Security
Buyers with an entrée to Dark Web retailers participated in a market that was even larger, more diverse, and vigorous than the year before.
Written for the February 2021 to January 2022 reporting period, this guide updates information provided in our previous report.
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News
Personal data of close to 3 million BitChute users is being sold on a popular hacker forum for a sum of $4,000. The data is sold by a hacker or group of hackers known as Pompompurin.
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News
Two days ago the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) email servers were targeted by hackers who sent out thousands of fake messages claiming that recipients were victims of cyberattacks. The thread actor known as “Pompompurin” is suspected of being behind this attack. A Privacy Affairs investigation revealed that Pompompurin is also likely behind the recent attack against Robinhood.
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VPN
Private Internet Access (PIA) is a fully-fledged VPN service that advocates for user privacy and online security. It packs nifty features and functionalities that give […]
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Privacy
Tor Browser is software that lets you surf the internet and use all web services anonymously. Nobody — not even government organizations, law enforcers, or big corporations — would be able to check your browsing history or track your location, provided you follow certain security practices.
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How to
Kodi is an open-source media software designed for home entertainment. The media software is free to download and can be installed on virtually any computing device. Kodi lets you stream trending movies, TV Shows, IPTV, sports, live events and more.
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VPN
With a VPN router you can connect all your WiFi and wired devices to the internet through the VPN, even devices that don’t support a VPN natively. This means that ALL your internet traffic is encrypted by the VPN and the apparent location of your entire network will be that of the VPN server.
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"Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet."
Gary Kovacs
List of all known GDPR fines and detailed statistics based on countries.
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An updated (2021) research on the dark web prices of various personally identifiable information (PII) sold on the dark web.
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We studied data from a range of reputable sources to find out just how bad the situation is for healthcare data privacy in the USA.
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Voter records of more than 107 million Americans is illegally sold on dark web markets for the low price of just $10.
Read MoreCompanies such as Facebook and Google track you to sell highly personalized advertising space to the highest bidder. They know who your friends are, what you’re interested in, how likely you are to watch a certain video, your political leanings, and even which websites you visit.
Governments watch your every move by passing laws to force ISPs to provide information on every character you type into a search engine and every webpage you visit. They know your location at any time through triangulation of your mobile phone and can follow you using huge networks of CCTV cameras.
They even constantly try to undermine the safety that protects us from having our data wide visible to anyone who looks – strong encryption.
Hackers and cybercriminals are constantly looking for vulnerable systems companies use to store users’ data and use sophisticated social engineering attacks to trick people into handing their data over willingly.
Major data breaches happen at an alarming rate and continue to increase in frequency. A US computer is targeted in a hacking attempt every 25 seconds, and the cost of cybercrime on the global economy is set to reach $6 Trillion in 2021.
The consequences can be profound when your data falls into the wrong hands. This happens, ranging from changing your passwords, having your emails published, and your website memberships becoming public knowledge to being denied credit in the future because someone has used your name to take out a loan.
Privacy Affairs is an information provider and content creator dedicated to helping you understand how to protect your private data and ensure you don’t find yourself on the wrong side of a data breach or cyber attack.
We report important news, research vulnerable consumer and professional technologies, and provide information on how to keep your info safe from rogue companies, prying governments, cybercriminals, and anyone else who would do you harm by stealing or otherwise intercepting your data.