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2.7 billion email addresses & plain-text passwords exposed online
2.7 billion email addresses & plain-text passwords exposed online
In addition to email addresses and passwords, the records contained MD5, SHA1, and SHA256 hashes of each.. Read more:
Jan. 1, 2025
Exclusive: Hacker selling 500 million Facebook user data from 82 countries
Exclusive: Hacker selling 500 million Facebook user data from 82 countries
The entire Facebook database with 500 million accounts is being sold for $30,000 on a hacker forum. Here's where it's being done.
Jan. 1, 2025
Can Your Database Keep Up?
Can Your Database Keep Up?
HyperFlex systems provide you the performance you need If your organization is like most, databases like Microsoft SQL Server are used throughout your
Jan. 22, 2018
TuneCore Record Label Hacked, Musicians’ Data At Risk
TuneCore Record Label Hacked, Musicians’ Data At Risk
TuneCore, an online music distribution/record label service on Friday, revealed that its database was breached by the hackers and they have been working with
Dec. 8, 2015
Why Implement Microsoft SQL Server on Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)?
Why Implement Microsoft SQL Server on Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)?
A Guest Blog by Cisco’s Frank Cicalese:  Frank is a Technical Solutions Architect with Cisco, assisting customers with their design of SQL Server
Nov. 4, 2014
Big Data in Security – Part V: Anti-Phishing in the Cloud
Big Data in Security – Part V: Anti-Phishing in the Cloud
In the last chapter of our five part Big Data in Security series, expert Data Scientists Brennan Evans and Mahdi Namazifar join me to discuss their work
Dec. 13, 2013
Big Data in Security – Part IV: Email Auto Rule Scoring on Hadoop
Big Data in Security – Part IV: Email Auto Rule Scoring on Hadoop
Following part three of our Big Data in Security series on graph analytics, I’m joined by expert data scientists Dazhuo Li and Jisheng Wang to talk
Dec. 12, 2013
Big Data in Security – Part III: Graph Analytics
Big Data in Security – Part III: Graph Analytics
Following part two of our Big Data in Security series on University of California, Berkeley's AMPLab stack, I caught up with talented data scientists
Dec. 11, 2013
Big Data in Security – Part II: The AMPLab Stack
Big Data in Security – Part II: The AMPLab Stack
Following part one of our Big Data in Security series on TRAC tools, I caught up with talented data scientist Mahdi Namazifar to discuss TRAC's work with
Dec. 10, 2013
Big Data in Security – Part I: TRAC Tools
Big Data in Security – Part I: TRAC Tools
Recently I had an opportunity to sit down with the talented data scientists from Cisco's Threat Research, Analysis, and Communications (TRAC) team to
Dec. 9, 2013