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You're signing up for a new budgeting app, ready to get your finances in order. You tap "connect bank,” and a window pops up asking for your bank username and password. The logo says "Plaid.” Immediately, your internal alarm system starts blaring. Should you really be typing your bank login details into a third-party app? So let's get straight to it and figure out if this Plaid thing is legit and how it handles your most sensitive information.

Wondering if Plaid is safe to link with your bank account? Learn how Plaid secures your financial data and how tools like NordPass add extra protection.

Is Plaid safe? How to protect your financial data online

Is Plaid safe? A guide to protecting your financial data

Is Plaid safe

While you only need one key to lock your apartment door, the digital world is far more complicated. People often have dozens of accounts online – and just as many passwords to protect them with. Since building a password that is equal parts unique and secure can be frustrating, we have prepared some ideas and suggestions for strong passwords to keep you one step ahead of hackers.

Passwords don’t have to be difficult to create and memorize. Find strong password examples and learn how to create your own complex password formula.

5 Strong Password Ideas

Five strong password ideas to boost your security

As Christmas, or any holiday season for that matter, rolls around the corner, many of us get into the festive spirit. The stockings are hung, the tree is decorated, you’re buying gifts for your family and friends, so the last thing you want is to fall victim to a holiday scam.

Stay vigilant this holiday season and avoid falling victim to common online Christmas scams. Learn about the most common online Christmas scams.

Christmas Scams: Stay Safe This Holiday Season

Stay Safe This Holiday Season: Common Christmas Scams

Common Online Christmas Scams to Be Aware of This Holiday Season

Ever felt like someone was watching you behind your back? When you’re out and about, in a café working on your computer, on public transport typing away on your mobile phone, or withdrawing money from an ATM on a busy street. Sometimes, though, it’s not just a feeling, but actually a security attack that blurs the line between your online and physical life. This attack is called shoulder surfing.

Find out what shoulder surfing is and learn how to protect your data against it.

What is a shoulder surfing attack?

Feels like somebody’s watching: the shoulder surfing attack

Stolen, lost, reused and otherwise compromised credentials remain the route of choice for cybercrooks looking for a breach-related score. The 

2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report

 attributes 22% of all breaches and 88% of basic‑web‑app intrusions to stolen or weak credentials. On top of that — the supply is plentiful: 19 billion newly leaked passwords (

) are circulating on dark web market right now.

Password rotation changes passwords on a schedule to shrink attack windows. Explore benefits, pitfalls, best practices, and how NordPass Business streamlines it.

What is password rotation?

Password rotation: A practical overview

When you think of a password manager, you probably think about its ability to generate unique and secure passwords for every account. While that’s true, password managers also protect against a range of technical threats you might not expect—threats that can devastate businesses, from phishing attacks using Punycode domains that trick employees into revealing corporate credentials to keyloggers and brute-force attacks on admin panels that expose sensitive systems. 

Learn how password managers like NordPass defend against phishing, credential stuffing, brute-force attacks, keyloggers, and database leaks through secure autofill, unique passwords, and breach detection.

5 cyber threats password managers protect against

Everyone has done it at least once. You sign up for a new streaming trial at 11 PM, the site asks for an 8-character password that includes a symbol, but you shrug and reuse that old and faithful “Snowboarding!19” you’ve had since high school. In less than a minute, you’ve solved your problem—and created one for every other account that shares that same password. 

Our latest study shows that this kind of shortcut isn’t rare—it’s ordinary. So let’s break down the findings and get into the weeds of the troubling practice that is password reuse.

A new NordPass survey reveals why people still reuse passwords—and how hackers exploit it. Learn how to break the habit and stay secure.

Password reuse: our survey findings

Stop reusing passwords: what recent NordPass survey reveals

It’s Time to Stop Password Reuse

Europol has unveiled the 2025 EU Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment, revealing how the landscape of organized crime in Europe is shifting.

Insights from the 2025 EU SOCTA

The changing DNA of organized crime in Europe: key insights from the 2025 EU-SOCTA

Find out how much cybercriminals charge for different types of personal and corporate data on the dark web—and learn what you can do to prevent unwanted data exposure.

How much money is your data worth?

One of the toughest—but also most rewarding—things you can do is honestly review something you’ve created, recognizing both its strengths and areas for improvement. So, as part of Nord Security, we’re putting ourselves to the test with an objective review of NordVPN—stripping away the name and the hype to evaluate how it really performs.

Find out our thoughts on NordVPN, a popular VPN service from Nord Security.

Our NordVPN review

NordVPN review: how good is the popular VPN service?

Whether you’re taking a short trip to an industry event or embarking on the adventure of a lifetime, you almost certainly have a checklist to cover before you depart. Passport, visa, and the usual travel essentials are probably already covered, but there’s one small thing you might overlook in all the planning stress—mobile data connection. To help you stay in the network without worries, we want to see how two eSIM providers—Saily vs. Airalo—stack up against each other.

Getting ready for a faraway adventure? Our Saily vs. Airalo comparison will help you pick the right eSIM option.

Saily vs. Airalo: eSim comparison

Saily vs. Airalo: which eSIM service is better for travelers?

New cybersecurity regulations like the DORA, EEA, and the AI Act are coming in 2025. Prof. Dr. Kipker shares how businesses can prepare for them.

Prof. Dr. Kipker on the IT regulatory landscape in 2025

IT regulatory landscape in 2025: an interview with Prof. Dr. Kipker

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