Bite Sized Cyber Crime Chloe Thonus
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- Tecnologia
Bite Sized Cyber Crime is a short true crime series about cyber crime, notorious viruses and scams, and dark web operations. You can learn how hackers are able to steal data from underneath your nose as well as ways to better protect your online life in manageable ways.
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Ticketmaster Breach Impacts Half a Billion Users
If you go to concerts or live shows sometimes like I do you've likely used Ticketmaster, as it has a strangehold over the industry. The morning after I saw a concert I woke up, checked Twitter, and saw that Ticketmaster had a massive data breach. This is what happened.
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This Podcast is Not Sponsored by BetterHelp
After COVID-19 hit, telehealth businesses started booming and BetterHelp became especially prominent via YouTube and podcast sponsorships. However BetterHelp has been criticized for their data sharing practices, and the gray area they are in when it comes to regulations.
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$25 Million in Ethereum Stolen from Trading Bots
Ethereum is a popular cryptocurrency, and some have started using bots to frontrun. Two brothers learned how they could exploit a vulnerability in these bots and make themselves $25 million richer.
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Dell Breach Exposed Data of 49 Million Customers
Dell is a massive provider of technology for organizations and home users alike, and although on first glance their data breach seems not to contain sensitive data it has likely opened the floodgates for scams and phishing opportunities.
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Fake USPS Sites Get Almost the Same Traffic as the Real One
With online shopping being so popular, getting delivery updates is not so uncommon, but this has led to the rise of a prolific scam that is much bigger than you may think.
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Cloudbleed and the Vitality of Cloud Security
The cloud is ever expanding and allowing people to easily scale up at rates previously impossible. However one thing that must be considered is that security becomes complicated. You have to really trust your cloud provider to hold up their end, and even trusted providers can have oversights.
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