Are you or were you a MySpace user? If so, we have bad news. The struggling company recently announced that when they attempted to migrate all user data to new servers, something in the process went wrong. As a result, massive amounts of user data was lost. The only way to describe the loss is catastrophic, with the company reporting … [Read more...] about MySpace Permanently Lost Large Amounts Of User Data
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Millions Of Facebook Usernames And Passwords Stored By Accident
Are you a Facebook user? If you are, it may be time to change your password! KrebsOnSecurity recently reported that it found hundreds of millions of Facebook user account names and passwords stored in plain text and searchable by more than twenty-thousand Facebook employees. At present, there is no official count, but Facebook says the total … [Read more...] about Millions Of Facebook Usernames And Passwords Stored By Accident
Windows 10 Will Get New Update Feature
A small but significant update is coming in the next version of Windows 10, which should have the company's massive user base breathing a sigh of relief. The company is experimenting with a new feature that it can use to trigger automatic uninstalls of buggy updates. This happens in the background, so there's nothing the user must … [Read more...] about Windows 10 Will Get New Update Feature
End Of Support Notifications Being Sent To Windows 7 Users
If you're still clinging to your old Windows 7 machine, you should know that the day is relentlessly drawing closer when Microsoft is going to stop supporting the OS altogether. In fact, in the near future, you're going to start seeing reminders pushed out by the company that the end is drawing near. They're calling this a "courtesy reminder" … [Read more...] about End Of Support Notifications Being Sent To Windows 7 Users
2018 Was The Record Breaking Year For Data Breaches
We knew fairly early in the year that 2018 was on track to beat 2017 and set a new record for the number of data breaches in the year. Afterall, 2017 had shattered 2016's record the year before. Now that the final numbers are in though, we can see just how big an increase we've seen in the number of data breaches from one year to the … [Read more...] about 2018 Was The Record Breaking Year For Data Breaches
Social Media Is Big Business For Criminals
The rise of Social Media has been a game changer for businesses around the world, creating opportunities for customer engagement that were previously unimaginable. Unfortunately, business owners aren't the only ones reaping the benefits of Social Media. The hackers of the world are in on the game too, and for them, Social Media … [Read more...] about Social Media Is Big Business For Criminals
