Dropbox says it was phished – simple as that. As a result, the attacker had access to 130 of its code repositories and downloaded a wide range of information. Dropbox has been very transparent about this, but it is both embarrassing and damaging to the company. The hackers socially engineered an employee to give up […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is just one example. Fallout from the hack of Australian health insurer Medibank continues to get worse as the company has “widened” the group of people affected by the breach. Again! Remember, this is not a mom-and-pop corner sandwich shop. This is the largest private health insurer in Australia. Last week they admitted that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]New White Paper on the Global Cyberwar and Societal Response We have just released a new white paper and are looking for feedback on this non-technical paper titled The Global Cyberwar and Societal Response. The target audience for this white paper is business and IT pros who want to be knowledgeable about managing company risk […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]That is a pretty scary statement. Let’s say it is off by 100%. That means only 92% of the people think their cloud security sucks. Maybe the number is off by 500% – which is pretty unlikely. That means only 80% think they don’t have enough cloud security. Not only are they worried about securing […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Few Election Offices Use .Gov Domain Years ago, .gov domains cost $400. In a case of penny wise, pound foolish, something like three quarters of all election officers figured that saving $400 versus a non-spoofable domain name was a smart trade off. And we wonder why the hackers are winning. Credit: The Washington Post LinkedIn […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many people are familiar with Illinois’ biometric privacy law called BIPA, The Biometric Information Privacy Act. BIPA says that companies can’t use your biometric data without your permission. BIPA only applies to IIllinois residents, but it is still having an impact. Like California’s privacy law, BIPA allows you and me (if we live in Illinois) […]
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