As we have mentioned in many blogs this year, while cyber attacks on very large, well-known businesses dominate the headlines, statistics show that smaller organizations are at the greatest risk. Sixty percent of cyber attacks in 2014 targeted small and… Read More ›
The data breaches of 2014 have yet to fade into memory, and the breaches of 2015 just keep right on coming. Earlier this year, the credit reporting company Experian Information Solutions released its 2015 Data Breach Industry Forecast. We thought… Read More ›
This year hackers stole personal data on tens of millions of Americans from health insurer Anthem. Three months earlier, a different set of hackers stole credit and debit card numbers from tens of millions of Home Depot shoppers. So who… Read More ›
It’s 1995. You’re waiting at the airport for your Continental Airlines flight to take off. A large, boxy television is hanging over you playing CNN broadcasting news on the Clinton Scandal, a government shutdown, Ebola, OJ Simpson, and terror in Oklahoma. You aren’t… Read More ›
The popular streaming service Netflix announced last quarter that they plan to secure their entire service with HTTPS (an encrypted protocol) later this year. HTTPS sites utilize SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to establish an encrypted link between a server and… 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 ›
The latest wave of ransomware targets upcoming Windows 10 users by luring them to download an early copy of the operating system, then zapping them with CTB-Locker instead. The email enticements impersonate Microsoft, and inform impatient (and gullible) readers that… Read More ›
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 ›
With the number of attacks continually on the rise, spear phishing has become the weapon of choice for hackers today. According to Trend Micro, 91% of cyber attacks occur when malware is delivered by email, links or through downloads, and… Read More ›
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 ›
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