Adobe just released another large patch release for Flash that includes 19 patches. One of the patches is for a zero day exploit that Adobe says is being exploited in the wild. This brings the patch total for 2015 to a little over 300. I made a decision a couple of months ago to disable […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is the time of year for lists. In this case, the healthcare industry is probably not happy about coming in #1. IBM has named 2015 as The Year Of The Healthcare Breach, with 34 percent of all records breached being healthcare related. In just the first half of the year, over 100 million healthcare […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Databreaches and other sites are reporting that a database of 191 million voters is available publicly online. As of this morning, after a week of trying to track down the owner of the database, the owner is still a mystery. 191 million is likely the number of registered voters in the United States. Depending on […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Now that Christmas has come and gone and your kids are actively playing with their new goodies, have you considered protecting their identities from fraud? Two recent breaches bring the subject to the forefront. VTech Holdings, the Hong Kong based toy maker offers an app store called Learning Lodge and messaging system called Kid Connect. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Nasdaq posted an article on their web site from Dow Jones that talks about the big banks’ fight against hackers and malware. While the article quotes the Association of Corporate Counsel statistic that 30% of data breaches are due to employee error, I think that number is significantly understated. While this article is about […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last month I wrote that Lifelock had set aside $120 million to deal with its fight with the FTC (see post). I assumed this would be a Wyndham-like fight that would go on for years. Apparently I was wrong. Last week Lifelock settled with the FTC and deposited $100 million with the court that is […]
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