Collaborate Disseminate
Security executives fear cyberattacks will heavily target critical infrastructures in the near future, but they don’t seem to be doing much about enforcing security policies that also cover IoT devices. Despite the major threat they pose, co… Continue reading 2018 Is the Worst Year for Corporate Security; Executives Lack Cohesive Security Plan
The University of Greenwich was fined $160,000 under the Data Protection Act of 1998 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for leaking the personal data of almost 20,000 staff, alumni and students, writes the BBC. The exposed information inclu… Continue reading The University of Greenwich fined by ICO for leaking 20,000 records
Phone application TeenSafe allegedly leaked thousands of passwords that were kept on a vulnerable Amazon server, found Robert Wiggins, a security researcher based in the UK. The application was created for parents to keep track of their children’… Continue reading Kid monitoring app TeenSafe exposes user data
Cloud security has grown into a major issue for enterprises, as only one company in six encrypts all data, according to a Bitdefender survey. While 85% of CISOs fear security flaws in the public cloud, as many as 51 percent of enterprises don̵… Continue reading Loopholes in Cloud Security Exposed Online 50% of Corporate Databases
Former CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte has been identified as a top suspect behind the leak last year of the Vault 7 secret computer hacking tools used by the agency in espionage operations, although the FBI had previously suspected contractors, write… Continue reading Former CIA engineer allegedly leaked Vault 7 hacking tools
Chili’s customers may have fallen victim to a malware attack that affected a number of credit and debit cards used in several restaurants, confirmed parent company Brinker International on Saturday. The malware allegedly collected not only paymen… Continue reading Chili’s hit by malware, payment card data stolen
A 16-year-old high school student from California was arrested on Wednesday on 14 felony counts associated with a phishing scheme he allegedly launched against teachers in his school district. The investigation that led to the arrest was a joint effort… Continue reading 16-year-old arrested after phishing scheme against teachers to change grades
Two US senators from the Democratic Party urged the US Federal Trade Commission to thoroughly investigate Google and the way its Location History collects user data on Android smartphones. Once the application is turned on, it is apparently enabled on … Continue reading US senators demand FTC investigate Google’s GPS data collection
Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on March 21 that the company would conduct an audit to identify suspicious applications that may have exploited user data. So far, 200 applications have been detected and… Continue reading Facebook removes 200 suspicious apps
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank admitted losing years’ worth of data backup containing the financial details of some 12 million customers. When the breach occurred in 2016, the bank informed the Office of the Australian Information Commission… Continue reading Australia’s largest bank lost its customers’ financial history and forgot to mention it