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In my previous series blog post, I introduced identity theft and explained its growing impact on people around the world. With your personal, digital, financial, and medical identity at stake, you should be worried about the possibilities of getting your identity stolen. Because the Identity Theft Resource Center warns that identity theft could result fromContinue reading “Why Passwords Matter in Identity Theft”

Let’s put it, when you give your personal information to a company, it should be well protected. You would expect a company to have the proper infrastructure in place in making sure that no hacker or wicked employee would be able to access the client data maliciously. After all, if they do, then your creditContinue reading “Why Stop Identity Theft?”

In my infographic, I am seeking to increase awareness of ransomware attacks. Because ransomware is proving to be an easy source of money for hackers, such attacks are becoming ever so more popular. Therefore, in my infographic, I’m trying to inform others what ransomware is, what industries and people are most susceptible, and what couldContinue reading “Ransomware Infographic”

While in my previous blog posts I’ve shown that data breaches are usually the result of hackers  remotely attacking companies, such situations are not always the case. If fact, according to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report, 34% of breaches are a result of “internal actors” from within the company. Consequently, because internal actorsContinue reading “Stopping Inside Actors”

Amidst the 1.5 billion records worth of personal data stolen from companies by hackers in January 2020 alone, it wouldn’t be long before a hacker makes use of the data. Thus, an innocent individual like yourself could soon start seeing strange purchases appear on your card or banks calling you about loans you never opened.Continue reading “Stopping Identity Theft”

In an almost increasingly common event, a company forgets the proper procedures in securing client data. With time, hackers uncover this and abuse the vulnerability to take all the company’s client data which could range from credit cards to social security numbers. As unrealistic as the above situation sounds, it is actually more common thanContinue reading “Where My Data Goes”

Though the use of email is generally regarded as safe, there eventually will come a time when a malicious email pops up in your inbox. Some disguise themselves as free cruise ship offers or strange App Store alerts but most of the time are easy to spot. However, those malicious emails which you may simplyContinue reading “Ransomware And Its Cure”