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An emailed bomb threat hoax sent Thursday afternoon has terrorized businesses and organizations across the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Claiming to have planted bombs all over the building, the email demands ransom in bitcoin or the bombs wil… Continue reading Bitcoin Scammers Launch International Bomb Threat Hoax across US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
Weak security in third-party vendors strike again in the medical world. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco hospital in North Texas announced payment information, including partial credit card info, of some 47,000 patients or guarant… Continue reading Third-Party Breach Affects Credit Card Info of 47,000 Patients
Ransomware has struck again in the medical sector, this time affecting ophthalmology practice Redwood Eye Care Center in California through a security incident at a third party, its EMR hosting vendor. Personal data of as many as 16,055 California resi… Continue reading Third-Party Ransomware Attack Compromises Data of 16,000 Redwood Eye Care Center Patients
Google+ and its APIs are shutting down sooner than announced after a new privacy glitch that exposed the data of more than 52 million users was detected in November, Google announced on Monday. Personal information such as age, name and email address w… Continue reading Major Privacy Issues in Google+ Force Its Shutdown Earlier than Planned
A look back on 2018 shows the financial services industry turned out to be the most at risk, with security incidents and breaches skyrocketing. Top threats to the financial services industry include cloud security and third-party risks, while the … Continue reading Cybersecurity Investment to Shoot Up in Financial Industry in 2019; Top Firms Already Spend $1 Billion
Wanzhou Meng, Huawei’s CFO and the daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested at the Vancouver airport on Dec. 1 and is awaiting extradition to the US to face trial on accusations that the US export sanctions against Iran were breached… Continue reading Trade war tensions with China rise following arrest of Huawei CFO in Canada
An activity alert by the US Department of Homeland Security and the FBI this week warns organizations from multiple industries in critical infrastructures that they are a top target for SamSam ransomware, also known as MSIL/Samas.A, and provides a… Continue reading DHS, FBI Alert: SamSam Ransomware Zeroes In on Critical Computer Networks in US
Brazil’s largest subscription television services company, SKY Brasil, leaked private data of 32 million customers on ElasticSearch, a search engine favored by enterprises, reported independent security researcher Fabio Castro on Twitter last wee… Continue reading Data of 32 million SKY Brasil customers easily accessible on unprotected ElasticSearch server
It took Dell almost a full month to inform its customers that their information was stolen following a security incident which occurred on November 9, 2018, reads a notice on the computer company’s website. The company reset customer passwords wi… Continue reading Dell detects data breach, informs customers after a month
The lack of political leadership to face targeted attacks is contributing to the poor job the UK is doing on its national security strategy, says a UK government report discussing the cyber security of the nation’s critical national infrastr… Continue reading Lack of Political Leadership in UK Jeopardizes Cyber Security of Critical Sectors, Report Says