords Stolen

Posted on December 3, 2013

Trustwave reports that over 2 million passwords were stolen recently using keylogging software. These user names and passwords belonged to more than 93,000 web sites. See the money.cnn.com story.

Posted in Security Breaches | Tags: stolen passwords |

Man Tosses Out Hard Drive Worth $8M

Posted on November 29, 2013

I can’t think of a better reason to backup your documents than this story.  Imagine suddenly realizing the hard drive your threw out a few months ago contained the private key for Bitcoin that were purchased several years ago and had since risen in value to nearly eight million USD.  Read the sad story. Back

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Email and Password Data Stolen from Adobe

Posted on November 12, 2013

Adobe has reported that passwords, unencrypted emails and password reminder questions and answers were stolen from Adobe leaving customers wondering if other accounts will be compromised.   As we have stated time and time again people reuse passwords on most sites, so the stolen emails and questions are all that are needed to gain access

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Posted in Security Breaches | Tags: stolen emails, stolen password reminders, stolen passwords |
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