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This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for May 14, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox. This episode was hosted … Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Recent Windows Vulnerabilities, Exposed Passwords, Credit Freeze Controversy
This week, the dangers of free VPNs, invading privacy under a new name, Twitter loses passwords and now wants to encrypt DMs, Equifax, pacemaker hacks, and more! Jason Wood from Paladin Security joins us for expert commentary on Staying Cool in a Crisi… Continue reading FREE VPNs, Equifax, and Goodbye Cambridge Analytica – Hack Naked News #172
I spent a few days last week speaking at and attending a conference on responding to identity theft. The forum was held in Florida, one of the major epicenters for identity fraud complaints in United States. One gripe I heard from several presenters was that identity thieves increasingly are finding ways to open new lines of credit for things like mobile phones on people who have already frozen their credit files with the big-three credit bureaus. Here’s a look at what may be going on, and how you can protect yourself. Continue reading Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.
As companies continue to install the vulnerable version of Apache Struts behind the breach, Equifax has filed a clarification statement. Continue reading “Equi-Facts”: Equifax Clarifies the Numbers for Its Massive Breach
Even after the massive data breach allowed hackers to steal the personal information of 148 million Equifax customers, thousands of companies are still using the software that made the breach possible. According to Fortune, Maryland-based cybersecurity firm Sonatype identified as many as 10,801 organizations that have downloaded an old version of Apache Struts — the same free, open-source software that hackers exploited to swipe the names, social security numbers, birthdays, addresses, and other identifiers from Equifax’s databases. Of the organizations that downloaded the vulnerable version of the software, seven of the businesses were Fortune Global 100 tech companies, eight were Fortune Global 100 automakers, and 15 were Fortune Global 100 financial services or insurance firms, according to Fortune. The Apache Software Foundation has released seven patched versions of the software since March 2017. Apache Struts is used as an app building tool, and usually as a framework for online payment systems. […]
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In the news, Western Digital My Cloud EX2 NAS device leaks files, Equifax has spent $242.7 million on its data breach so far, New Skill let Amazon Alexa Spy on Users, Hackers find devious way to break into hotel rooms, new tool detects evil maid attack… Continue reading Equifax, Amazon, & Hacking Hotels – Paul’s Security Weekly #557
The fallout from the Facebook privacy scandal rumbled on throughout April and culminated with the closure of the company at the centre of the scandal, Cambridge Analytica.
Overview of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
Facebook’s Zuckerberg faces formal… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for April 2018
Identity fraud reached a record high in 2017 with 16.7 million U.S. victims (an increase of 8 percent over 2016) and $16.8 billion dollars stolen. So, it should come as no surprise that your personally identifiable information (PII) and login credentia… Continue reading Identity Thieves – Phishing and Pilfering Your PII
By Ryan De Souza
Cyber security is undoubtedly the backbone of any online businesses –
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Yes, we should be mad at Panera Bread for its lousy response to a serious security issue.
But things turn ugly when the masses begin to blame individually-named members of the security team.
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