Life may be short. But it’s going to be a long week for 37,000,000 people. Some stories about cyber crime get kind of dry, weighted down with statistics and dire warnings about the worsening threat landscape. This isn’t one of… Read More ›
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Midsize Business And The Data Breach Risk
Most midsize business leaders view a data breach among their top risks, according to The Hartford’s survey of midsize business owners and C-level executives. And it’s wise for them to be concerned. More than two in five mid-sized businesses (43%)… Read More ›
Big League Data Breach
Scandals are certainly not new to the sports world, but one team hacking the network of another team? That’s a new one. The St. Louis Cardinals baseball team hacked into the Houston Astros network and stole data on personnel, scouting… Read More ›
Verizon Enterprise Data Breach Investigations Report: Lessons To Be Learned
Data Breach Statistics You Can’t Ignore. The 2015 Data Breach Investigation Report by Verizon Enterprise is a wealth of knowledge. In the extensive and detailed report we learn the current trends and expansive breadth of attacks, how they can come… Read More ›
How Confident Are YOU In Your Network’s Security?
IT decision-makers lack faith in their organization’s security, according to research from Gemalto. According to an article from CBR online, the number of global data breaches is on the increase, as reported in Gemalto’s Breach Level Index. More than 1500 data breaches leading to one… Read More ›
PCI Compliance: Why You Should Take It Seriously
Online retailers are struggling with an increased number of security breaches and 80 percent of businesses fail interim PCI compliance assessment. According to the Verizon 2015 PCI COMPLIANCE REPORT, “in 2014, two-thirds of organizations did not adequately test the security of… Read More ›
Preventing Major Security Breaches: How to learn from Target’s $252 million mistake
Security practice mistakes can be costly. Some mistakes can be staggeringly expensive to clean up. Target’s breach from 2013 is one of them. To settle a class action suit filed to the U.S. District Court in Minnesota, Target has agreed to… Read More ›
The Hits Keep Coming: More Healthcare Hacks
Target, Anthem and now Premera Blue Cross. Whether it’s retail or healthcare, there is valuable personal data at risk, and we are all potential victims. In the Premera hack, there were 11 million customers affected by the breach of financial… Read More ›
Healthcare Hacks and Headaches
Theft, hacks, information syphoning… the threats are everywhere, so much so that there was a 28% increase in data breaches from 2013 to 2014. They are getting bigger, more aggressive, more sophisticated, and the healthcare industry is a huge target…. Read More ›
Major Hack Steals $1 Billion from Worldwide Banks
The Moscow based Carabanak hack had ATMs programmed, accounts inflated, and performed fraudulent deposits and transfers across the world. What is shocking is the breadth of the attacks, which spanned two years and over 30 banks. The hacks which stole a… Read More ›
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