By Jason Cheung on August 28, 2018 | Tagged with cybertheft, hacked, In the News, password, ransomware, security, Social media, web security
In August 2018, Instagram users reported that their accounts had been compromised by hackers that changed their account password, disabled two-factor authentication, and edited personal information. Karissa Bell [1] reported that Instagram users were reaching out on other social media platforms [2] to report unauthorized entry into their accounts. Several commonalities were reported among the accounts affected: a […]
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By Jason Cheung on August 7, 2018 | Tagged with browser, encryption, https, In the News, security, web security
Following Google’s announcement in Feburary [1], Google Chrome has implemented a decision to mark all non-HTTPS websites as ‘Not Secure’. In its update to Version 68.0 on July 2018, the address bar will show an indication of the security level of every website a user visits: This change helps to alert users to websites that […]
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