In August 2021, the teaching resources website Have Fun Teaching suffered a data breach that leaked 80k WooCommerce transactions which were later posted to a popular hacking forum. The data contained 27k unique email addresses along with physical and IP addresses, names, payment methods and the item purchased. Have Fun Teaching is aware of the incident.
Residual risk is the risk that remains after efforts to identify and eliminate some or all types of risk have been made.
Pure risk refers to risks that are beyond human control and result in a loss or no loss, with no possibility of financial gain.
A SYN flood attack is a type of denial-of-service (DoS) attack on a computer server. This exploit is also known as a ‘half-open attack.’
Perfect forward secrecy (PFS), also known as forward secrecy, is an encryption style known for producing temporary private key exchanges between clients and servers.
An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a prolonged and targeted cyberattack in which an intruder gains access to a network and remains undetected for an extended period.
Hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) is a message encryption method that uses a cryptographic key with a hash function.
In May 2025, the South American mobility services platform Ualabee had hundreds of thousands of records scraped from an interface on their platform. The data included 472k unique email addresses along with names, profile photos, dates of birth and phone numbers.
Smart contracts ensure the integrity of transactions, such as those that initiate key services. A smart contract audit is one way to ensure the programs work as designed.
Explore the differences between symmetric vs. asymmetric encryption, including how they work and common algorithms, as well as their pros and cons.