What size shoe are you? Digitally, that is.
Cybersecurity company Malwarebytes released an updated version of its free Digital Footprint Portal tool, which quickly reveals an authenticated user’s exposed personal data like passwords, bank and social media accounts, and Social Security number, and offers remediation tips and information regarding sources of the compromise (along with a link to other Malwarebytes products).
“We want to drive awareness for people to understand that their information is exposed, and they are at risk. It doesn’t matter if you have $10,000 in the bank, $100,000, or $100 million,” Oren Arar, VP of consumer privacy, told IT Brew.
A 2024 study from US News and World Report found that 44% of 1,200 surveyed US adults said they experienced data breaches multiple times. (Only 37% of respondents said they received notification of an account or personal-data compromise.)
Read more here.—BH
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