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ALERT: 1,277,761 User Accounts Breached at Online Pharmacy Promofarma
Hi Guys Have you ever used the online pharmacy Promofarma? Promofarma - 1,277,761 breached accounts In August 2109, a data breach from the online pharmacy Promofarma appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace. The breach exposed over 2.7M records and contained almost...
ALERT: 2,192,857 User Accounts Breached at Online News Service StarTribune
Hi Guys Have you ever shared information with the news service StarTribune? StarTribune - 2,192,857 Breached Accounts In October 2019, the news service StarTribune suffered a data breach which was subsequently sold on the dark web. The breach exposed over 2 million...
ALERT: Patch Android – October Update Fixes Critical Flaws
Hi Guys, Google’s October security update for Android fixed several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities. We strongly recommend that you update now your device now. On most phones you can install your Google updates by doing this: Open your device’s SettingsNear...
ALERT: Remove These 16 Dangerous Apps Now
Hi Guys, Google has just removed 16 apps from the Google Play store that were caught flooding Android devices with random ads instead of functioning as advertised. While these apps have already removed them from the App store this does not mean they will be removed...
Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone
Hi Guys, I hope you are having a nice Sunday and that you and your family are healthy and happy and getting through the second wave of restrictions and lockdowns. I just read a really interesting report called 'Mass Extraction: The Widespread Power of U.S. Law...
ALERT: Google Chrome Currently Under Attack – Update Urgently
Hi Guys, Google has just patched an actively-exploited zero-day bug in chrome browser. If you are a user of the Google Chrome please stop what you are doing and make sure you are running the latest version. You want to make sure you are running minimum version...
ALERT: Hackers Can Identify and Track Users on Google’s Waze – Update Urgently
Hi Guys, Security DevOps engineer Peter Gasper has discovered a vulnerability in Google’s Waze app that can allow hackers to identify people using the popular navigation app and track them by their location. Peter found the flaw in the navigation software that allowed...
ALERT: Sex Toy Can Be Hacked and Remotely Controlled
Hi Guys, I know this is an odd tip to send but I just read a story about a sex toy being remotely hacked into and I wanted to share with you as it is pretty terrifying. In this case ethical hackers were able to hack into a male chastity device and permanently lock it...
Free Tool To Help You Opt-Out of Sites Collecting Info on You
Hi Guys, Did you know that nearly all the private data that you share with big companies is being sold by them for big profit. And we are talking about seriously personal information. Here are a couple of examples: Chase Bank may share/Sell your "account balances and...
URGENT: 3 Million New Credit Cards For Sale on Dark Web
Hi Guys, Sorry to use the Urgent tag but we just got word that 3 million credit card number have just been put up for sale on the dark web and I wanted to let you know. At the moment it is looking like the card numbers were stolen from a chain of restaurants in the US...