Since we have been talking a lot about ransomware lately, here is a slightly different twist to it. A few weeks ago, hackers stole the whole upcoming season of Orange is the New Black and leaked 10 episodes on the Internet after the studio refused to pay their ransom. Likely this had a significant effect […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As I have been writing about lately, the browser makers, Google and Firefox – and to a much lesser extent Microsoft, are pushing the envelope to get web site operators to switch to always on SSL (AKA HTTPS). Well, that is a good start, but certainly not the end game. Why do they care? Because […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Australian Red Cross recently apologized for losing control of 1.74 gigabytes of donor data. Included in the breach are name, address, email, phone number, date of birth and other information from blood donors. The data, 1.3 million records stored in 647 database tables is all the information the Australian Red Cross had on donors […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Some say that the insider threat is the most serious threat to a business and without debating whether one threat is worse than another, here is a great example of the insider threat and how not to deal with it. First, the story. Last month, three executives of the Denver Post resigned and formed an […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sorry, but I am not going to be very sympathetic to this law firm. Here is the story. A Rhode Island law firm, Moses Afonso Ryan, was hit with a ransomware attack. Apparently, the company did not have a plan for dealing with a ransomware attack. In general, if you have good backups and have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One of the challenges to companies doing business online is that your customers may be scattered all over the country. While this is obviously good for business, it also means that you need to comply with state data breach laws for all states where you have customers because the law’s applicability is based on where […]
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