I thought it had been quiet recently – apparently too quiet. Anthem, the healthcare insurance company that operates in 14 states and is the second largest insurance company in the country, reported that it had been hacked. Anthem operates under a lot of names including Anthem Blue Cross, a name well known in the Northeast. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Everyone knows that the Sony breach was different than, say, the Target or Home Depot breach because of the damage that Sony is still, 10 weeks later, trying to recover from. But now, the insurance experts are adding yet another wrinkle – thanks Sony. According to the Hartford Courant, Sony may break new ground in the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have been meaning to write about this for a week now, but a conversation I had last night with a security-geek friend (thanks, Tim!) allows me to combine two posts. Happy Friday! First, the subject line. Lizard Squad, the group that claimed responsibility for shutting down the Microsoft xBox and Sony Playstation networks on […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]How many times have you seen computer experts telling you that they have the secret solution to making your computers secure? I don’t know how many I have seen, but it is a lot. There is, no doubt, some truth in each of these lists, but for everyone, the solution is a little different. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Michael Lynton, Sony Pictures CEO, gave the AP the most extensive interview since the attack. Among other things, Lynton said that the hackers “They came in the house, stole everything, then burned down the house.” He said “They destroyed servers, computers, wiped them clean of all the data and took all the data.” More importantly, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Swiss Bank BCGE was hacked, according to Network World, by a group of hackers who miscalculated a bit. The hacking group, Rex Mundi, has an M.O. of hacking businesses and then demanding a small ransom from the company in exchange for not publishing what they took. In this case, they hacked their way into […]
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