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By now you’ve probably heard about the dangerous VPNFilter malware that’s attacking routers all over the globe.
If you haven’t, this is an insidious strain of malware that could potentially allow a hacker to take control of your router and use it for a wide variety of illicit purposes.
What’s more, the malware can even remove itself after a time and brick your router in the process. [Read more…]
As you surely already know, the opinions and attitudes of Facebook users vary widely.
After all, with 1.5 billion users there are going to be people expressing opinions that don’t exactly match with those of other users.
Unfortunately, some of the views expressed in the posts, memes and videos can be quite offensive to some users.
But at what point does a post cross the line into what is commonly referred to nowadays as “hate speech”?
Well, Facebook has come up with a plan to find out, and they want you to help!
Starting today, some users are now seeing this question on every post that shows up in their newsfeed: [Read more…]
As a public company, Facebook is required to submit a current financial report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) once every 90 days.
Each of those quarterly reports are required to include anything that could possibly affect the value of the company’s stock in a negative way.
Well, Facebook’s most recent quarterly report is warning investors that they’re expecting to discover additional data breaches similar to the Cambridge Analytica breach that’s been all over the news of late. [Read more…]
As you probably know by now, Facebook is currently under fire for a serious data breach with a firm called Cambridge Analytica.
In a nutshell, Cambridge Analytica used a malicious app to steal the personal information of millions of Facebook users during the last U.S. presidential election cycle.
Unfortunately, you could easily be one of them.
If you’re wondering if your own data was stolen by Cambridge Analytica, you can easily find out right now. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Are you a Panera Bread customer who has opened an account on their website so you can place orders online?
If so, your information has likely been stolen by hackers.
Our friends at KrebsOnSecurity have announced that PaneraBread.com has been leaking customer information to hackers for at least 8 months.
The breach apparently affects over 37 million Panera customers.
If you are affected by the breach (and you almost certainly are if you ordered online at PaneraBread.com at any time during the last 8 months), hackers now have the following information on you: [Read more…]