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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Just a week ago, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) reported a data breach that was initially discovered last year. The company assumed they had taken care of the problem when the incident was first noticed – only to learn ten months… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
We’ve discussed the importance of a good password, but what good will it do if you make it easy for people to steal? Can you even call it stealing if you leave it out in plain sight? You might have seen… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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