While tips and tricks won’t make your organization bulletproof, it will help make you bullet resistant. Here is a list from Boston Business News that is simple and right on. 1. IT Risk Assessment. You MUST start with a risk assessment and if you are up for it, I would recommend a business risk assessment. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Medical Identity Fraud Alliance (MIFA) and the Ponemon Institute released their fifth annual study on Medical ID fraud. Short version of the results: It is very costly, time consuming and complicated for consumers to resolve medical ID fraud and only 10 percent of the respondents to the study report achieving a completely satisfactory conclusion to the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Register is reporting that there are a couple of ways a hacker can take over a PC just by having you insert a Blu-Ray disc. The first method exploits a poor software design in PowerDVD, the free DVD player software that is loaded on many PCs. It allows the hacker to exploit a bug […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I came across an item today that stunned me. The Wall Street Journal and Findlaw reported on a case from late last year where a Virginia State judge ruled that an arrestee may have to offer up his fingerprint to unlock his phone – the Fifth Amendment does not apply. Now before everyone goes crazy […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group admitted that their credit card system at an unknown number of their hotels was hacked and credit cards compromised AFTER they were outed by Krebs On Security. The upscale hotel chain, where rooms at the New York property start at $850 a night, would be a great target for hackers […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Register is reporting that Anthem refused to allow U.S. government auditors to audit their systems as required as part of a contract that Anthem has with the U.S. government. This news is coming out after Anthem was hacked of some 88 million customer records. The Office Of Personnel Management Inspector General audits insurers who […]
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