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Free installation of 1 SSL certificate of any type purchased during the BFCM sale: November 25-December 4, 2022.

A 34-year-old man called Daniel Kaye has been arraigned by a US federal court and charged with access device fraud and money laundering conspiracy. This charge comes from the Londoner’s alleged involvement with The Real Deal, a dark web marketplace that specialized in selling stolen data and illicit goods. This charge comes following years of attempted prosecutions.

When you launch a business it can seem impossible to factor in all possibilities when it comes to protecting both your brand’s reputation and your customers. With the endless possibilities of cyber attacks, it would be easy to forget the threat of brand impersonation, but that would be a mistake. 

Ever Googled your name and found yourself uncomfortable with the breadth of personal information you’ve found in the results pages? 

It’s a common feeling, especially with our lives becoming ever more digital. One of the consequences of increased connectivity can be losing autonomy over personal data. And it’s not just discomfort that can result from having these kinds of details online. Privacy is crucial to staying safe online. Having private data readily available puts people at risk of threats like online harassment such as doxxing. According to SafeHome, 21% of Americans (around 43 million people) have experienced doxxing of some kind. 

Ever get a phone call or text from a number you don’t recognize, and it turns out to be a weird robocall or spam? You’re not the only one. In the US, people received 11.9 billion spam text messages and 6.4 billion spam calls in May 2022 alone. 

From SSL encryption to website CAPTCHAs, there are myriad ways to protect ourselves and our websites from malicious actors online. While SSL certificates might be more niche to site owners, everyone knows CAPTCHA.

Ever get frustrated by a CAPTCHA that’s impossible to interpret only for a website to declare you’re a bot, preventing you from completing whatever action you wanted to perform? You’re not the only one. Even so, they’re all over the web. Fortunately, Cloudflare has come up with what they claim is a frustration-free alternative. 

Before we get into that, let’s take a look at why CAPTCHAs are even a thing.

The US National Security Agency (NSA) is well known for performing extensive surveillance in the name of national security, building up vast swathes of data in the process. But what happens when an employee tries to steal some of this data?