Author Archives: David Bisson

10 Must-Read Books for Information Security Professionals

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There are many ways for IT professionals to broaden their knowledge of information security. Attending infosec conferences, for instance, provides personnel with an opportunity to complete in-person trainings and network with like-minded individuals. Outside of industry events, analysts can pick up a book that explores a specific topic of information security. Security professionals can gain […]… Read More

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2.2 Million Email Addresses Exposed in Wishbone Data Breach

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A popular social media app known as Wishbone has suffered a data breach that exposed 2.2 million email addresses along with 287,000 cell numbers. In the middle of March 2017, security researcher Troy Hunt received a MongoDB database that belongs to Wishbone. The app, first founded in 2015, allows users to vote on two-choice polls. […]… Read More

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Third-Party Twitter Service Hacked to Push Out Nazi-Themed Tweets

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Attackers hacked a third-party service and used their unauthorized access to push out Nazi-themed tweets from high-profile Twitter accounts. On 14 March, prominent companies, publishers, and personalities tweeted out messages containing swastikas and the hashtags #NaziGermany and #NaziHollan written in Turkish. It’s thought that supporters of Turkey sent out the tweets after the Netherlands’ expelled […]… Read More

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4 Best Practices for Improving Your Organization’s Supply Chain Security

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Digital attackers have many different strategies for infiltrating a target organization. That even goes for companies with robust perimeter defenses. Bad actors simply need to find a soft target they can exploit. Oftentimes, they find what they’re looking for along a target’s supply chain. We can best understand the supply chain as a network of […]… Read More

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Spam Campaign Distributed Difobot Malware to Financial Organizations

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An email spam campaign targeted financial organizations with Difobot malware that masqueraded as fake computer security software. The campaign begins when an employee at a financial institution receives an email purporting to originate from HSBC, a banking and financial service institution based which suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack back in January 2016. Spammers use […]… Read More

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