I am a huge fan of technology, and all of the ways it makes life simpler. I appreciate being able to view my home security cameras from a smartphone app, or ask my smartphone to read my text messages to […]
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How prepared is your organization in the event of a massive data breach? It might mean a lot to your company’s bottom line to put a plan in place now. A Ponemon Institute survey found that the cost per breached
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The Drupal security team issued a patch on October 15. On October 29, it issued a public service announcement that states—in a nutshell—if you didn’t implement the patch within seven hours of its release you should assume your site is
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It costs money to defend against cyber attacks. You have to invest in the hardware and software necessary to detect and block threats, and you have to dedicate resources to develop, implement, and enforce solid security policies. It can be
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It’s a new week, and that means it’s time for the data breach du jour. The “winner” this week is Staples. What is most concerning, though, with this Staples incident as well as a number of other recent credit card
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Just because someone posts millions of username and password combinations online and claims they’re from a breach of the Dropbox cloud storage service doesn’t mean it’s true. In fact, even if some of the username and password combinations actually work
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One thing seems to be more apparent with each major data breach that makes the headlines: nobody is going to look out for your identity and sensitive information as closely as you will (or at least should). A lending firm
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It’s easy to be jaded and cynical these days when it comes to data breaches, and protecting your identity and sensitive financial information. Target, Home Depot, UPS, and Dairy Queen are just four of the more high-profile data breaches in
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Financial institutions aren’t really all that different than Vegas casinos. From the perspective of an average customer, the bank exists to provide a service–someplace to store money, process credit or debit card transactions, and maybe earn half a percent of
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There are reports that JPMorgan Chase and a number of other US financial institutions have been breached at a very deep level. The attack is more concerning than most because it seems the hackers were able to steal checking and
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