Collaborate Disseminate
A single seller is offering approximately 620 million stolen customer details on the dark, according to The Register, which says it has been in touch with the seller and the database is genuine. The hacker claims the data was collected in 2018 th… Continue reading Hacker Sells 620 Million Customer Details on Dark Web for $20k in Bitcoin
A third-party vulnerability exposed admission records, essays, transcripts and sensitive personal information of Stanford University students, including Social Security numbers, ethnicity, legacy status, home address, citizenship, criminal record and f… Continue reading Data Breach at Stanford Exposes Student Records, Personal Info
On February 8, the Australian government announced its computer network was hit by a major cyberattack. Following investigations by the country’s cyber experts, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Monday that the government fell… Continue reading In Lead-up to Elections, Australia Confirms Nation-State Attack on Infrastructure, Political Parties
Financial services organizations operate with high volumes of valuable data, making them an attractive target for hackers. They are vulnerable to scams, fraud and banking Trojans, so data security in this sector is critical. IT executives struggle… Continue reading Bank of Valletta Shuts Down Operations after Hackers Attempt 13 Million EUR Transfer Overseas
Not taking security strategy and execution seriously enough to come up with a proper incident response program is a problem that is regularly noticed. Businesses large and small fear customer information, financial data or corporate secrets will f… Continue reading Australian Government Worries Businesses Don’t Focus Enough on Securing Commercial Secrets
The Swiss government has just announced a CHF250,000 investment in a new bug bounty program to prevent voting manipulation. Swiss Post will let professional ethical hackers attack its system for a month to ensure the e-voting system is secure, glitch f… Continue reading Hackers Invited to Attack Swiss E-Voting System in Latest Bug Bounty Program
The ‘bring-your-own-device to work’ trend has made traditional security methods appear obsolete. It seems the good old-fashioned password authentication or code received via text on a smartphone can’t cut it anymore. Multi-factor… Continue reading 40% of Organizations Will Adopt Biometric SaaS Authentication by 2022, Gartner Predicts
Huawei’s been having a rough time recently. After the US, New Zealand and Australia prevented the telecom company from working on their 5G mobile networks for fear it would spy for the Chinese government, the European Commission expressed concern… Continue reading Addressing UK Security Concerns in Huawei Products May Take 5 Years, Exec Says
Apple is not getting off so easily with the FaceTime privacy violation incident. Two members of the US Congress are “deeply troubled” that the company didn’t immediately address the software glitch end demand further explanations for … Continue reading Congress Wants Written Answers from Apple on FaceTime Privacy Glitch
The financial services industry registered three times more security incidents than any other industry in 2018. According to data released under Freedom of Information legislation, UK government organization The Student Loans Company (SLC) experienced … Continue reading Student Loan Company Fought Off 1 Million Cyberattacks in a Year