A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals ...

Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true

All eight of the top password managers have adopted the term “zero knowledge” to describe the complex encryption system they use to protect the data vaults that users store on their servers. The ...

Substack data breach exposes emails and phone numbers

Substack data breach exposed user email addresses and phone numbers for months before CEO Chris Best confirmed the October ...
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Why 'zero-knowledge encryption' may not stop password theft if servers are hacked

People who regularly use online services have between 100 and 200 passwords. Very few can remember every single one. Password managers are therefore extremely helpful, allowing users to access all ...

Infostealer malware found stealing OpenClaw secrets for first time

With the massive adoption of the OpenClaw agentic AI assistant, information-stealing malware has been spotted stealing files ...

Canada Goose investigating as hackers leak 600K customer records

ShinyHunters, a well-known data extortion group, claims to have stolen more than 600,000 Canada Goose customer records ...