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Cyber criminals have developed a new scam targeting your cell phone. Known as the ‘port-out scam’ criminals are are using stolen information to trick cell phone carriers into transferring legitimate phone numbers to new devices....

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Breach Brief – Alteryx

December 22, 2017 | 0 Comments

Alteryx, a California based data analytics company, has compromised the personal information of about 123 million American households. According to UpGuard of Silicon Valley Alteryx posted the information to a publicly available Amazon Web Services...

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Breach Brief – TIO Networks

December 5, 2017 | 0 Comments

TIO Networks, owned by PayPal has suffered a data breach that may have compromised the personally identifiable  information or PII of up to 1.6 million customers. TIO suspended operations on November 10th to investigate “security...

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Identity theft is big business. And if you have been paying attention you probably know that data theft is exploding globally, especially so in the U.S. According to the Identity Theft and Resource Center and CyberScout ...

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Breach Brief – Sonic Drive-In

September 28, 2017 | 0 Comments

Sonic fast food chain is the latest victim of a major data breach. Sonic, which has 3,600 locations across the country, confirmed they are investigating unusual payment card activity after being informed by their credit...

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month

September 27, 2017 | 0 Comments

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). In recognition the African-American Cyber Report will be participating with the Department of Homeland Security to promote awareness of cyber security issues and personal safety online. Each...

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Equifax Data Breach – The Aftermath

September 13, 2017 | 1 Comments

Equifax recently suffered a massive data breach compromising the sensitive information of over 140 million Americans. The data lost includes names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdays and driver’s license numbers.  As the week progressed details...

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ALERT! Equifax Hit by Major Data Breach ALERT!

September 8, 2017 | 1 Comments

Equifax, one of the major credit reporting agencies, is the victim of a major data breach affecting over 140 million Americans.  The data lost includes names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdays and driver’s license numbers....

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U.S. Government The personal information of thousands of U.S. citizens and employees holding security clearances up to Top Secret have been compromised. The security breach was revealed by Chris Vickery Director of cyber risk research...

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Breach Brief – Verizon

July 19, 2017 | 0 Comments

Millions of Verizon customer’s information has been exposed online. Last Wednesday UpGuard, an Internet security firm, reported finding millions Verizon accounts exposed on an unsecured server. Customer information included subscriber’s names, cellphone number, and the...

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