With the Snapchat and Dropbox breaches this week, the attack surface just got raised a notch. In case you are not familiar with these two breaches, I will describe them at a high level what happened. With Snapchat, users assume that their pictures will disappear quickly on the other end after they are opened. However, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to an article on CNN.com and other places, the FCC has fined Marriott $600,000 for doing what I suspect other properties have been doing also but not (yet) caught at. According to CNN, Marriott, for reasons unknown, decided that they should be allowed to kill visitors Wi-Fi hot spots that were not connected to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As Brian Krebs reported late last week, the Jimmy Johns breach has a larger impact than previously reported. In a nutshell, here are the details: The attack affected 216 Jimmy Johns stores nationwide The hackers compromised the username and password used for remote administration The POS or cash register software was created by Newtown, PA […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to CNN, Oracle discovered an issue in 2012 that allowed hackers to compromise Oracle systems with this weakness. Some white hat hackers were wandering around the internet recently (in 2014) and discovered that some systems had not had this patch applied. These hackers were able to access children’s school records, arrest records, the real […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Is your business prepared for a cyber breach? Besides the cost, there is the potential for damage to your reputation , loss of customers, distraction while dealing with it and the potential for lawsuits, which can go on for years. An article at AZCentral.com talks about the subject and the fact that hundreds of small […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to an article in Business Insider, Sharron Laverne Parrish, Jr. scammed Apple 42 times with a very simple scam. He presented debit cards on closed accounts for purchases – apparently in the thousands of dollars each. When the card was declined, he offered to call his bank and handle it. Except he was not […]
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