Time Inc. confirmed just before the Memorial Day weekend that data was compromised from the MySpace social network. The company issued a statement that the compromised data is limited to MySpace usernames, passwords and email addresses from an old version […]
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Attackers may be in your network right now. It sometimes takes weeks or months for an organization to detect a compromise while the attacker takes his or her time conducting recon on your network, spreading to different endpoints and servers,
Detect a Compromise Before You Become the Next Data Breach Headline Read More »
Many consumers and IT admins at small and medium businesses have a false sense of security stemming from low self-esteem. The prevailing logic assumes that attackers have bigger or more lucrative fish to fry and won’t bother investing the time
Every PC has value to an attacker and everyone is a target Read More »
Another month and another new cyber-attack, and this time the victim is the media server company, Plex. The company revealed that its forum and blog server were compromised and the attacker gained access to personal information such as email addresses,
Plex servers compromised and held for ransom Read More »
Most of us assume that corporate espionage and digital theft of trade secrets rarely occur outside of technology, retail, and finance. But as the recent hacking of the Houston Astros’ internal computer network—allegedly by St. Louis Cardinals employees—proves, every company
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
Assume your Drupal site is compromised, and proceed accordingly Read More »
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
Why is the retail chain the last to know when it’s been compromised? Read More »
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
Dropbox denies claim that it was breached Read More »
It isn’t a matter of “if”–it’s a matter of “when”. The answer for UPS is between January and August of this year at approximately 50 of its retail stores. UPS announced this week that it has discovered that its point-of-sale
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What is scarier: an attacker with access to your eBay account, or an attacker with knowledge of your home address, phone number, and date of birth? I’ll give you a hint–nobody really cares about your eBay account, but the other
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