Cybercriminals got especially healthy last year, targeting the healthcare industry like never before. In fact, healthcare is the most frequently attacked industry, ahead of manufacturing, financial services, government, and transportation. Five of the eight largest healthcare security breaches – all… Read More ›
Sometimes it’s better to learn from the mistakes of others. One of the largest ever online data breaches has resulted in an $80 million heist from an Indian bank – all because it lacked a firewall. Bangladesh Bank was frugal… Read More ›
Cybercriminals are way ahead of the game against defenders, according to Verizon’s ninth annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). And hackers are so far ahead that they don’t even have to switch up their game plan…the same old tactics are still… Read More ›
More than 500 million digital identities were stolen or exposed in 2015, according to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report. On average, each data breach exposed more than 1.3 million identities, but the report identified nine ‘megabreaches’ (those leaking of over… Read More ›
A new report shows healthcare taking the dubious honor of first place among all industries for 2015 data security incidents. With more and more patient information being stored electronically, and medical records commanding ten times the amount paid for credit… Read More ›
Tomorrow is World Backup Day! Why dedicate a day to data backup? Because more than 30% of companies have never tested the restoral of their critical data. NEVER! And because: 113 mobile devices are lost or stolen every minute. (Some… Read More ›
It’s not just your credit card number that today’s cyber criminals are after. Theft of identities – encompassing a wide range of personal information — accounts for the majority of data breaches, according to a new global survey. According to… Read More ›
This week, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid hackers 40 bitcoins — roughly $17,000 — to restore its electronic medical record system after the hospital’s network was infected with ransomware, a computer virus that encrypts a target’s files, locking the owner out… Read More ›
In the world of cybersecurity, 2015 was a doozy. Ransomware took off running across multiple platforms, the Ashley Madison hack left a trail of bruised hearts, and even wifi-enabled Barbie dolls were hacked to gain access to credential passwords and other confidential… Read More ›
This week, a security researcher revealed a series of high-severity vulnerabilities related to a native Android media player called Stagefright that appears to affect all versions of Android from 2.2 (Froyo) to at least Android 5.1.1_r5 (Lollipop). Which means about… Read More ›
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