[Security] Tools for Monitoring Email Breaches and Link Safety

[Amphenomenon]

We will always use email and click links online,  data breaches may occur in platform we sign up with our email while some links online are malicious. We may not be aware of these breaches or links except we use some tools to monitor these and then take the necessary steps to protect ourselves online.

For email breach:
One of the best tool for this is the HIBP (Have I been pwned), you don't have to sign up to use it. I recently use it and its doesn't just verify if your email address as any breach but also where did the breach occurred and what data was reviewed to the public.


Input your email address and click the pwned?

note: This site offers other features like pwned Password, which check if a password has ever been exposed in any data breach. You can access it other features by clicking the menu button at the top right corner of the image above.


I did try it with my own email and it has 2 data breaches from Canva and Wattpad. When I sign up on those platforms I never knew anything much about privacy and security, so I literally signed up directly with my Gmail account and I guess the compromise data is what they took. I never knew they literally had such data breach till I did this.




 
Privacy policy : I checked the privacy policy, the data collected are what are needed for verification and its not shared with third party.

File/links Scanners :
Some files and links online contains malware which we may not be aware of but in order to have some surety that a file or link is secure, you can use :
VirusTotal's : this scan link/files with the aid of 70 antivirus engines and blacklisting services to verify if it is free from malware.

Privacy policy: Its shares user data with the community to teach and improve knowledge about malicious files/links
Though it offer anonymous features that is, you don't need sign up to use it, were you can verify if a link or file contains malware (this fixture is what I did use).

There are other sites that offers this features but I don't really know any that up to 70 anti-virus engines while for the HIBP I have not use others except this.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

[Guide] How to know if your email address was part of any data breach.
Coinmarketcap hack leaked 3.1 million emails!

Two guides for that website and you can check an email address or a website domain.

[hugeblack]

I don't know, but it is difficult to trust a service with your data, so such sites may be an excellent place for hackers to steal data, or they may be managed by the government or companies that sell data, especially since there is no legal obligation to share data.

In general, do not post your personal email publicly, do not randomly click on links and assume that your email has been leaked.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

In general, do not post your personal email publicly, do not randomly click on links and assume that your email has been leaked.

Use a new email address for exploration on new sites, new platforms or even can use throw-away email addresses.

For important accounts, don't use emails for those account registrations and use them on other platforms especially new ones that have higher risk of phishing sites or scam sites.

[aioc]

Good to know that my primary email shows this after I checked my primary email

Good news — no pwnage found!

If you're subscribing and signing in on platforms you must have 3 emails.

One for subscription and signing up
One for communication
And your main email exclusive for sites like Bitcointalk

And be sure to use a strong password and 2FA authentication on all these emails. secure your emails just like how you secure your investment.

[suzanne5223]

We will always use email and click links online,  data breaches may occur in platform we sign up with our email while some links online are malicious. We may not be aware of these breaches or links except we use some tools to monitor these and then take the necessary steps to protect ourselves online.

It is nice to check if an email is breached but have you guys need ask yourself the question of curiosity that always pop up in my mind in this type of situation.
What about if the website we use to check the breach also sell the email checked on their platform or more since there's no source code to know how the platform is operate? 
I don't know if others also think like this and this is why I believe taking precaution is better which is using an alternative email for most thing while use main email for reputable platform.

[Amphenomenon]

I don't know, but it is difficult to trust a service with your data, so such sites may be an excellent place for hackers to steal data, or they may be managed by the government or companies that sell data, especially since there is no legal obligation to share data.

In general, do not post your personal email publicly, do not randomly click on links and assume that your email has been leaked.

True though this site has been trusted for long and what's the chance of you being aware if there is any kind of breach in your data and I understand we have to be cautious such services since they can be rendered by the government or companies that sell data and also its alot of hackers will have their eye on them but I can try this while something I will not try to use are password managers.

Good to know that my primary email shows this after I checked my primary email

Good news — no pwnage found!

If you're subscribing and signing in on platforms you must have 3 emails.

One for subscription and signing up
One for communication
And your main email exclusive for sites like Bitcointalk

And be sure to use a strong password and 2FA authentication on all these emails. secure your emails just like how you secure your investment.

Thanks for this,M God bless you, I will try to adopt this method hence forth.
I guess another step to add some privacy and security when using these sites is to be anonymous by using Tor browser or any trusted privacy browser and VPN to avoid fingerprinting and IP address being tracked.