Are you a Quora user?  If so, you're certainly not alone. It is the internet's most popular question-and-answer website, which makes it a unique property in the social media ecosystem.  Unfortunately, the site recently suffered a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of about one hundred million of the site's users.

Marriott now has the dubious honor of having suffered one of the worst breaches in history.  Granted, the 500 million customer records recently stolen from the company pales in comparison to Yahoo's loss of nearly three billion customer records, but Marriott's number is certainly nothing to scoff at.

Are you one of the legions of Americans who run on Dunkin'?  If so, be advised that your DD Perks Reward Account may have been compromised.  The company reported that they were recently breached by a currently unknown third party, and that at least some customer information was compromised.

It's no secret that ransomware attacks have been on the rise over the last couple of years. Many companies, desperate to get their files back, have resorted to simply paying the ransom and hoping the hackers act in good faith and keep their word where unlocking the files is concerned.

Most people use Google Chrome.  In fact, according to the latest statistics, Chrome has more than half the browser market share, with the rest dividing the smaller portion of the market between them.  That's relevant because recently, Google has made important changes to their browser that provide visual cues when a website you're visiting doesn't have an SSL certificate.

Have you ever created an account on Dell's website to purchase computer equipment?  If so, your account may have been compromised.  As a precaution, Dell has forced password resets for every account on their site. You've likely already got a notification sitting in your inbox with a password rest link and additional instructions and information.

In recent months, security researchers have unearthed all sorts of new hardware vulnerabilities.  Several of them allow hackers to quietly assume control of your PC's built-in camera or microphone, giving them the ability to spy on you and invade your privacy at will.

Akamai has discovered a nasty new hack that's allowing cybercriminals to move beyond simply compromising routers, but also, in some instances, to use the compromised routers to take control of other machines sitting behind it on your network.

The hack, known as UPnProxy exploits weaknesses in the design of the UPnP services installed on many routers, allowing hackers to alter the router's Network Address Translation tables.

Bob Diachenko, the Director of Cyber Risk Research for Hacken, recently made a disturbing discovery.  He found an ElasticSearch server open and vulnerable on the internet, without so much as a password to protect it.

Unfortunately, the server was leaking a staggering 73GB of data and had a number of databases cached inside the server's memory.

Do you have an account on USPS.com?  If so, you're not alone.  Tens of millions of Americans use it daily for a variety of purposes.  Unfortunately, if you do have an account, it may have been compromised.

Recently, the USPS announced the discovery of a critical security vulnerability that exposed the account information of more than sixty million customers to literally anyone with a USPS.com account.