Tag Archive for: Network Security

Week in Breach

This week, hackers continue to phish for patient data from US healthcare providers, a British police website goes down, and Australians see a spike in credential stuffing attacks. Dark Web ID Trends: Top Source Hits: ID Theft Forum…

Gartner: Cloud, enterprise software to drive global IT spending increase

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Thinkstock By Marc Ferranti CIO | JAN 28, 2019 8:35 AM PT Spending on enterprise software, particularly cloud services and applications, is expected to grow faster than any other category of IT this year, fueling an overall…

The Feds Cracked El Chapo’s Encrypted Comms Network By Flipping His System Admin

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Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @08:00PM from the flip-of-a-switch dept With signs that the New York trial of notorious Mexican drug lord and alleged mass murderer Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is entering its end phase, prosecutors…

Tips to protect your Information while Holiday Online Shopping.

November 2017 Online shopping continues to grow in popularity. In 2016, for the first time ever, shoppers bought more online than in stores. And last year’s Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day in the history of the US. [1] Unfortunately,…

Marriott Breach Exposes Data of Up to 500 Million Guests

Marriott International acknowledged on Friday that an “unauthorized party had copied and encrypted information” belonging to about 500 million customers on its Starwood reservations system.CreditCreditMauritz Antin/EPA, via Shutterstock By Amie…

A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes

Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker / 20 hours ago A security lapse has exposed a massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including password reset links, two-factor codes, shipping notifications and more. The exposed server…

Facebook data breach: 4 simple steps to stay safer right now

 BY STEVEN MELENDEZ      4 MINUTE READ Since Facebook reported last week that hackers had stolen access tokens to almost 50 million accounts, there have been no signs that the perpetrators leaked any user data online or…