Ecuador data leak

This Common Mistake You May Be Making Right Now Exposed an...

A routine data project revealed that the personally identifying information of the entire nation of Ecuador might be online for all to see--just like, potentially, your...
Words with Friends Data Breach

Hacker Claims to Have Compromised 200 Million Words with Friends Accounts

The hacker allegedly behind the Collection #1 and Collection #2 data breaches has claimed responsibility for the compromise of more than 200 million users...

Equifax Settlement Scams – Third Certainty Episode 3

In the latest episode of Third Certainty, Adam Levin explains how scammers are targeting consumers in the Equifax data breach settlement.
It's Google's world

It’s Google’s World. Your Business Is Just Living in It

Fifty attorneys general announced earlier this month that Google is the target of an antitrust probe. Any business owner who has happened to find themselves stuck in the...
Right to be forgotten

EU Court Limits “The Right to Be Forgotten”

The European Court of Justice ruled that the E.U.’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law only applies within the borders of its member states. "Currently,...
LinkedIn Data Mining

Court Rules in Favor of Mining LinkedIn User Data

A federal appellate court ruled that mining and aggregating user data publicly posted to social media sites is allowable by law. In an opinion released...
Business identity theft

Companies Can Have Their Identities Stolen, Too. Here’s What to Do...

When Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was hacked for roughly 20 minutes, we all got a glimpse of corporate identity theft, and why it...
Nevada privacy

New Nevada Privacy Regulation Goes Into Effect Oct. 1

New provisions to Nevada’s online privacy law will be effective on October 1, 2019. Nevada Senate Bill 220, signed into law earlier this year, will...

Is There a Hacker in Your Wallet? Third Certainty Episode 2

In the second episode of Third Certainty, Adam Levin explains how consumers can protect themselves in the aftermath of the Capital One data breach.
Ecuador data leak

New Breach Exposes an Entire Nation: Living and the Dead

A misconfigured database has exposed the personal data of nearly every Ecuadorean citizen, including 6.7 million children. The database was discovered by vpnMentor and was...
2020 election hack

Prediction: 2020 election is set to be hacked, if we don’t...

Since 1993, hackers have traveled to Las Vegas from around the world to demonstrate their skills at DefCon’s annual convention, and every year new horrors...
CEOs request federal privacy law

More than 50 U.S. Businesses Call For Federal Privacy Law

Fifty-one CEOs representing U.S.-based businesses sent an open letter to Congress requesting a comprehensive federal consumer privacy law. Signed by the CEOs AT&T, Comcast, General...

Back to School Can Be Hack to School – Third Certainty...

In the first installment of Third Certainty, cybersecurity expert Adam Levin explains how parents and students can protect themselves online while school's in session.
Vendor Risk and Whistleblowers

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Vendor Risk

Insider risk, supply chain vulnerability and vendor risk all boil down to the same thing: the more people have access to your data, the more vulnerable it is...
compromise by proxy

More than 50% of Canadians Affected by Data Breaches

19 million Canadians are estimated to have been affected by data breaches between late 2018 and 2019, slightly more than half the population of...
Another Facebook Privacy Fail

Expect More Spam Calls and SIM-Card Scams: 400 Million Phone Numbers...

As much as I love this one friend of mine, nothing is private when we’re together. You probably have a friend like this. The...
Deepfake audio

Voice Deepfake Scams CEO out of $243,000

The CEO of a UK-based energy firm lost the equivalent of $243,000 after falling for a phone scam that implemented artificial intelligence, specifically a...
Adam Levin on Good Morning America

Adam Levin on Good Morning America About Ring’s Partnership with Police...

Adam Levin was featured on Good Morning America regarding the privacy risks of Amazon Ring's partnership with over 400 police departments.
data breach cost

If You Have to Ask How Much a Data Breach Costs,...

According to IBM Security's 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average time to identify and contain a breach was a whopping 279 days, and it took...
iphone hack

Google Discovers Massive iPhone Hack

Researchers at Google announced the discovery of a hacking campaign that used hacked websites to deliver malware to iPhones. Project Zero, Google’s security research team,...