The common wisdom these days is that consumers are numb to data breaches, but Stax Consulting asked a thousand people and the results show that is not the case. This is just one more reason why avoiding being breached is still in your interest. For those of you who are concerned, I will make a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The SEC is investigating reports of a slightly different form of hacking – get insider trading information and use it yourself. Insider trading, of course, has been around as long as there is trading. But, what if, the insider trading was occurring from half way around the globe and no insiders were involved? FireEye, as […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]IAPP published a summary of the hearings on Capitol Hill regarding the OPM breaches. The revelations certainly explain the mess, but also continues to raise the question about where Congress has been over the last 6 years. It is certainly OK to beat up OPM management, but I don’t see Congress taking any of the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While OPM still garners most of the attention and the number of potentially compromised records continues to rise – that number now could, possibly, be as high as 32 million – 1 in 10 Americans, other reports show that credentials for other government users can be found on Pastebin. Part of the problem is password […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As if Uber didn’t have enough challenges, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint with the FTC against Uber. EPIC says, in it’s complaint, that Uber’s new privacy policy allows Uber to collect precise customer location information, even if the app is running in the background or the customer has turned off their […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Yet again Flash is the means of attack by a Chinese hacking group that Fireeye has labelled APT3. The attack IS in the wild, although limited in use. The attack looks like a phishing email offering discounts on Apple computers. You can find out what version of flash you are running at http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ and download the […]
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