Databreaches and other sites are reporting that a database of 191 million voters is available publicly online. As of this morning, after a week of trying to track down the owner of the database, the owner is still a mystery. 191 million is likely the number of registered voters in the United States. Depending on […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Now that Christmas has come and gone and your kids are actively playing with their new goodies, have you considered protecting their identities from fraud? Two recent breaches bring the subject to the forefront. VTech Holdings, the Hong Kong based toy maker offers an app store called Learning Lodge and messaging system called Kid Connect. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Nasdaq posted an article on their web site from Dow Jones that talks about the big banks’ fight against hackers and malware. While the article quotes the Association of Corporate Counsel statistic that 30% of data breaches are due to employee error, I think that number is significantly understated. While this article is about […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last month I wrote that Lifelock had set aside $120 million to deal with its fight with the FTC (see post). I assumed this would be a Wyndham-like fight that would go on for years. Apparently I was wrong. Last week Lifelock settled with the FTC and deposited $100 million with the court that is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The PCI Council, the standards body that dictates the rules for payment card (like Mastercard and Visa) merchants and service providers last year released a directive that everyone had to upgrade their software and eliminate SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 in favor of newer versions – TLS 1.1 and 1.2. The reason was that there […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Apparently, in 2009 the developers at Arris, a manufacturer of cable modems for many cable providers, added a backdoor. They managed to keep it secret for a few years, but some details were leaked a couple of years ago. Now it is out in the open. At least for several models of the Arris modems, […]
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