Topic: account security
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DraftKings Users Hit by Widespread Account Hacks
DraftKings experienced unauthorized account access through a credential stuffing attack, where attackers used stolen login details from external sources to compromise user accounts. The breach exposed personal details like names and contact information, but sensitive data such as full payment car...
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New LinkedIn Phishing Scam: The Comment-Reply Tactic
A sophisticated phishing campaign targets LinkedIn users via deceptive comments that impersonate official notifications, pressuring recipients with false policy violation claims to click malicious links, sometimes disguised using LinkedIn's own URL shortener. The scam uses fake LinkedIn-themed pa...
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Digital Opsec Guide: Protecting Teens Online
Protecting teens online requires understanding operational security principles to safeguard digital footprints from unintended exposure, as digital permanence can impact future relationships and opportunities. Effective digital security relies on compartmentalization, treating online activities a...
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Twitter's Final Remnants Are Vanishing from X
X is phasing out the Twitter.com domain, requiring users with physical security keys or passkeys to re-enroll them by November 10 to avoid account lockouts and potential sale of abandoned profiles. This change affects only Yubikeys and passkeys, not other 2FA methods, and is necessary because the...
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Secure Your X Account: Re-Register 2FA Key by Nov 10
X is phasing out the twitter.com domain for authentication, requiring users to re-register their physical security keys under x.com by November 10 to maintain two-factor protection. This change only affects hardware security keys and not other 2FA methods like authenticator apps, and it is due to...
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Meta Tests AI Assistant for Centralized Facebook & Instagram Support
Meta is launching a global, unified support center for Facebook and Instagram to streamline account issue management, featuring tools for reporting problems, account recovery, and an AI-powered search and assistant. The company credits its AI systems with improving security—reporting a 30% reduct...
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Australian Consumer Trust Plummets as Security Fears Soar: Ping Identity
Only 11% of Australian adults fully trust organizations with their digital identities, reflecting a significant decline in consumer trust driven by AI-related data security fears. Australians are increasingly concerned about AI-driven threats, with 82% more worried about data security than five y...
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Google's Dark Web Report Tool Shuts Down After a Year
Google is discontinuing its free Dark Web Report tool, with a full shutdown on February 16, 2026, as part of a strategic shift toward more actionable security guidance. The tool, which scanned for users' email addresses on illicit dark web sites, was criticized for not providing clear, practical ...
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October 2025 Threat Report: Barracuda SOC Insights
Akira ransomware is exploiting unpatched SonicWall VPN vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-40766), bypassing multi-factor authentication through stolen credentials and encrypting data rapidly. Attackers are increasingly using Python scripts to automate and disguise malicious activities, such as deploying p...
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Instagram Denies Data Breach After 17M Account Leak Claims
Instagram resolved a software bug that allowed unauthorized password reset requests, but denies any internal data breach occurred. A dataset containing personal information like emails and phone numbers from over 17 million accounts has been leaked online, likely from older data scraping. The lea...
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Urgent: Change Your Plex Password Now
Plex has experienced a security breach where an unauthorized party accessed customer data, including email addresses, usernames, and securely hashed passwords. The company has addressed the vulnerability and recommends users immediately reset their passwords and enable two-factor authentication f...
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Facebook Adds Passkey Support to Combat Phishing
Facebook is introducing passkey support for its mobile app, enabling secure logins via biometrics or device PINs to reduce hacking risks. Passkeys offer stronger security than passwords by resisting theft, leaks, and phishing, though manual password entry on fake sites remains a vulnerability. Me...
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Recover Hacked Facebook and Instagram Accounts Faster
Meta has launched a centralized support hub to help users recover hacked Facebook and Instagram accounts, consolidating tools to address past frustrations with customer service. The initiative includes an AI-powered assistant for instant, personalized help with account recovery on Facebook, with ...
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Iberia customer data leaked in vendor security breach
Iberia has disclosed a data security incident originating from a compromised external supplier, potentially exposing customer names, email addresses, and loyalty card IDs, but not login credentials or payment details. The airline has implemented security protocols, added safeguards like email ver...
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