UPDATE: In a post on Dark Reading, they have added a few more details. The breach, they say, started December 10th, about two months ago. They detected the breach on January 27th and notified customers 8 days later. Compared to other breaches, that is very quick. While they are calling this by that overused term, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is being reported by several sources (see here) that iPhone and iPad users are being targeted as part of a massive cyber espionage campaign that is being linked, at least by one firm, to Russia. Operation Pawn Storm is using a specially crafted iOS app to quietly steal text messages, contact lists, location information, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I just signed up for a cyber security newsletter with Mondaq, the big British publisher, and I got a confirmation email back after the signup. I get those all the time, so I didn’t really look at the email until later. Two things stand out in the email — First this: To choose your personal […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last month I wrote a piece talking about the Business Software Alliance’s point of view of software piracy, which is guilty till proven innocent. As with any good story, there is often an opposing view and I came across one on Mondaq, the legal (among many other things) information publisher. The article, written by Steven […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]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]Trend Micro is reporting (see here) yet another Adobe Flash zero-day attack in the wild. Yes, this is a new one. No, this is not one I reported about last week. I had to read the article three times to convince myself this was not the exploit I wrote about last week. And, Trend Micro […]
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