This week, Verizon released its ninth data breach investigations report, revealing troubling information – web attacks surged, ransomware increased and attackers are getting quicker at breaking in while stealing increased
As many as 1.2 million accounts from dating site BeautifulPeople.com have been compromised due to a breach last year, as news of their sale in the online black market has
The Georgia couple accused of playing a role in the May 2015 IRS “Get Transcript” breach that allegedly compromised information for as many as 700,000 taxpayer accounts have pleaded guilty
Edward Snowden continues to make headlines as the NSA has now announced that his infamous whistleblowing incident has, as U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper put it in a
While testing Facebook for any potential backdoors in the system, Devcore penetration tester Orange Tsai discovered a backdoor did in fact exist; however, it was only in the system due
This week, we attended the Cyber Incident Data and Analysis Repository (CIDAR) Workshop hosted by the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The workshop
Although the number of cyber threats on businesses continues to rise, a recent survey suggests that companies are doing more to protect their data. The 2106 Trustwave Global Security Report,
The healthcare industry has officially become No. 1 in the world when it comes to the volume of data breaches in the industry, knocking out the financial sector, which fell
Due to the increasing number of cyber-attacks on businesses, the need for better cybersecurity practices and cyber insurance is evident. However, it appears businesses still do not do enough to
In a recent Forbes article, titled Is Ransomware Considered a Health Data Breach Under HIPAA, Dan Munro explains that ransomware should not be considered a health breach under the Health
