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Recently, an estimated 32 million Facebook account details were posted online. These accounts were spread across their entire global user base. Additionally, more than 533 million Facebook users had their personal and private information posted to a public forum, a move that has created an uptick in cybercrime leveraging leaked credentials. The publicly released Facebook user data is believed to be part of a 2019 "Add Friend" Facebook security bug. The flaw, exploited by cybercriminals, allowed those individuals to collect hundreds of millions of member account details from Facebook and sell them to the highest bidder on illicit online markets. Critical Path Security (CPS) has obtained a full manifest of the data dump. CPS is offering a review of the data for anyone interested and will share any of the published data. If you would like to know more, don't hesitate to reach out. Ready to find out more? Reach…

Renewed attacks have begun on SMS services around the globe, making SMS 2-Factor Authentication an unsuitable option for authentication. For $16 USD, an individual can sign up for a service that will intercept a target phone number's SMS messages and send the messages to the number of their choice - as long as the individual is willing to provide a signed "Letter of Authority" in which they promise to be the owner of the said phone number. Platforms such as Sakari are actively being used to breach online accounts containing sensitive information, such as banking and health data. In previous years, attacks targeting Ultra-High Net Worth and Highly-Visible individuals have greatly increased. In July 2020, Graham Ivan Clark brazenly hacked into social media accounts belonging to President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg, Warren Buffet, Floyd Mayweather, Kim Kardashian, Apple,…

This month is Women's History Month with a dedicated day of March 8th being International Women's Day. As a woman who has been appreciating the women that have come before her and honoring them each day, I don't need a set time to remember them. I think this month needs to be utilized as an opportunity to teach. I think that the young girls and women in schools need to be shown examples of women who have made major contributions in areas where just a few years ago there was nothing. We need to empower those coming up behind with the knowledge that they can succeed in any area they choose and may one day be the first female to hold that position. We need to use this time to invest, encourage, and mentor. It's our chance to make sure that 30 years from now there are no specific gender…