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The cost of attack mitigation is ascending, and so it the number of organizations under attack. Between 2018 and 2019, most organizations have experienced some type of attack, and only 7% have experienced no attack at all, according to new researc… Continue reading Average Cost of a Cyberattack Now Exceeds $1 Million, Research Shows
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged nine defendants in connection with a scheme to hack into SEC systems and profit from corporate information not yet released to the public. The defendants, a Ukrainian hacker, six traders in Ca… Continue reading SEC brings charges in EDGAR trade hacking case
Does your business include cyber and privacy management in digital transformation “fully from the start”? Are you comfortable with your reporting on metrics for cyber and privacy risk management? These are among the key questions consulting firm P… Continue reading Many Companies Lack CISOs amid Steeper Compliance Demands
Street thieves who specialize in cashing out stolen credit and debit cards are increasingly using Fuze cards to conduct fraud and theft, the U.S. Secret Service has warned in a memo to companies in the financial sector. Fraud rings use Fuze cards to av… Continue reading Fraudsters increasingly turning to Fuze cards to evade police
File hosting / cloud storage services today are a dime a dozen. Players in this vertical constantly top each other with free storage offerings, business features, and custom plans, all designed to cater to every possible audience. But they all have one… Continue reading How to secure your cloud file storage with 5 simple tricks
Beginning July 9, 2019, Chrome web browsers worldwide will expand user protections and stop showing disruptive and potentially harmful ads. The safeguards are in place for North America and Europe, but will expand globally come summer. Google’s p… Continue reading Google to ban harmful, intrusive web ads globally starting July 9
Shoppers who placed an order with discountmugs.com during a four-month period last year are receiving a worrying notification from the online apparel store. Apparently, hackers injected card skimming code into the company’s website, then stole en… Continue reading Thieves make off with shoppers’ credit card numbers after hacking apparel site for four months
Following last year’s disclosure that hackers breached its systems, Marriot has released an update on the number of affected customers, the type of data that was leaked, as well as some changes to its practices and policies. On Nov. 30, 2018, the… Continue reading Marriott lowers estimate of customers affected by breach to 383 million, says 8.6 million encrypted payment cards involved
A design flaw in Microsoft’s Skype app can be exploited to grant access to the data on your Android phone without passcode authentication, a researcher has shown. Kosovo-based bug-hunter Florian Kunushevci demonstrates in the YouTube video below … Continue reading Skype flaw grants access to the photos on your Android phone without a passcode
Amid growing fears about cybercrime in healthcare, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released guidelines to healthcare organizations of all types and sizes, ranging from local clinics to large hospital systems.
The post Movi… Continue reading Moving into 2019, HHS Urges Healthcare Practitioners and Executives to Bolster Defenses Against Cybercrime