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Cyber news, tools & one smart career path. 5 min read Quick Reality Check Oura Ring, the popular wearable, is facing scrutiny over its Department of Defense ties. What happened: Oura Ring announced a new U.S. manufacturing facility to support contracts with the Department of Defense, call...

Sep 10, 2025 cybersecurity girl newsletter

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Cyber news, tools & one smart career path. 5 min read Quick Reality Check TransUnion Data Breach Impacts 4.4 Million What happened: TransUnion, one of the three largest U.S. credit bureaus, was hit by a data breach on July 28, 2025. Hackers stole over 13 million records worldwide, includi...

Sep 03, 2025 cybersecurity girl newsletter

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Cyber news, tools & one smart career path. 5 min read Quick Reality Check Apple Urgently Fixes New Security Flaw Actively Being Used by Hackers What happened: Apple released an emergency patch to fix a dangerous bug that lets hackers break into iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The scariest part ...

Aug 27, 2025 cybersecurity girl newsletter

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Cyber news, tools & one smart career path. 5 min read Quick Reality Check AT&T Customers Could Claim Up to $7,500 After $177M Data Breach Settlement What happened: AT&T has agreed to a $177 million settlement after two major data breaches. The first happened in March 2024 and exposed sensit...

Aug 20, 2025 cybersecurity girl newsletter

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Cyber news, tools & one smart career path. 5 min read Quick Reality Check The Truth About Instagram’s New Map Feature. What happened: Some Instagram users noticed their posts and stories appearing on the platform’s new Map feature. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri stated that live location shari...

Aug 13, 2025 cybersecurity girl newsletter

Cybersecurity Girl Weekly Drop

Cyber news, tools & one smart career path from your Cyber Bestie. 5 min read Quick Reality Check Your private ChatGPT convos might be live, public, and just a Google search away. What happened: ChatGPT’s “shared links” feature made it easy to send conversations to friends, but many are now ...

Aug 06, 2025 cybersecurity girl newsletter

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Cyber news, tools & one smart career path from your Cyber Bestie. 5 min read Quick Reality Check Dating Safety App Exposes Women’s Private Messages in Massive Breach. What happened: The Tea app, launched as a "women's dating safety app” where women were able to flag shady dates, was hit wi...

Jul 30, 2025 cybersecurity girl newsletter

Cybersecurity Girl Weekly Drop

Cyber news, tools & one smart career path from your Cyber Bestie. 5 min read Quick Reality Check Warning to 1.8B Gmail users: Gmail’s AI Assistant Gemini Is Being Tricked to Help Hackers! What happened: A dangerous phishing campaign is targeting 1.8 billion Gmail users, and it’s doing somet...

Jul 23, 2025 cybersecurity girl newsletter

Cybersecurity Girl Weekly Drop

Cyber tips, tools & one smart career path from your Cyber Bestie. 5 min read Quick Reality Check McDonald’s Application Chat Left 64M Job Candidate’s Data Vulnerable What happened: McDonald’s job application chatbot (called Olivia) was found to have a major security vulnerability that left ...

Jul 16, 2025 cybersecurity girl newsletter

Cybersecurity Girl Weekly Drop

Cyber tips, tools & one smart career path from your Cyber Bestie. 5 min read Quick Reality Check What happened: 16B passwords were leaked (the largest leak ever). Why it matters: If you reuse passwords (which I would say about 99% of you do), hackers can break into your accounts using a tac...

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Hello and Welcome

Hey Everyone, So Happy You are here! Hi, it’s Caitlin Sarian. You probably know me as Cybersecurity Girl. After countless requests from you (and a little push from my team), we’re finally launching weekly cyber newsletters! What you can expect in the Newsletter: Quick, actionable cyber tips ...

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