EZPD Blog Posts
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How an Increase of Passwords is Creating Increased Cyber Risk
Lock screens, email accounts, social media profiles, phone applications — the number of programs and tools we use rely on are grows every day. And, for each program, ideally, should be a unique password. According to Emmanuel Schalit, head of password security company Dashlane, the average consumer of digital technology has about 200 accounts that…
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What To Do If You Think You’re a Victim of The Marriott Breach
Personal data of up to 500 million Starwood Hotel customers have been breached, thanks to a malware virus implemented in the hotel chain’s point-of-sale software in 2014. The hotel giant discovered the four-year-old vulnerability in mid-September when an internal security tool alerted the Marriott team someone was trying to access the Starwood guest reservation database.…
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The Global Reaction to the ‘Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace’
Earlier this month, leaders gathered in Paris for the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War One. French President Emmanuel Macron took this time of gathering (as it also overlapped with the UNESCO Internet Governance Forum) to introduce a new initiative he’s been working on called the “Paris call for trust and security in…
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How to Check if your Facebook Account was Hacked
What to do to Protect Yourself Now, and in the Future? Roughly one month ago, social media giant Facebook, announced a breach that may have impacted up to 50 million of their users. The company believes that attackers used the Facebook developer APIs to obtain user information commonly found in bios, like: The New York…
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How to protect your cryptocurrency from theft
Since the dawn of cryptocurrency time, hackers and bad actors have found creative ways to steal or intercept cryptocurrency from its true owners. One of the most notable examples of this is the story of the now defunct bitcoin exchange company, Mt.Gox. The organization started in 2010 and quickly became one of the largest players…
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4 ways to protect your family’s privacy online
In the modern day of cyber attacks and data breaches, it can be difficult for any one of us to maintain privacy online. Our most sensitive information ranging from family photos to intimate finance details are flowing onto the internet, and hackers and schemes are more sophisticated than ever. As if we don’t have enough…
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