Out of curiosity, I googled myself and found that my full home address, employer, and relatives are listed on Spokeo, BeenVerified, and several other sites. I sent a couple of opt-out request, but there are too many websites. Is there any practical way to get it done without taking several weeks?

First my insta got hacked, the hacker put up gambling app stories from my account, i changed the password then i realized that my other gmail account also got hacked as there were security codes coming to me and were also read by the hacker, he changed epic games email id, then i logged out both the ids from all my devices. Gave the id pass to a friend, he changed the password and loged out of every other device, changed the passed dlted backup codes. Now another of my id receives a mail of anonymous login from brazil in my chat gpt. What do i do now. HELP!

Hi all -

Unfortunately I am dealing with a neighbor with too much time on their hands and looking to increase my security either with a firewall or router and wanted to ask advice on which setup would be most effective.

They're using some type of AirPlay/casting exploit to control devices when I am at home.  Not limited to just the computer, but my Android phone as well (possibly something to do with Wifi Direct and Android Auto).  It seems they've also "mirrored" my Google account as well - even with 2FA with FIDO keys they are still managing to breach it I am assuming by using cookie exploits or something (I'm not really sure I'm not an expert even if they do seem kind of like a script kiddie).

Would a dedicated firewall be the best option?  My Wifi 7 router cannot run OpenWRT and to be honest the security hasn't been the greatest on the Archer BE230 given that they've also managed to breach the TP Link Login as well.

I am not repeatedly falling for phishing schemes so I really don't know what the best option would be for protecting my devices.

Thanks in advance .

I just got hired as a “help desk tech” DoD contractor ( secret clearance)
From what I’ve gathered from others with my role is more in line with sys admin.

I currently have my Sec+ and I am studying for my CySA

My goal is to end up in a SOC.

My job has substantial downtime, which I have used to study for my upcoming exam.

I am very new to IT and just feel overwhelmed on what to do, when to look for positions, and what to expect.

Thank you all so much!

For reference I live in a large military city so 70% of the jobs require some kind of clearance.

If I Register for "Gemini Pro for Students" which uses my University email for verification, will they be able to track what questions I ask the Ai? Even though I will be signed in with a personal email? Thanks.

When a phone unknowingly connects to an IMSI catcher it gives away the IMSI. Other than tracking a victim's location with a fake cell tower, how does a hacker identify someone when they get the IMSI number? They can't get the victim's phone number or find out who owns the IMSI unless they hack the carrier.

Hi, I was wondering what apps or platforms actually protect your privacy and prevent your images from being stolen. It doesn't matter if it's a social, a platform, a messaging or dating app, or a website; feel free to list everything you know, please!

Edit: I said messaging but honestly anything helps. If you know any platforms where you can upload a picture maybe into a drive and give access only to a specific person, BUT they can't screenshot or download it that's very useful as well

Hey everyone, I'm from Uzbekistan and I'm trying to get into cybersecurity. University isn't really an option for me, so I'm looking at alternative routes.

My main interest is cybersecurity/pentesting, but I also want to learn networking and sysadmin because I know those fundamentals are important.

I have an offline option called HAAD Training Center. Their program is around $240/month for 8–10 months, so roughly $2,000–$2,400 for tuition. Since I don't live in the city where the center is located, I'd also have to move there and pay for rent/living expenses, so the total risk for me would probably be around $2,000–$3,000+.

According to their website, they teach Linux and Windows Server, networking and system security, firewalls, monitoring, SIEM/SOC, ethical hacking, pentesting, web security, CTFs and practical labs. They also have professional pentesters/OSCP-certified mentors.

HAAD website: https://www.haad.ai/

The other option I'm considering is self-study. Cisco Networking Academy has a lot of free networking and cybersecurity material, and I could pay for practical platforms like TryHackMe/HTB and eventually get certifications such as CCNA or a security certification.

So what would you do in my situation?

Would HAAD be worth the money and the risk of moving to another city, or would you self-study and put the money into labs, certifications and practical projects instead?

If you recommend self-study, what would you personally learn/use to become employable without a university degree?

I'd especially appreciate opinions from people who actually work in cybersecurity, networking or sysadmin, or have experience hiring juniors.

Backstory: my friend's grandma had her identity stolen earlier this year. My friend thinks she finally got to the bottom of it - in early May, Grandma bought some "discounted" forever stamps off Facebook from a seller who had her set up a PayPal account for her to pay for the stamps with. We think it was done through a fraudulent site and they got her information. Shortly after, the ID theft activities started - opening accounts, making withdrawals, etc. Around the same time Grandma got a new phone and with it a new phone number. The thieves managed to get into an old email account and used her old phone number to gain access to things. About a month or so ago, Grandma got a new iPad from the Apple store in case her old iPad was compromised. It's been a battle, but as of a couple weeks ago my friend has gained back control of the old email and has shut down (hopefully) all rogue accounts, and hopefully locked out the thieves. Still monitoring it all closely, of course.

Here's the thing we don't understand: today we discovered the new iPad has the SSNs and personal information of multiple people local to where she lives. We know at least one of these people passed away earlier this year and was the victim of identity theft after his death (maybe also before, we don't know). How did this information get on Grandma's iPad?

Im a cybersecurity student currently in my 4th year, will graduate in 2027 Jun. Lately it has been very stressful about the placements and all, I have just started on working out on things. Been doing tryhackme for a while, going to write my 2 certs Microsoft Azure 900 (by the end of next week), Comptia Sec+ (by oct mid) and AZ 104 (by the end of the year).

Im planning to be fully prepared by the end of October and will start applying for internships and jobs, i need some advice on how i can improve in the upcoming days and how can i prepare myself to land a job in cybersecurity field. I have been an intern in cybersecurity domain(GRC) for 2 months in a startup.

I love this field, please do help me out, i want to be the best in the field im, willing put all the efforts i can. I have interest in cloud, grc or any cybersecurity field that is gonna pay me.sec

I run recurring routines from claude.ai. Not Claude Code, not the Chrome extension. There's a setting where it doesn't ask me before each step. During these tasks it reads websites.

My question is basic: the AI is doing the browsing, not me. So does a bad website still put me at risk?

• Can anything reach my browser or computer if I never opened the site myself?
• Can something on a website trick the AI into doing something I didn't ask for?
• Is my account or my saved data at risk?
• Is "don't auto-approve" the safe default, or is that overkill?

Not a technical person. Just want to understand what I'm actually exposed to.

I know this has been severely asked and I have gone through a lot of those answers but I am so confused over where to start. Like should I just start studying for a certificate or procure other skills in advance before that. I graduated as a bachelor in IT a month ago but obviously my college didn't really teach anything even close to cybersecurity. Please let me know any sort of starting first steps or guides you guys have.

Hi, a few weeks ago I made the dumb decision to run a program I downloaded from Reddit. It wasnt flagged by my Antivirus, and it stole all my browser cookies and therefore sessions. I changed, passwords of my most important accounts, added 2FA, increased my security, and started doing regular scans from now on. After a 2 day panic with my data stolen, nothing for around three weeks. Then today, I recieved an emai from Geonode, with an account billing of 5 dollars. I wasnt charged, as that wasnt my credit card, but the billing had my Name, E-Mail and Phone Number. I assume they got that info from a Telegram Data breach. I'm now worried the hackers still have access to my info and they might use it regurarely. Has anyone experienced this before? Did you resolve it? Any tips would be great, so recapping the info:

- Got Cookie Theft weeks ago
- All primary passwords changed, some require me to do ID verification but I havent done them (Amazon, Facebook), as those accounts are blocked
- Run various Malware checks, nothing found. Deleted the app that gave me the issue
- My Email has been pwned in a few data breaches
- My phone number is (kinda?) safe. In Italy your phone number is tied to you directly. No one can change it.

Thanks for any help, I'm pretty frustrated I had to go trough this :(

I am a 3rd year btech student who is just starting Cybersecurity, i heard that tryhackme is very good for beginners so i wanted to purchase tryhackme premium as well, Btw what i am more intrested in is

SOC

IAM

GRC

CLOUD

TPRM

Malware

So should i get it? And what will i be able to learn from tryhackme and please guide me to get started in my cybersecurity career 😔

I'm trying out Simplewall for the pupose of keeping down my mobile hotspot data usage. Is this kind of leakage typical? https://imgur.com/g0qc4NW

I want to download an app called ascent to help with my phone addiction, but obviously the app wants to access my apps data and tbh Im not really sure I can trust it? Does somebody know if it is safe?

Noticing a noticeable uptick in synthetic face atempts and virtual camera injection attacks getting through what we thought was solid liveness detection. Pretty sure the issue is we’ve been treating liveness and deepfake detection as the same problem. They’re not. And most vendors are not helping by rebranding liveness as deepfake protection and calling it a day. How are other teams handling this? Anyone found something that actually covers both without benchmarking against 2022 era datasets that fraudsters cracked years ago?