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End The Year Securely

End the Year Securely: Your Identity Protection Checklist December 4, 2024As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time to reflect on all you’ve accomplished and set goals for the year ahead. While you’ve probably already considered personal or professional milestones when planning for 2025, don’t overlook one critical area: safeguarding your identity and financial well-being. A year-end identity protection …

Prioritize Your Credit During Financial Wellness Month

Prioritize Your Credit During Financial Wellness Month January 6, 2024January is Financial Wellness Month, a perfect reminder to take control of your financial health following the busy, and often expensive, holiday season. While many people focus on budgeting and saving, it’s equally important to protect yourself from cybercrime, which poses a growing threat to financial stability. Cybercriminals often target personal …

Stay Protected During Tax Season

Stay Protected During Tax Season January 6, 2024Tax season is here, and while you’re busy crunching numbers and filing returns, scammers are working overtime to steal your hard-earned money. With over $2.1 billion in tax fraud identified by the IRS Criminal Investigation unit in fiscal year 2024 (Source: Accounting Today), and the U.S. Department of the Treasury recovering a staggering …

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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in January 2025

January 29, 2025In today’s digital age, data breaches have become alarmingly common, leaving millions vulnerable to identity theft and financial…
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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in December 2024

December 31, 2024As the holiday season brings festivities with family and friends, it’s easy to forget that cybercriminals are still…
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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in November 2024

November 22, 2024While many are celebrating a season of gratitude with family and friends this month, millions of people recently…
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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in October 2024

October 29, 2024As autumn ushers in cooler days and the start of festive holiday preparations, cybercriminals continue to ramp up…
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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in September 2024

September 24, 2024While many of us slow down after summer travels and activities, welcoming the crisp weather and cozy days…
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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in August 2024

August 27, 2024Cybercriminals don’t take summer vacation. Even as the season ends and many people are back in school or…
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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in July 2024

July 24, 2024While many people were celebrating Independence Day and soaking up the sun on the beach this July, identity…
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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in June 2024

June 27, 2024While many people across North America were celebrating the end of school, Father’s Day and the beginning of…
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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in May 2024

May 25, 2024Recent data breaches across various industries highlight the ever-present risks in our digital world. Companies such as Marriott,…
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Major Data Breaches & Hacking News in April 2024

April 25, 2024Recent data breaches across various industries highlight the ever-present risks in our digital world. Companies such as Nexperia,…
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Major Data Breaches and Hacking News in March 2024

Data Breaches  Nations Direct Mortgage Organization Description: Nations Direct Mortgage is a Nevada-based wholesale lender that operates in 35 states.…
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Major Data Breaches and Hacking News in February 2024

This month Bank of America’s deferred compensation plans are hacked, the US Department of Defense leaves government customer emails open…
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Major Data Breaches and Hacking News in January 2024

US government services contractor that manages and administers US government sponsored programs, including health services and student loan servicing.…
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Major Data Breaches and Hacking News in December 2023

US government services contractor that manages and administers US government sponsored programs, including health services and student loan servicing.…
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Major Data Breaches and Hacking News in November 2023

US government services contractor that manages and administers US government sponsored programs, including health services and student loan servicing.…
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Major Data Breaches and Hacking News in October 2023

US government services contractor that manages and administers US government sponsored programs, including health services and student loan servicing.…
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Major Data Breaches and Hackings in September 2023

The online forum revealed it suffered a massive data breach affecting more than 7 million users.…
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Major Data Breaches in August 2023

US government services contractor that manages and administers US government sponsored programs, including health services and student loan servicing.…
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Major Data Breaches in July 2023

Names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, and driver’s licenses or other government-issued ID numbers,…
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Major Data Breaches and Hackings in June 2023

MOVEit experienced a significant data breach in which millions of state identification records were stolen by a ransonware gang.…
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Major Data Breaches and Hackings in May 2023

Free VPN applications can be tempting to use because they offer a way to access the internet anonymously without having…
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Major Data Breaches and Hackings in March 2023

Looking for a quick overview of some of the most notable March 2023 data breaches and hacking reports in the news? We’ve…
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Major Data Breaches in February 2023

Looking for a quick overview of some of the most notable February 2023 data breaches in the news? We’ve done the legwork…
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Major Data Breaches in January 2023

Looking for a quick overview of some of the most notable January 2023 data breaches in the news? We’ve done the legwork…
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LastPass Data Breach

In August of 2022, LastPass landed in the hot seat as they reported to their customers that there had been…

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